News & Articles
Keep up with the latest from the Friends of St Magnus Cathedral – project updates, Society news and upcoming events, alongside longer articles on the Cathedral and the people connected with it.
Whether you’re a Friend, a regular visitor or discovering the Cathedral for the first time, there’s always something happening.
Launching the Save St Magnus Appeal: Gladys Leslie Remembers
Gladys Leslie was Secretary to the Save St Magnus Appeal, which the Friends launched in January 1972 after a survey found serious structural damage to the cathedral. At the Society’s fiftieth anniversary Annual General Meeting, on 29 September 2008, she gave this talk recalling the launch. It is reproduced here as she gave it.
Secretary to the Appeal
Lord Lieutenant, Honorary Secretary, Ladies and Gentlemen: I stand here because I could not say “No” to the Lord Lieutenant. Also because David Oddie keeps telling me I’m one of the few folk left who was there in January 1972. I…
How the Friends Began
The Society of The Friends of St Magnus Cathedral was formed in the autumn of 1958, in a year when Orkney was already thinking hard about its cathedral….
The Cathedral’s Stained Glass
Walk into St Magnus Cathedral on a bright afternoon and the colour that falls across the red sandstone looks as though it has always been there. It has…