In 1969 two historians of science published a remarkable book, whose ideas continue to reverberate...
Author - Howie Firth
The mill in the sea by Stroma
In the north of Scotland, between the Orkney Islands and the northern coast of Caithness and...
Gaan Nort
Not so long ago a summer trip day might bring North Isles voices to the streets of Kirkwall. This...
Barques, Sparks and Sharks
The winds are mad, they know not whence they come, nor whither they would go,” wrote the 17th...
The Soča valley and the winter war
2026 marks the 30th anniversary of the friendship link between Orkney International Science...
The Making of the Pentland Firth
The Science Festival’s geology and landscape films are continuing to spread, with the new one from...
Eric Linklater’s summer light
The 2024 Orkney International Science Festival marked the 50th anniversary of the death of the...
A city layered in time
At the Cathedral’s 850th anniversary in 1987, a torchlight procession was held through the streets...
Flowers for the Tiger
On a sunny day in late autumn I saw in a Glasgow second-hand shop window a book with an interesting...
A Letter from North Ronaldsay
A changing world is changing Orkney. One direction may bring new opportunities with energy or food...