He was born in Tankerness and worked at The Orkney Herald, and he went to America in search of...
Category - People Past & Present
Remembering Gerry
The death of Gerald “Gerry” Meyer, former editor of Britain’s first wartime forces newspaper...
I Fly the Pentland
The first Orkney resident to cross the Pentland Firth by air was The Orcadian’s young reporter, 18...
A Man of Many Gifts
The writings of T. Ratcliffe Barnett appear from time to time on our pages, through his atmospheric...
Balfour Stewart: Sun, clouds and inspiration
Balfour Stewart (1828-1887) was born in Edinburgh but his father was a younger son of the Stewarts...
New paths to light
In north-central Nigeria, in the state of Kogi, two great rivers meet. One is the Niger, the other...
Sutherland Simpson: From Saraquoy to Cornell
It used to be said that Orkney's two main exports were eggs and professors. Our annual egg...
John D. Mackay: Man of Letters
The John D. Mackay Memorial Lecture each year commemorates the life and work of a brilliant man and...
Remembering Eoin
Eoin Scott, the chairman of Orkney Science Festival, who died on 5 June 2013, was someone who was...
‘Truly the last of the great Vikings’: Captain John Hourie
One of the popular daily One O’Clock Toasts in the 2012 Festival was given by the Festival...