From the field at Bannockburn, a knight, clad in shining armour, rode with great haste, bringing the news of the victory to the north and onwards to the islands of Orkney.
Of the Women: A 19thC Visit to Shetland
“Their fingers, not infrequently, busily ply their knitting needles, the while shoulders and back are supporting the heavy creels of peat.”
Challenging the Narrative: ‘populating’ the Ice Age landscapes of Scotland
“For too long we have accepted that human activity was confined to more southern areas of Britain at that time, but we want to challenge that narrative.” Professor Kate Britton, Aberdeen University
Walking Orkney: Around The Crantit Trail
A walk to skirt the town.
Of Shetland Ponies: A 19thC Visit to Shetland
“The peasant still employs them for carting peat and occasionally they may be met with attached to a lady’s phaeton.”
Grotty, Smelly, Smoky: 18thC Living Conditions Part 1
It was not only among the poor that this insanitary state existed. Dr. Samuel Johnson, for example, when talking about his friend, the poet, Kit Smart, remarked: “Another charge was that he did not love clean linen; and I have no passion for it.”
Midsummer Madness 1948
“Everything dissolves into moonlight, and the moonlight is enchantment made visible. And O! what moon-silvered phrases drop, in shivering ecstasy, from the lips of fairies and mortals! “
How did the “Neolithic Revolution” happen? Where did it all begin, and how did it spread?
A new work by an international team, dispels some myths about the beginning of the Neolithic and, therefore, of agriculture, in North Africa about 7,500 years ago. Image credit University of Cordoba
Mapping Orkney’s Seagrass Meadows
Seagrass is a flowering plant which form meadows under the sea in shallow coastal areas. The meadows are extremely important as hosts for many different animals.
“Warm summer sun, Shine kindly here”
Stromness by Mirran Hall