A Portrait of Ga
A wonderful short film made in 1952, by the celebrated Orkney filmmaker Margaret Tait, about her mother. Sent in our...
25th July 2020
Tagged as: Orkney
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The Seafarers
Stephen Rutt's The Seafarers: A Journey Among Birds, which revolves around the salt-stained, isolated and ever-changing lives of sea-birds, is...4th June 2020
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Now playing
Erland Cooper - 'A Nightingale Sings Outside Our Window' - the result of an invitation from 6 Music's Chris Hawkins...21st May 2020
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Now Playing
'Peedie Breeks', the latest track to be released from Erland Cooper's upcoming album Hether Blether; the third and final in...16th April 2020
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Undertow
We recently came across, and were rather taken with, images from Frances Scott's Undertow, published by Another Place Press. The...5th April 2020
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Longhope
A new song and video from Erland Cooper, on occasion of the announce of the third and final album in...5th March 2020
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Sule Skerry
Last week, Sule Skerry - the second album in Erland Cooper's Orkney-moulded triptych - was released on the Phases record...21st May 2019
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Erland Cooper - Spoot Ebb
Erland Cooper launches new track 'Spoot Ebb' with a video by long time collaborator and visual artist Alex Kozobolis. Named...17th April 2019
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Erland Cooper - Haar
Watch the video for brand new Erland Cooper track 'Haar': On ‘Haar’ (a sea mist which, in Orkney, can form...23rd February 2019
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Erland Cooper - Simmer Dim
Something shiny, new and beautiful from Erland Cooper - a highlight of our festival stages this summer. 'Simmer Dim' -...29th September 2018
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A few words on Solan Goose
To mark the release of Erland Cooper's Solan Goose, which hits record shops today, Caught by the River poet-in-residence Will...23rd March 2018
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Erland Cooper - Solan Goose video
Regular readers of the site will know we’ve been a fan of Erland Cooper’s solo project from the off. The...21st February 2018
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Maalie
"Maalie is the local 'Orcadian' dialect for the gull-like Fulmar, a grey and white seabird that's related to the albatross..."...22nd November 2017
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Amy Liptrot wins The Wainwright Prize
Amy Liptrot by Brian David Stevens We are over the moon that Amy Liptrot has won this year's Wainwright Prize...7th August 2016
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An exchange between Sarah Perry & Amy Liptrot
After reading each other's books, Sarah Perry and Amy Liptrot struck up a correspondence. Here they discuss seasonality, noctilucent cloud,...22nd June 2016
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Migratory Thoughts in Orkney
A pair of Arctic terns Words and pictures: Steve Sankey At 59° north in the deep mid-winter it’s a good...9th March 2016
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January Gales in Orkney
Eastside surf. Photo: Sarah Sankey Words: Steve Sankey. For weeks now the islands have been lashed by southerly gales, sometimes...30th January 2016
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The Caught by the River Book of the Month: January
The Outrun by Amy Liptrot Canongate, hardback, 304 pages. Out 14 January. Preorder a copy here. Amy Liptrot’s memoir started...7th January 2016