Robert Foden tells the story of the Norwegian explorer Tryggva Gran, the first person to (officially) fly cross the North Sea. Aviation Festival 8th & 9th August 2022 online
Orkney Aviation Festival 2022
Orkney Aviation Festival 2022
“Aviation and the Art of Engineering” a talk by Professor Dugald Cameron OBE,FCSD,FRSA. Aviation Festival 8th & 9th August 2022 online
Virtual Island Summit : Connecting Up Islanders Worldwide #VIS2022
The Virtual Island Summit 2022 is a fantastic way to hear about the challenges faced by island communities and their solutions. It runs from September 26th to October 2nd.
Science Festival Programme: A Diverse Range of Online & In Person Events
Tickets will go on sale in a week’s time, on Thursday 21 July at 6 pm, for The Orkney International Science Festival.
Talks, Grub And Guidebook At Kilmartin Museum
To book a FREE place on any of these talks, visit our website. You can also watch recordings on our Youtube channel.
Living With The Mega-Regions: Embers Into Sparx, Online Talks
Starting tonight, Monday May 23rd, 7.30pm, is a series of 6 talks hosted on the Orkney International Science Festival YouTube channel which will look at how rural and island areas can stem the tide of centralisation.
Ousdale Broch And The Caithness-Sutherland Border
Using a range of Latin and Old Norse texts, this talk will follow the Caithness-Sutherland border from an imagined Pictish past, through the Viking Age and the Late Norse Period, into the Early-Modern era.
‘The Ministry and Magic In Early Modern Orkney’
“It’s an on-line talk by Professor Peter Marshall of the University of Warwick, hosted by the Institute for Northern Studies, UHI”
Back To The Edge……
Video recordings of this conference are now available
‘Forgotten Hero’ Dr John Rae
Ken Stewart gives a talk on John Rae’s boyhood in Orkney, his medical training and work as a doctor, his Arctic expeditions and how he solved the two great remaining mysteries of the Arctic.
