Electric hydrofoil passenger ferries and Scotland’s Programme for Government – what lies ahead for Orkney ?
Editorial: Ferries & Future Funding, What Lies Ahead
#Orkney Doors Open this Weekend
he Orkney News has two online free events which you can visit wherever you live and both commence at 3pm.
Rebel Orkney: Fascinating True Stories
Tales of Insurrection from Orcadian History
The Garden Memorial Building
“there could be no better way in which the name of Robert Garden could have been commemorated and perpetuated by his widow and family than by erecting that building. It would be a memorial for all time.” – William MacLennan, 1927
The Orcadians Who Fought At Bannockburn
From the field at Bannockburn, a knight, clad in shining armour, rode with great haste, bringing the news of the victory to the north and onwards to the islands of Orkney.
Norman Rushbrook: The Men In Black, St Magnus International Festival
Norman Rushbrook has been Lighting Manager with the St. Magnus Festival, since 1978.
Consumers Continue to be Hit by High Food Prices
According to the latest UK Government statistics the rate of inflation has gone down – the first such decrease since August of 2022. But as everyone is experiencing, the price of your weekly food shop continues to increase. What is going on ?
80 Years on, What has happened to Tom Johnston’s Energy Vision for the Highlands & Islands “We shall make a different future” ?
His idea was to create cheaper energy for the Highlands and Islands with the surplus produced being sold to the South for a profit.
The Lost Gardens of Orkney, 13, Gardening Tools
Gardening implements could be expensive, especially the larger ones like stone rollers which would be used to flatten lawns in large gardens. These were usually pulled by men as there was concern that if horses or other animals were used the lawns might be damaged. Casual labour would often be used for this purpose supervised, of course, by the head gardener.
Orcadian Stories
Last year Martin Laird and Fiona Grahame took on a project to record in filmed interviews a few of the untold stories of Orkney from those who were there at the time. Filmed over many months the interviews recount events from the 1970s to the present day.
