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For more than six decades, the Kirkwall Flower Arrangement Club has brought flowers, friendship and creativity to people throughout Orkney, and has developed a particularly special relationship with St Magnus Cathedral and The Society of The Friends of St Magnus Cathedral.

Founded in 1959, the Club has become an important part of Kirkwall’s community life. Through generations of members, it has shared the enjoyment of floral art while giving generously to the wider community.

Its annual Flower Festival in St Magnus Cathedral is now a much-loved feature of the Cathedral’s year. The Festival not only fills this remarkable…

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 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….

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…

St Magnus Cathedral belongs to the people of Orkney, a unique historical and legal reality that sets the cathedral apart from almost every other cathedral in Britain.

Through…

Among the many Orcadians whose lives are remembered in St Magnus Cathedral is one of the islands’ most remarkable figures: the Arctic explorer John Rae.

Rae was born…

Sheriff George H. Thoms was a prominent legal figure in Orkney in the late nineteenth century and is remembered locally for his decisive role in helping to save…