“In 1899 Everett Hale published The Brick Moon, a novel in which an artificial satellite intended as an aid to navigation is accidentally launched with the workforce still aboard”
Space Stations
Translate, Transfer, Transform – The Frankfurt Book Festival.
“2022 marks a confident energetic return for an event that facilitates the exchange of ideas, sharing of knowledge and a love of books. What a necessary event in current times.”
Fantasia #OnThisDay
On 13th of November 1940, the Walt Disney animated film Fantasia premiered.
Weather Forecast: Mainly dry but cloudy with occasional rain by evening.
Light or moderate southerly winds turning southeasterly and freshening later. Maximum temperature 13 °C.
West of Orkney Windfarm: Consultation Events
There are to be 4 information and public consultations in Orkney about the proposed offshore windfarm west of Orkney: 2 in Kirkwall, 1 in Stromness and 1 in Hoy.
Helen’s Home Cooking:Video & Recipe for Rustic Ciabatta
Getting Ciabatta right is just so satisfying. This particular method has worked every time for me.
Scots Need to Eat More Fibre
The overall picture of diet in Scotland remains very poor. That’s the results of The Scottish Health Survey 2021 (SHeS) with fibre intake among the worst of the survey results.
Still Burning
“how brilliant, moving and fitting is it that, this time, on this of all weekends, a descendant of the great Milroy will take the field wearing the colours that his ancestor wore with such pride and distinction?”
Seeking Organic Farmers in Eday
The Orkney News has had a request from Sean who is trying to contact organic farmers in Eday who have had a series of Geodesic Domes recently constructed
Weather Forecast: Cloudy with light and patchy rain, drier, brighter later. Windy.
Southwest winds strengthening later. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
