Meeting Reports

We aim to build up a record giving brief summaries of the presentations made at our monthly general meetings. Please click on the relevant date below to call up the report of that meeting.

September 2024 - Dr. Siobhan Cooke-Miller - Highlights from Orkney Museum's Archaeology collection

August 2024 - Holly Elliot - Bodies, Arthritis and Osteopathy

May 2024 - Laura Drever - Reflecting Orkney landscapes in art form 

February 2024 - Soibhan Robertson - Supporting older adults in Orkney

November 2023 - Lord Wallace of Tankerness - The House of Lords

October 2023 - Elaine Grieve - Being Orkney's Lord-Lieutenant

September 2023 - Holly Young - Orkney Shells

June 2023 - Caroline Critchlow - How gardening can change your life

May 2023 - William Sichel - A head for running

April 2023 - Annual General Meeting

March 2023  -  Fran Hollinrake - The role of the Cathedral Custodian

February 2023 - Dr Antonia Thomas - Art and Architecture in Neolithic Orkney

January 2023  -  Tom Hadley - Orkney Native Wildlife Project

December 2022 - Christmas Lunch - Merkister Hotel

November 2022 - Malcolm Macrae - Skaill House

October 2022  Caroline Butterfield - A Norwegian Adventure

September 2022  Sheena Wenham - Wartime jottings of two Orkney ladies

August 2022  Richard Gauld - Time travelling through the Scottish Highlands

June 2022  Tom Nimmo - The Colour of Water

May 2022  Michael McLaughlin - Saving Orkney's Historic Boats

February 2020  Peter Breingan - Life in Shufat refugee camp, Palestine

January 2020   Catriona McCallum - Dietary Supplements

November 2019   David Taylor - The struggle for survival in 18th century Orkney

October 2019  Lynn Bartlett - Making stained glass

September 2019   Penny Martin - The colourful underwater life in Orkney waters

August 2019    Liam McArthur MSP - How Holyrood works