The first Orkney resident to cross the Pentland Firth by air was The Orcadian’s young reporter, 18...
Tag - OISF 2014
Peedie Producers Guide
When you sample the local fare at some of the Festival events, you may wonder where you can buy...
Green Marine
The big push on marine renewables in Orkney is bringing in local companies in key roles. Among them...
Xodus makes it 10
The Xodus Group celebrates this year the 10th anniversary of its move into its present premises in...
Orkney housing in the 21st century?
The John D. Mackay Memorial Lecture in the 2014 Orkney International Science Festival looked at the...
New paths to light
In north-central Nigeria, in the state of Kogi, two great rivers meet. One is the Niger, the other...
Sailing north to Orkney and Shetland: The Clipperton Project
Beginnings Clipperton Island is an atoll in the middle of the East Pacific Ocean. At just 9 square...
The ice-grey river and the fire in the night
Have you sometimes wondered what it would have been like to live in Norse Orkney, a thousand years...
Festivals by the sea to collaborate
Two Scottish festivals are to work together to bring more visitors to Scotland. The Scottish...