The Hudson’s Bay Company, which celebrated its 350th anniversary last year, had an immense economic impact on Orkney in a time of otherwise little opportunity, providing income and employment locally and to many hundreds of men...
Category - Frontiers 2021
The clock, the fax, and the genius from Watten
Alexander Bain Alexander Bain was one of the most prolific inventors of the 19th century, and is one of the least remembered. His inventions are all the more remarkable given his background. Born in 1810 near Watten in Caithness...
The mystery of the oaks
Here are two extracts from scientific papers of recent years. One of them must be wrong. The first...
Along the tide-mark
The word ‘foraging’ brings images of journeys among hedgerows and fields for wild foods – herbs...