Bill Graham started his working life at the coal face – as an apprentice mechanic of the mine for...
Author - Howie Firth
Family Day engineering activities for Findhorn
3D printing, plastics recycling, a Mars rover made from scrap, and an organic orchestra – these are...
A Thinker for Today
He was born exactly 100 years ago today, and even in his own profession of physics he is not as...
Old furniture transformed
Tables, chairs, sideboards, chests of drawers – all of them off to the dump and buried in landfill...
Jim Robertson: maths teacher and musician
Among the people commemorated in the One O’Clock Toast at the Peedie Kirk this year was Jim...
Europe’s small islands to gather in Orkney
Representatives from small islands across Europe will gather in Orkney to share ideas about areas...
From Orkney to Space: For Schools and Community
Night skies above us and the latest developments in space science are the subject of forthcoming...
Dark skies and bright vision
Among her many community activities in North Ronaldsay, Kathleen Scott coordinated events each year...
Standing stone holds clues to early Orcadians
It stands in an open field in North Ronaldsay that slopes to the sea, down from the Old Kirk with...
Earth-sized planet found at nearest star
It’s been found – a planet that may be suitable for life as we know it, orbiting the nearest star...