An intricately-carved sandstone head which could be more than 900 years old has been found on the Orkney island of Rousay.

The find was made during a University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute excavation at Skaill farm on the ...

A facial reconstruction has been made of Orkney's St Magnus to help mark the 900th anniversary of his death. Forensic artist Hew Morrison's research included studies of photographs taken in the ...

Ebb of Winter felt about right. It’s one of Peter Maxwell Davies’s most recent works, a yearning for the brightness and warmth of spring at the end of an Orcadian winter, written in 2013 for the ...

With – unusually – no visiting orchestra at this year’s St Magnus International Festival in far-flung Orkney (the fall-out from delayed funding confirmations, we’re assured), there was a danger that ...

Excitement is building in Orkney as the final countdown begins to the Island Games. Athletes from across the world are in ...

The composer Peter Maxwell Davies launched the festival in 1977, at the time of the summer solstice, when the islands are perpetually bathed in light. Though he is now the president, rather than ...

A PREMIER by composer, Alasdair Nicolson was a fitting opening to the St Magnus International Festival, which prides itself on its emphasis on contemporary music. Nicolson, who is also the ...

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A facial reconstruction has been made of Orkney's St Magnus by a forensic artist to help mark the 900th anniversary of his death. Let us know you agree to data collection on AMP.