A tune specially written by one of Orkney’s best-known fiddle players for a Science Festival...
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Painting Nordic musical landscapes
The concert Sagas and Seascapes by the group Nordic Viola featured a rich mix of images to...
Following the Festival
Orkney International Science Festival director Howie Firth reflects on seven action-packed days of...
FLOW Photofest 2021
This article appeared originally in the Scottish Society for the History of Photography’s Journal...
25 years of Orkney-Slovenia science collaboration
Dr Edvard Kobal came up with the idea, back in 1996. As the Slovenian Science Foundation’s...
The call of the mountains
At just 32 years old Tristan Cameron Harper is already known by a number of distinct identities –...
Facing up to climate change
Climate change – with its causes and consequences, and particularly how to tackle it – was one of...
Motors in the wheels
Right now the name Elaphe is familiar only in certain select circles, but those circles include...
A greener garden
As a gardener I come across many creatures as well as plants. Like much of life, these are...
Take out the carbon
There is both urgency and resignation in the voice of world-renowned oceanographer, polar ice...