From Enemy to Friend: A Tribute to Coriolano Caprara, 1920-2020 Coriolano Caprara with other Italian POWs in Camp 34, Burray. Gino’s POW identification card. It is with great sadness that I have to report the death of Coriolano Caprara, known as ‘Gino’ to his friends. He is the last of the Italian POWs who were […]
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The Eynhallow Laments During the Orkney Storytelling Festival in 2019 one of the guest storytellers, Gordon MacLellan, invited Fran Flett Hollinrake and myself to contribute something towards an environmental arts project called CelebrationEarth! The idea was that it would be a storytelling event in 2020, but that obviously wasn’t possible. Instead we contributed other things.
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Between Islands Project, Film 21 (Western Isles/Shetland) Alex MacDonald, coordinator of the Between Islands Project writes: I will be sharing information and film pieces with you as they become available in the period leading up to Christmas. I am therefore delighted to share this piece with you today, recorded specially for the project by one
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Between Islands Project – Music CD Alex MacDonald, coordinator of the Between Islands Project: Firstly, in the run up to Christmas we still have some important links to share with you – not least our remaining exhibition displays – so I will now be getting in touch as and when our information becomes available during that
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Between Islands Online Exhibition The Orkney Museum is excited to announce that the Between Islands Online Exhibition is now live. It looks at the heritage, arts and crafts of the three island groups, the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland. Here is a brief introduction to the exhibition. Orkney: Between Islandsexplores the inspiration and legacy of
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Between Islands Project, Film 20 (Shetland) Samuel Ward. Samuel Angus Ward didn’t make it home from WWII. The music element of the Between Islands project has given us the ideal opportunity to highlight the work of some of our most talented island songwriters. This week is no exception, as we show the film created by Shetland
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The Museum Shop Today, 1st December 2020, sees the reopening of the Orkney Museum’s shop. If you were familiar with the old shop you will see some changes. It is open from today: opening hours are restricted to 10:00-12:00, 14:00-16:00, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. There will be restrictions on the number of people allowed into
Between Islands Project, Film 19, Children’s Resource Pack Stac Lee by Alice Macmillan To complement our forthcoming Between Islands exhibitions, we have produced a resource pack for young children which I am delighted to say is now completed and online. Alice Macmillan, Isle of Lewis. Aimed at both island children and visitors, the pack has been
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Between Islands Project, Film 18 (Western Isles) Jane Hepburn Macmillan. An Lanntair. [Alex MacDonald, coordinator, Between Islands] https://youtu.be/yacapDSuJ5c Also, you may be interested in some of the subjects covered in An Lanntairs Faclan book festival which are now available to view online: Alex Boyd: Isle of Rust – First shown 7pm on 19th November 2020 https://vimeo.com/480973019 Roddy M.
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Between Islands Project, Film 17 (Shetland, Western Isles) The Old Fish Market, Stowaway. [Alex MacDonald, coordinator, Between Islands] This week’s musical piece features Shetland musician Arthur Nicholson, and a performance of “Rolling and Tumbling”, one of the songs he co wrote with Kris Drever and Willie Campbell for the original Between Islands concert. Many thanks to
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