Image by Rosie Hopkins, Poetry by John Keats
Peace Ship #OnThisDay
On 4th of December 1915 The Peace Ship, Ocean liner Oscar II, set sail from the USA to Europe.
Waverider, Part 2 – Flight in Nonterrestrial Atmospheres,
or, The Hang-Glider’s Guide to the Galaxy. VESSEL, designed by Duncan Lunan for Lance McLane by Sydney Jordan, Daily Record 1982-83
Denize Lace ‘Heads Above Water’
In this short film she explains the Island Wellbeing Project and the particular challenges island residents have faced due to the Covid pandemic lockdowns, and the ongoing cost of living crisis.
Revealed: The Lost Chapel of St Erasmus
How the east end of the Abbey church and its furnishes may have looked – crafted by illustrator Stephen Conlin, based on evidence from the study. Image courtesy of Stephen Conlin
The Sky Above You – December 2022
The planet Mercury will reappear in the evening sky with Venus in December, at greatest elongation from the Sun on December 21st, coinciding with the winter solstice.
Sgathaich: Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
“Set in the Hoenn region and like the rest of the first 4 regions of the franchise it’s based on locations in Japan.”
Scraping The Depths Of Antarctica Reveals New Seaweed
“Finding Palmaria decipiens at 100m depth is important for furthering our knowledge of Antarctica, a continent that is so important to understand for addressing the environmental challenges the world faces today.” Professor Frithjof Kuepper
Seagrass Meadows & Preventing Coastal Erosion
“we can show that their root mats also bind together the underwater sand dunes, effectively reinforcing them.” Eduardo Infantes, a Marine Biologist at the University of Gothenburg
Orkney At The Heart Of Celtic Connections
Catriona Price, Kris Drever, and Eric Linklater, Saltfishforty, Gnoss and Fara will join more than 1,000 fellow musicians from across the world taking part in the 18-day Celtic Connections.