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Broad Street in Kirkwall may be single lane at times on Tuesday 1 April (weather dependent) to allow high level surveys via a crane to be carried out on St. Magnus Cathedral – to the West Front and North Side.

‘All Kinds of Everything Reminds Me of You’ is a collection of recent works by Sheena Graham-George, spanning  mediums and celebrating life and creativity.

This summer, a new series of tours will be launched in St Magnus Cathedral. 

Time will stand still whilst the Cathedral clockwork undergoes a major overhaul and clean this Spring. 

The majestic St Magnus Cathedral will be closed to the public from 3pm-4.30pm on Saturday 22 March for a very royal occasion! 

Broad Street will be closed to traffic this Sunday 9 March to enable routine high-level survey work on Kirkwall Town Hall.

cal folk are being urged to share Orkney’s creativity during the Island Games - by submitting art, sculpture, photos, or words for displays in windows ‘doon the street’ in Stromness.

Anyone can submit work - from bairns and first timers to professionals – for consideration.

‘A Life in Drawing and Painting’ - a retrospective by local artist Robin Bownass - opens on 8 March at The Orkney Museum.

The hidden meanings behind some of Orkney’s iconic grave markers are the subject of the Orkney Museum’s first exhibition of 2025. 

Centuries-old exquisitely crafted weapons owned by Captain James Moodie – known locally for his dramatic murder in Broad Street, Kirkwall - have been gifted to the people of Orkney by his modern-day family and have arrived in the county and into the care of Orkney Islands Council’s Museums service.