For all musicians out there a tune with a peedie story from local musician and reader of the Orkney News the very talented Fiona Driver
A Tune & A Tale: Diana’s Chickens
Deerness Community Centre Vintage Rally
The vintage show held at the Deerness Community Hall was excellent.
Selfish Parking at the Picky Leisure Centre
The Picky centre has taken steps to curb selfish parking at the centre.
Hydrogen Seminar Stromness
One of the main drivers is to “decarbonise” Transport and Heating fuel thus reducing CO2 emissions
Letters: Concerns Over Chloropyrifos
Alistair Carmichael has written to Michael Gove requesting that he forgoes banning Chloropyrifos.
Diaries Inspire Stromness Writers
The Orkney Library and Archive has been exhibiting a wonderful collection of diaries spanning a breadth of 200 years.
Rescued Froglets Find New Home
These little frogs were rescued as frogspawn from a drying puddle
Manufacture of Straw Articles in Orkney: Part 2
Simmans: This is a strong straw rope formed of two cants twisted together and spun by hand alone.
Circles, lines, tales to tell and roads to travel.
the stories of stones, and people, and people picking up stones on their travels, and stones travelling with people.
Poetry Corner: Football Haiku
On this day, July 9th in 1867 Queens Park Football Club was formed, the first senior club in Scotland.
