White Christmas for Orkney Wine company
Collaboration between Orkney College's Agronomy Institute and the Orkney Wine Company has come to fruition,… [more]
Orkney Library Hosts Top Authors for Book Week
Book Week Scotland started on Monday 26 November and Orkney Library and Archive joined in the celebrations… [more]
Orkney Folk Festival celebrates it’s 30th year
The award-winning Orkney Folk Festival begins its thirtieth anniversary run today, Thursday 31st May,… [more]
Olympic torch inspires new Orkney song
A new song specially commissioned by Orkney Islands Council will help mark the historic Torch Relay visit… [more]
Experience Orkney’s Churchill Barriers
What better way to enjoy the journey over the Churchill Barriers in Orkney, than by motorbike. The… [more]
HISTORY
Stenness reveals new archaeology
Orkney Archaeologists may have discovered one of the largest stone circles in Britain. A report in the New Scotsman on 9th October announced … [Read More...]
Ness of Brodgar Neolithic figurine
A small stone figurine, now named the "Brodgar Boy" has been unearthed at the Ness of Brodgar excavations in Stennes, Orkney. The Brodgar Boy was … [Read More...]
CULTURE
Orkney Folk Festival celebrates it’s 30th year
The award-winning Orkney Folk Festival begins its thirtieth anniversary run today, Thursday 31st May, ahead of four jam-packed days of all things … [Read More...]
Groundskeeper Willie – Heritage trail
With the shock announcement that Groundskeeper Willie, the fictional character from the hit tv series The Simpsons, has Orkney roots we wondered … [Read More...]
NATURAL HISTORY
Papdale Woods new lease of life
The long term health of the Papdale Woods is being boosted with help from Pupils of Kirkwall Grammar Sschool. Assisted by the Orkney Woodlands … [Read More...]
Orkney nature project moves forward
A project to help make it easier to get up close to the wildlife on Orkney has come a stage closer thanks to new funding. RSPB Scotland has … [Read More...]
GENEALOGY
Hangie Bay, Tankerness
There seems to be a consensus of opinion that the place where the bodies of the SS Noss Head were washed ashore is Hangie Bay. Hangie bay/geo … [Read More...]
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...]
Book review – Orkney’s Italian Chapel
Over four years of research have led to the definitive book detailing the true story behind the little Italian chapel, built in Orkney during World War II. The Italian chapel created on the … [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...]