
Known to the Inuit people as Long Strider, Dr John Rae should be famed for his exploits not only as a hero of the Victorian Age but also today and yet this Orkney born Arctic explorer was vilified in his own time.
Known to the Inuit people as Long Strider, Dr John Rae should be famed for his exploits not only as a hero of the Victorian Age but also today and yet this Orkney born Arctic explorer was vilified in his own time.
‘Can the stories of the past act as a lodestone for us to navigate our way to a safe haven in the sea of troubles of our present day?”
The Queen O’The Isles
The Sea Between will be open from the 8th to the 18th October.
“Orkney has many kirks. Some, little more than some stones in a field, some ruinous, some semi-ruinous”
Exhausted teddy bears at the Orkney Library Fun Palace
On this day 7th of October 1931 Desmond Tutu was born in Klerksdorp, Western Transvaal, South Africa.
Saturday 29th September saw the First birthday of Orkney Mens Shed in Finstown.
“We’re clear, environmental compliance is non-negotiable” SEPA
UPDATE: This has been relocated to take place at Scapa Beach