“This is an important SNP Government investment in the 567 NHS staff who care for folk throughout the islands day in day out.”
MSP Welcomes Pay Rise for 567 NHS Orkney Staff
Danny Dyer- what his TV outburst reveals
“Danny’s comic disdain resonates because disdain at the political system is part of the reason we are at the point we are.”
Our Home Town Stromness
“We’re delighted with the mural and looking forward to more work with the museum in the next school year.”
Poetry Corner: Otago Peninsula
“There, beneath a portcullis of rain/lie the bones of time-rent men and women. “
Photo of the day by Petra Jochen Bruckhaus
Photographs by visitor to Orkney Petra Jochen Bruckhaus
Coul Links: Ramsar status; the UK government has failed in it’s obligations.
I’d like to highlight the environmental protections that should have had much more prominence.
Graves By the Ocean Where the Cattle May Tread
The drowned men were the remnants of 1200 Covenanters who had been captured at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge (1679)
Deposit Return Scheme for Scotland?
The consultation closes on September 25th 2018
Poetry Corner: My Life’s Stem Was Cut
“I wait while the sun moves/And the bees finish their dance.”
Sliding Doors in Europe
What is being talked about, the language around the topic, is about people and it can be hurtful.
