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13 April 2022: A Bunch of Daffodils for GMB…

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Twenty-six years ago (on 13 April 1996), the soul of GMB passed over the Rainbow Bridge .. he is very well remembered !      Iain & Margaret 13 April 1996… in Kirkwall Hospital, at 5.50 p.m., George Mackay Brown, left for his last journey. Did GMB actually left, I’m not sure. So deeply rooted was the poet in Stromness and Orkney … Continue reading →

A ‘miniature Bayeux Tapestry’ in Orkney…

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. . Mairiuna, we’ve just enjoyed reading your post on the children’s painted panels in St Magnus Cathedral – a miniature Bayeux Tapestry!  What was it, we wondered, that attracted the Arran children to this subject? (Iain & Margaret – 17/11/2012) . Many thanks to Iain and Margaret for this kind comment and quite interesting remarks about the Arran children … Continue reading →