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Rebel Orkney - tales of insurrection from Orcadian history, available from all good booksellers now.
A Gude Cause Maks A Strong Erm - the animated story of the Orcadian Woman's Suffrage Society
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HPV Vaccination Available

By theorkneynews on July 4, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

From today  a HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccination is available for Men who have sex with Men (MSM)

What is the London Fisheries Convention?

By theorkneynews on July 3, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Note: this is not the CFP – it pre dates the EU. 

Islanders Asked For Their Views

By theorkneynews on July 3, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )
the cliffs at Yesnaby, a bay inlet between the two outcrops of rock

It is the First Stage of a National Islands Plan.

Bernie Bell: The Cairns – the story of a broch

By theorkneynews on July 3, 2017 • ( 9 Comments )

one of the prize finds there, was a whalebone with the jaw-bone of a man carefully placed inside it

Peedie Meeples

By theorkneynews on July 3, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

The next Peedie Meeples will be on Monday 3rd July! 

Manufacture of Straw Articles in Orkney

By theorkneynews on July 2, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

The materials from which articles of straw were made were principally bent, and the straw of black oats.

Poetry Corner:The Ebon Venus

By theorkneynews on July 2, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

My heart like a needle ever true/ Turns to the maid of ebon hue.

Circle and Line: Northlight Gallery

By theorkneynews on July 2, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

2nd – 13th July 10.30 – 5pm

Kirkwall City Pipe Band

By theorkneynews on July 1, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Saturday evenings at 7.30pm throughout the summer.

Anger Over Scottish Water’s Failure to Consult Fishing Community

By theorkneynews on July 1, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Scottish Water have made a glaring botch of this.

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The Rousay Clearances - Exodus from the Egypt of the North
Churchill's Prisoners. The Italians in Orkney 1942-1944. James MacDonald
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