The Orcadian Arctic explorer, Dr John Rae, not only discovered the fate of the Franklin ships and their search for the North West Passage in Northern Canada, but he was also an […]
Oscar Wilde #OnThisDay
On 19th of May 1897 Oscar Wilde was released from prison. His crime ‘gross indecency’ , accused and convicted of homosexuality, and sentenced to two years hard labour. The 1885 Criminal Law […]
Space Notes 46 – Mid-May 2024
by Duncan Lunan I began ‘Space Notes 44’, (ON, 5th May 2024), with the embarrassment for NASA when a piece of space debris, which struck a house in Naples, Florida, on March […]
Weather Forecast: After a cloudy start sunny spells in the afternoon
Information from The Met Office Today 19th May: A cloudy start to the day with some outbreaks of drizzle and fog patches, Brightening up during the morning, with sunny intervals into the […]
Images: Orkney’s Norwegian Constitution Day Celebrations
Some images of the flagbearers, a short video of the Tog featuring Kirkwall City Pipe Band and the Norwegian National Anthem played by Brian Jones.
Weather Forecast: Haar on Saturday morning, brighter spells developing later
Information from The Met Office Today 18th May: A cloudy start on Saturday with some early mist or fog and drizzle. This lifts through the morning to allow some bright spells in […]
#Gaza: Genocide of a People & Their Culture
“One of my dreams is for my books and my writings to travel the world, for my pen to have wings so that no unstamped passport or visa rejection can hold it […]
Cancelling School Meal Debt as Councils Face Challenging Economic Times
All pupils in primary one to five in Scotland, and all children in special schools, currently receive free school meals. However, for older pupils many families are struggling to pay for school […]
Captured in Time: Life in an Iron Age Pyrenees Mountain Village
The Iron Age site of Tossal de Baltarga, reveals a way of life derailed by violence: and potentially, a forgotten episode of the war between Carthage and Rome. Tossal de Baltarga, (in […]
Vernon Bradley’s Exhibition
By Bernie Bell Last Autumn I happened on Vernon Bradley’s Facebook page. Vernon had been painting and producing images that are …..individual, extra-ordinary, compulsive – as in – a compulsion to step/dive […]