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The Soča valley and the winter war
by Howie Firth
Is small still beautiful?
by Elizabeth Woodcock
The Horizontal Oak
by Polly Pullar
The wonder that is Slime Mould
by Bernie Bell
Scotland’s lost branch lines
by David Spaven

Book Reviews

Gaan Nort
by Howie Firth
Barques, Sparks and Sharks
by Howie Firth
A city layered in time
by Howie Firth
A Letter from North Ronaldsay
by Howie Firth
The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands
by Howie Firth

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Hamlet’s Mill
by Howie Firth
The mill in the sea by Stroma
by Howie Firth
Memories of Orkney elections
by Magnus Grimond
Finding John Rae
by Jane Hamilton
Living with bananas
by Liz Ashworth
Gaan Nort
by Howie Firth

About Frontiers Magazine

Frontiers magazine is produced by Orkney International Science Festival, one of the world’s oldest science festivals after Edinburgh. We aim to explore ideas and places, and bring you stories of the islands and people past and present and scenes of land and sea, of making and doing and journeys to new horizons.