l The St Magnus Festival in Orkney has a new chairman.
Local architect and festival board member Leslie Burgher succeeds George Rendall, who has served in the post for 20 years after stints as treasurer and in charge of publicity. He succeeded Archie Bevan, who was one of the founders of the festival with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies when a teacher at Stromness Academy.
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