Young people aged 8 to 12 are being asked to take part in a storytelling project ‘If These Walls Could Talk’.
Calling All Young Storytellers: ‘If These Walls Could Talk’
The Strawplaiters of Hoy, Graemsay, Walls, Flotta and Faray
One of the youngest workers in Hoy was Jean Lyon, 14, of Clett with the oldest being Ann Lyon, 55 recorded in the census as living in ‘A Chamber’.
We Return To Happy Valley
” There have been some changes since we were there last – all positive.”
“Surprising finds that shift the boundaries of our understanding.” Norwegian Melting Ice Patches
“Objects and remains of animals and human activity have been found that we didn’t even know existed. ” Birgitte Skar, NTNU (the Norwegian University of Science and Technology) University Museum.
A Bit of Rebellion for Father’s Day
Rebel Orkney: Tales of insurrection from Orcadian history is available to order from all good book sellers
Awareness
“Many of the old ways of life were similar in widespread farming and fishing communities, and are now fading from the places which can be linked by tales such as those told by Patrick-James – and Robert Rendall”
The rise and fall o’ the milkan coo, Part 2
“During the herring fishing season in Stronsay, the population could swell by about 4,000 souls and all those extra folk needed to be fed.”
New Red List of Butterflies: Half of Britain’s remaining butterfly species are listed as threatened or Near Threatened
While land-use change remains the most important driver of decline, the impact of climate change on butterflies is also evident in the new Red List
Evidence for oldest microbes from Arctic Canada
By Steve Drury First PUBLISHED ON April 21, 2022 Among the oldest known rocks are metamorphosed pillow basalts on Nuvvuagittuk Island in Quebec on the east side of Hudson Bay, Canada. They contain […]
Protecting Bumblebees: The Importance of Citizen Science
“Bumblebees are mostly threatened by loss and degradation of nesting and feeding habitat.” Richard Comont, Science Manager at the Bumblebee Conservation Trust
