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75 years of the Churchill Barriers

Tuesday 12 May is the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Churchill barriers that link Burray and South Ronaldsay to the Orkney mainland via Lamb Holm and Glimps Holm. The current situation has postponed a programme of events to [...]

May 11, 2020 Spring Issue 2020

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James Petrie Chalmers – Pioneer of Vision

He was born in Tankerness and worked at The Orkney Herald, and he went to America in search of opportunity. And when he died in 1912, his funeral in New York was attended by many leading names in the film [...]

February 7, 2016 People Past & Present

Stories and songs for a winter's evening in Scotland's Year of Coasts and Waters. Orkney storyteller Tom Muir has a… https://t.co/ThjMys9vUy

Martin Gray's Orkney Beachcombing page is always a delight to visit, with stories and pictures of treasures from fa… https://t.co/bjTzoZ0GvN

A look from the air at some of Orkney’s archaeological sites. Tristan Cameron-Harper sends his drone seeking out vi… https://t.co/Pq8WyYCNrY

The places with the most tree cover in England are … the two London boroughs of Camden and Croydon. https://t.co/n3eow0uIuW

The story of how Arctic peoples make the most of natural resources, and the long tradition of doing so that can be… https://t.co/GjguPml8Jl