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Council's Culture Fund opens for 2025-26 applications
Orkney Islands Council is inviting applications for its Culture Fund – a scheme aimed at supporting cultural activity in Orkney.
17 June 2024
New lease of life for Eday Heritage & Visitor Centre
Getting into gear was the recently reopened Eday Heritage & Visitor Centre, who welcomed members of the Orkney and Caithness Vintage Clubs through its doors at the weekend. (Saturday 25 May)
07 June 2024
Northern Isles Libraries funding boost for vision project
Orkney and Shetland Libraries are putting aside their friendly rivalry with a joint project to boost services for the visually impaired.
29 May 2024
Doon the Coast Photography Competition Returns for 2024
“Hit Me With Your Best Shot!” is the ask from Orkney Harbours with the return of their Doon the Coast photography competition in 2024.
15 May 2024
Orkney's artefacts 'absolutely essential' to understanding our past, says Mary Beard
Eminent historian Professor Mary Beard visited Orkney last week to formally open an exhibition of two decades of findings from the Ness of Brodgar excavation.
14 May 2024