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Scottish-built satellite launch for March 2014
Scotland’s first satellite is due to go into orbit at the end of March 2014. It’s been commissioned by the UK Space Agency, who today gave an update of the launch day. The satellite is
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Raise a glass to John Rae!
A special bottle of single malt whisky from Highland Park helped Orkney International Science Festival mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Arctic explorer John Rae. Talks on Rae have been a frequent feature
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Orkney’s Big 5
Scottish Natural Heritage have announced the results of the voting for Orkney Big 5 – the five species regarded as most special amongst the wide range of Orkney’s wildlife. Over a thousand people voted through
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The flowers that followed Flodden
Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break the Scottish circle deep That fought around their King. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men
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10 Years of Wave and Tide
It is easy to become blasé about the fact that the technology to harvest wave and tidal energy is being seen routinely on Hatston Pier, at Lyness, or going out past Stromness to Billia Croo.
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Maeshowe on the internet
maeshowe.co.uk Maeshowe (HY315128), considered to be one of the greatest architectural achievements of Neolithic Europe, is Orkney’s largest and finest chambered cairn. The Orkneyinga Saga refers to it as Orkahaugr (ON Mound of the Orks).
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Knitting plants – mathematically
Simple mathematical rules can be used to create the most unexpected shapes and patterns, and nowhere is this more evident than in the world of plants and shells. In their 2013 project Botanica Mathematica, artist
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Sutherland Simpson: From Saraquoy to Cornell
It used to be said that Orkney’s two main exports were eggs and professors. Our annual egg production peaked in 1957 at 78 million; our per capita production of professors is almost as noteworthy. Scientists
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When I first encountered the Kogi
When I first encountered the Kogi, it was a quite extraordinary surprise. I was trying to research a film about the Lost City, the ruins of a large Tairona settlement on the steep slopes of
When I first encountered the Kogi, it was a quite extraordinary surprise. I was trying to research a film about the Lost City, the ruins of a large Tairona settlement on the steep slopes of [...]
Every Friday I would run from school and straight onto the M.V. Graemsay that would take me to the island of Hoy: my muddy childhood paradise. My family had a cottage on the island that [...]
Northlight Studio occupies a former butcher’s shop half way down Stromness Street and is home to Ros Bryant who works in woven tapestry and stone letter carving. The gallery has shown the work of several [...]
For there to be a hot day in Orkney the wind must die down, a rare occurrence. On such a day another rarity occurs – a warm sea, but only where the exposed sand of [...]
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