Postcards 2026
July 2026
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Orkney Interior: Homage to Ian Hamilton Finlay
In connection with something I'm writing about his relationship with Orkney, I've been thinking lately about IHF's 1960 collection The Dancers Inherit the Party. The title of one poem in particular, "Orkney Interior", struck me as being quite painterly in its implication—
The Boat in the Writing Room
This is mainly a re-posting of this (slightly updated) flyer, but readers may be interested to know that following the presentation of the double bill, concrete as an ART form at The Space, Rousay (Orkney) on April 11, screenings of the film are scheduled to take place at the
Seekers of the Lost Ark/Arc
The Boat in the Writing Room: retracing the origins of Stonypath, Little Sparta Written and presented by Alistair Peebles | Directed by Michael Lloyd flytingfilms and Brae Editions, 2025 (57' 12") Screened 28 October 2025 at the Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney A review by Brandon Logan LITTLE SPARTA,
After Catameringue IIb
The third part of this exploration has been unavoidably delayed, but these photographs are offered meantime as evidence of continuing activity. The Pier Arts Centre's centenary exhibition of work by Ian Hamilton Finlay closes on Saturday, and the loan to the gallery of a set of three ceramic