“Having been born by Jewish immigrants Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1938 this character has quite the history. But why would I talk about him today?”
Hope And Heroism: Superman And The Appeal of Comics
First View of Andromeda Galaxy Through a Telescope: #OnThisDay
“like a candle seen at night through a horn”
An Orkney Faerie Story
“For ages an army of spirits, once so near, has been receding farther and farther from us, banished by the magic wand of science.” Sir James Frazer, The Scape Goat.
Poetry Corner: Nine Little Figurines
“Two little figurines – having a look round”
Aberdeen University Professor Elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Professor John Speakman has been elected a foreign Academician in the Chinese National Academy of Sciences – the first ever from a Scottish University to be elected.
Film Corner with Njal Heddle: Knives Out
“Knives Out is an entertaining, subversive take on the classic whodunnit genre, despite it not being the most memorable.”
Poetry Corner:The Poor Voter on Election Day
Here’s a poem reminding us all that on Election Day we all have great power in our hands.
Orkney Artists Called on to ‘Light the North’ for CLAN Cancer Charity
Each lighthouse will be individually designed and painted by some of the region’s most talented artists
“significant discovery in Orkney” of Early Bronze Age Carved Stones
“This collaborative project with SSEN gives us the opportunity to examine an important prehistoric site that would otherwise not have been excavated.”
Sgathaich: Kong – Skull Island
Kong: Skull Island was released in 2017 and is the second film of the monsterverse.
