HISTORY
Battle of Jutland Commemoration
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is helping to bring Orkney's war time history to life with the launch of 21st century signage at Lyness … [Read More...]
Stromness barometer restored
A Fitzroy Fisheries barometer in Stromness, which has provided weather guidance to sailors for over 150 years, has been restored by the Stromness … [Read More...]
CULTURE
Orkney Buffalo
Schoolhouse Farm, in Deerness is the home of the Bremner family who produce lean and tasty buffalo meat and in August 2013 they welcomed their new … [Read More...]
Gunnie Exhibition at Orkney Library
The latest in a series of mini exhibitions from the archive of Orkney photographer Gunnie Moberg, is now on show at Orkney Library and … [Read More...]
FLORA & FAUNA
Completion of 15 year woodland project
A 15-year project, which has seen over 300 acres of native tree species planted in notoriously ‘treeless’ Orkney, has come to a close. The Orkney … [Read More...]
GENEALOGY
TOURISM
Experience Orkney’s Churchill Barriers
What better way to enjoy the journey over the Churchill Barriers in Orkney, than by motorbike. The Churchill Barriers were constructed by Italian POW's during World War II and now form an important … [Read More...]
Haltwhistle – 290 miles from north Orkney
It is often strange how and where you come across references to places or people. Standing proud in a north of England town is a fingerpost, celebrating that north Orkney is only 290 miles … [Read More...]
Where in Deerness is this?
Can anybody in Orkney help decipher the place listing on a death certificate? The following is written as the place where the bodies were found … [Read More...]