The Orkney News continues with its series of short films for Week 2 of the Doors Open events.
Doors Open: Weeks 1 & 2
Stuart Threipland’s Medicine Chest on Tour – Physician to the Bonnie Prince
The medicine chest of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s personal physician, used at the Battle of Culloden, will be featured for the first time as part of a new public exhibition, “Remote and Rural Remedies”.
‘The Orkney Sky At Night’
The Orkney International Science Festival produced this year an excellent online talk by Eric Walker ( @AstroHighlander ) on ‘The Orkney Sky At Night’ .
Recipe: Easy White Bread
This is an extremely quick and easy crusty white loaf to be enjoyed hot or cold.
We Are The People
“We’ll have had our better together. We’ll have had our family of nations. We’ll have had our “lead us don’t leave us””
Orkney’s Emma Steel on Her Solo Expedition to St Kilda
“This expedition has reinforced my love for nature and my drive and enthusiasm in protecting what we have, at a time when the planet’s future feels very uncertain. ” Emma Steel
Weather Forecast: Mostly cloudy with showery rain. Brisk easterly winds.
Fresh or strong east or southeasterly winds continuing. Maximum temperature 17 °C.
Smoking Ban In Force In Hospital Grounds
A ban comes in place today, 5th of September 2022, on smoking within hospital grounds.
Capturing New Worlds
For the first time, astronomers have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system.
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks” John Muir
“Sequoia seeds have flat wings, and glint and glance in their flight like a boy’s kite.”
