Peggie Gibson was a much appreciated teacher in North Fara and Kirkwall and one of the now almost...
Tag - OISF 2019
A passion for food diversity
Ben Reade of Edinburgh Food Studio is coming to Orkney to describe how some of the most appetising...
A Taste of the Neolithic
“The main course will be shin of beef braised in an un-hopped bere malt beer, because I don’t want...
The era when the cold came back
By 16,000 years ago, according to the current estimates of the BRITICE-CHRONO project, the ice...
Festival will commemorate Moon landing
Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary will be commemorated in Orkney in September with a programme of talks...
Old ways and new journeys
I’m nothing more than someone who is trying to gain an understanding of my past history through...
Science festival gets foraging dimension
Orkney International Science Festival this year will have an added outdoor dimension as it joins...
Living off the land
Unless you are a forager, you might not know that the early leaves of the rowan tree taste like...
The great cartographer: Murdoch Mackenzie
One of the great names in cartography is Murdoch Mackenzie, whose charts of Orkney waters in the...
Fresh food approaches for Scotland
Wendy Barrie is coordinating Foraging Fortnight events on mainland Scotland, and coming to Orkney...