• Stenness Poetry Day

    Stenness Poetry Day

    To mark World Poetry Day, we celebrate Abersee Press's latest publication: a first book of poems by Stenness-born poet Ingrid Leonard.'Ingrid Leona...

    byDuncan McLean
  • Ola by Ingrid

    Ola by Ingrid

    The Longship has been a family business since 1859. With Mother’s Day in mind, Ola Gorie’s daughter Ingrid Tait remembers growing up with a pioneer...

    byDuncan McLean
  • 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