Join the Hoy community as they take you on a circular trip around the parish. Over thirty voices, some archive recordings and many new, will accompany you as you hear about Hoy, its people and places. Explore the archaeology, folklore, flora and fauna of the area in this immersive tour of a remarkable island parish.

View all the details on their website at hoyheritage.wordpress.com/tales-o-hoy

Again this year Orkney took part in the Doors Open Days. Scotland’s biggest free festival of architecture presented its largest ever digital offering in September, as we celebrated Scotland’s buildings and stories online, through tours, lectures, DIY learning events and more. In response to current concerns surrounding COVID-19 Doors Open Days 2020 was digital so that people across Scotland and the world can continue to safely explore Scotland’s buildings, spaces and places. This year we had 17 participants which is the largest number of Doors Open participants from Orkney.

"The Covid-19 pandemic struck the UK in late 2019 and increased to the extent that the country was put into lockdown by late March 2020. The 2020 Orkney Storytelling Festival had already booked the storytellers Anne Hunter and Mio Shudo as our guests and hired venues. It was agreed that we would wait to see how things would develop with Covid, but by the late summer it looked like things...