Tag: The Orcadian Woman’s Suffrage Society

  • Rebel Orkney Fair Saturday exhibition

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    Rebel Orkney, St. Andrews Fair Saturday exhibition at Northlight Gallery, Stromness. For the past few years Fiona Grahame (editor of The Orkney News), Cary Welling (curator of Northlight Gallery) and I have held events in association with St. Andrews Fair Saturday, which exists as an antidote to the rampant consumerism of Black Friday. For 2021…

    Rebel Orkney, St. Andrews Fair Saturday 2021 exhibition at Northlight Gallery, Stromness, from 27th November to 9th December 10am-4pm daily except Sunday. Poster shows Alexander Graham, Janet Fea and Peter Maxwell Davies.
  • Rebel Orkney – meet the authors

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    Rebel Orkney – meet the authors at J. Gow Rum The writer Fiona Grahame and I will be on hand at the J. Gow Rum and Orkney Wine Company shop on Lamb Holm, Orkney, this Saturday, 16th of October 2021, from 2-4pm. If you would like to talk to us about our book Rebel Orkney,…

    Rebel Orkney book signing at J. Gow Rum, Lamb Holm, Saturday 16th October from 2-4pm 2021. Promotional poster.
  • Rebel Orkney book launch

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    Rebel Orkney – book launch at Bragi’s Open Circle Fiona Grahame and I are proud to announce the publication of Rebel Orkney, an illustrated history book published by Orkney News Ltd. and distributed by Ingram. Subtitled “tales of insurrection from Orcadian history”, Rebel Orkney tells the story of some of those who dared to stand…

    Fiona Grahame & Martin Laird at Bragi's Open Circle, with standing stones at the Kristin Linklater voice centre, Orkney.
  • WOFF WOFFF PIAFF

    WOFF, WOFFF, PIAFF! A Gude Cause maks a Strong Erm, the animated story of the Orcadian Woman’s Suffrage Society, continues it’s run at film festivals across the UK, and is also playing in Paris this week. The Paris International Animation Film Festival (PIAFF!) runs from the 17th to the 23rd of September. A full programme…

    A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm poster - official selection for the Scottish Short Film Festival 2019
  • A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm – watch online

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    A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm The story of the Orcadian Woman’s Suffrage Society A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm, the animated story of the Orcadian Woman’s Suffrage Society, as told by The Orkney News is now available to watch online on YouTube: Campaigning for women to have the right to vote took…

    Mrs Baikie of Tankerness, after a portrait by Stanley Cursiter
  • Animation premiere at the Phoenix Cinema

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    A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm premiere International Women’s Day 2019 is on the 8th of March. To coincide with this the Phoenix Cinema at the Pickaquoy Centre in Kirkwall will be showing a week of films featuring female leads and directors. A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm, the animated story of the…

    Anrimation still from A Gude Cause maks a Strong Erm showing Stanley Cursiter with Phyllis Hourston