A bitterly cold east wind hurls its force through the darkness outside the building, but all within, for the evening talk ahead, is warmth and light. The Rock Stop at Unapool is a fascinating venue, with displays telling the...
Category - Frontiers 2018
Photographing distant skies
Alan Tough got his first compact digital camera back in 2003. “There was a spectacular aurora in November of that year and I was able to get some grainy photos of it. My interest in astrophotography really grew from there,” he...
Climbing the Old Man of Hoy
Alison McLure of the Institute of Physics has travelled on expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic...
Scenes of Sutherland
It’s some of the most spectacular scenery in the world, and it’s on Orkney’s doorstep. Bob Tateson...
Bill and the Mars rover
Bill Graham started his working life at the coal face – as an apprentice mechanic of the mine for...