In 2014 a collection of paintings by Norwegian artist Hakon Gullvag was brought to Orkney and displayed in St Magnus Cathedral as part of the St Magnus International Festival. Paintings for a Cathedral, on a religious theme, had originally been commissioned for Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, which had once been the archdiocese to which […]
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Annular is a work by local Orkney artist Evie Donaldson. It was first shown in St Magnus Cathedral in June 2023 as part of the St Magnus International Festival event called Solstice: Dark and Light. The event featured musicians playing in various parts of the cathedral, as the audience moved between them. There was a
According to his service record, Arthur William Sartin was born on 4 August 1877, in Preston, Weymouth, Dorset. However, that date doesn’t tally with birth and baptism records, which suggest he was born in 1880, in Blandford Forum, Dorset. He joined the Navy in 1897, with his basic training taking place at Portsmouth in HMS
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