“At 10am The Boy’s Ba’ was thrown up and after a severe struggle, was carried to the South End”
Christmas Past: The Stromness Ba of 1913
Homemade Christmas Gifts for Pets
PDSA, the vet charity, has put together some ideas for making your own gifts for your pets this Christmas.
Christmas Past: The Model Yacht Regatta of 1933
In 1933 A model yacht regatta was held on Bignold Sailing Pond in Kirkwall. It was organised by the Kirkwall and Holm model sailing club and lasted for 6 hours, starting at 10 in the morning and not finishing until 4pm.
Mhairi MacInnes: Keep Orkney Green and Attractive
Mhairi MacInnes speaks about the anti-uranium mining campaign which took place in Orkney in the late 1970s and early 80s.
Christmas Past: Christmas Pudding
Orcadians made their own in the past and recipes were printed in the local papers
Sgathaich: Star Trek Lower Decks – Crisis Point
“the series best strength is rather than focus on a long-serialized plot like most modern Trek does, the main progression comes from the characters.”
Shaetlan: Da History o ‘Jarlshof’
“This is such a symbolically significant step as this is the first time ever that Shetlanders can see their own language represented as an equal among other languages on one of their own historical sites.” Prof. Dr. Viveka Velupillai
Christmas Past: The School Concert
In 1929 the Orphir Public School held its Christmas concert at the Comrade’s Recreation Hall. There had been fierce gales the whole day through and these continued into the evening.
Explore The Map of Stories
The series of newly-commissioned recordings are pinned onto the map for users to explore. The stories feature ancient myths, local histories, contemporary yarns and community folk tales.
Historical Injustice of Witchcraft Executions Examined by TV’s Eorpa
BBC ALBA’s award-winning current affairs programme, Eòrpa, recently aired a programme about historical witchcraft persecution.
