“It requires great love of it deeply to read/ The configuration of a land”: Hugh MacDiarmid
Fu O Sang The Day
48 New #Covid Cases in Orkney
The cumulative total of Covid cases in Orkney has now reached 1,530 as 48 new positive tests were recorded in the Health Board area.
Weather Forecast: Sunny intervals and wintry showers, northerly gales easing.
The showers will become fewer and lighter in the afternoon as the strong to gale force northerly winds slowly moderate. Maximum temperature 4 °C.
Sgathaich: Halo – Combat Evolved
The game starts with a ship, the Pillar of Autumn having escaped from the human world of Reach.
Lignite ‘Brown Coal’ Used by Ancient Greek Craft Workers
The archaeologists and chemists found evidence of the use of lignite in the dental calculus of Bronze Age people from Greece.
The Last Time
‘We didn’t know it was the last time’
10 New #Covid Cases in Orkney
The cumulative total of Covid cases in Orkney is now at 1,482 as 10 new positive test results were recorded in the Health Board area.
SEPA Updated Flood Alert
Churchill Barriers, Kirkwall, St Margaret’s Hope and Stronsay
Weather Forecast: A very windy day with frequent wintry showers, bitterly cold. Yellow Warning Wind
Severe northwesterly gales, perhaps storm force for Orkney around lunch, easing for a time in the afternoon over Shetland. Frequent showers, wintry at first though tending to fall mainly as rain in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 4 °C.
Exploring Life in Orkney During the Witchcraft Trials
The Witch Experience runs from January through to March 2022, during which time participants will take part in several creative activities where they gradually get to develop a historical character.
