• Hope is The Song

    Hope is The Song

    Gordon Parks was one of the most important photographers of twentieth-century. Once a weapon to oppress the black body through colonial documentat...

    byCara McLean
  • For a Song

    For a Song

    For a small group of islands, Orkney has produced an impressive number of writers.  Most famously, George Mackay Brown created a vision of the isla...

    byDuncan McLean
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    Wondering People

    Wondering People is an art collective that collates beautiful and inspiring works by artists, makers and photographers. Founders, Sophie Merrell an...

    byCara McLean
  • Julian is a Mermaid

    Julian is a Mermaid

    Julian is a Mermaid is a beautifully illustrated children's book by New York based writer Jessica Love. It celebrates individuality, self-expressio...

    byCara McLean
  • Meet The Maker - Studio Emma

    Meet The Maker - Studio Emma

    Emma McDowall is a creative female entrepreneur, based in Edinburgh. What started off as experimental fun in her parent’s shed, soon became an in-d...

    byTracy Heath
  • Talking with Paboy Bojang

    Talking with Paboy Bojang

    Paboy is a Gambian designer currently seeking asylum in Naples. Cara talked to him last week, finding out about his inspirations for his home goods...

    byCara McLean
  • Meet The Maker - Studio Bu

    Meet The Maker - Studio Bu

    Vicky and John, from Studio Bu are both successful ceramicists and lecturers in their own right, exhibiting globally from Japan, South America, Sca...

    byCara McLean
  • Jean Michel Basquiat

    Jean Michel Basquiat

    Racism still persists; it is deeply entrenched, systemic and built into the foundations of our society.  But there is hope in resistance.  Art and ...

    byCara McLean
  • Sustainable Living

    Sustainable Living

    Climate change is one of the most pressing concerns of today.  At The Longship we’re looking at ways to be more environmentally friendly, reducing ...

    byCara McLean