Walk of the week: Skara Brae, Orkney

From: Scotland on Sunday | Date: June 17, 2007| Author: Nick Drainey | Copyright information

NEXT weekend the arts world will descend on Orkney for the annual extravaganza that is the St Magnus Festival. Started 30 years ago by resident composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, it attracts worldwide interest and in the past has attracted the likes of Vladimir Ashkenazy and Evelyn Glennie. This year festival-goers can expect cabaret, comedy, dance and circus, as well as world-class music.

The midsummer light that bathes the islands at this time of year only adds to the occasion, and ...

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