The meeting will take place on Wednesday 6th of February from 2 – 7pm at the Ayre Hotel Kirkwall .
Finstown Substation – Public Consultation
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Veterans’ Breakfast 2nd Birthday
Orkney’s Military Veterans meet up for breakfast on the last Saturday in the month.
Greens Hold Out For More Cash For Councils
“ If the Government continues to refuse to accept our proposals or even come up with fair alternatives, we cannot vote for this budget when it comes to Parliament on Thursday.”
A Different Perspective on the Narnia Books of C.S. Lewis
“I first read the ’Narnia’ books when I was about …eight years old. I loved them then, and still do. “
Orkney: Living “Beside the Ocean of Time”
Orkney has always featured at the top of lifestyle surveys but how accurately do they reflect the real life of living in the islands?
An Orkney Sunrise
Photos by Mike Bell
Poetry Corner: We Were The Fools Who Could Not Rest
On this day the 27th of January 1820 a Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev discovered the continent of Antarctica.
Reflections prompted by Richard Wallace’s poem ‘No Guarantee’
“Reading Richard Wallace’s poem No Guarantee set me off on a line of thought about………..trying to deal with what life, whether through our parents, or teachers, or ‘partners’, or events, have put into us. “
Residency Opportunity for Artists at the Island Games
Closing date for applications is Friday 1st February 2019.
What do you think of Primary 1 Assessments?
“I encourage anyone with an interest to get in touch with the review, particularly those with experience of the assessments during the 2018/19 academic session.”
