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The Battle of Summerdale: Orkney v Caithness
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A walk through #Binscarth #Woods on a fine April day in #Orkney
A mixture of Fairyland and Rainforest - a photo journey
https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/04/20/a-walk-through-binscarth-woods-on-a-fine-april-day/
#woodlands #rainforest #forest #nature #walking #islands #photos #hiking
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@Tea_Break
I love all the publicity that Skara Brae gets because it keeps all the grubby tourists away from the real archaeological gem on Papa Westray. 🙂
#Orkney #archaeology #neolithic #KnapOfHowar #ancient #history -
Throwback to a visit to Orkney a couple of years ago, and lichen growing on the standing stones of the Ring of Brodgar.
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‘The Flight of the Vikings, Daring Escapes in Small Boats from Nazi-Occupied Norway 1940 – 45’ now in Paperback
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#Monster remains return to #Orkney
The remains of an Orkney “sea monster” will be on show in the county, returning for what is believed to be the first time in over 200 years.
Since a storm brought the remains of the #Stronsay #Beast to the surface in 1808, the story of the #creature has proved to be one of Orkney’s most fascinating.
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#Monster remains return to #Orkney
The remains of an Orkney “sea monster” will be on show in the county, returning for what is believed to be the first time in over 200 years.
Since a storm brought the remains of the #Stronsay #Beast to the surface in 1808, the story of the #creature has proved to be one of Orkney’s most fascinating.
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“Culture is not only a victim of war, it is also a source of resilience, dignity and hope.”
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Headlines I didn't expect to read this morning: "Injured walrus makes a surprise visit to Orkney pier"
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“Brown’s headstone tells us who and what he was – a poet. It doesn’t say that he was Orkney’s laureate, singer of the islands, to the islanders a bringer of song, but then no-one coming to this spot would need telling.”
—Peter Alan Ross visits George Mackay Brown’s grave
https://smallfinds.substack.com/p/small-finds-4
#Scottish #literature #poets #Orkney #20thcentury #GeorgeMackayBrown #grave #cemetery
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To have carved on the days of our vanity
A sun
A ship
A star
A cornstalkAlso a few marks
From an ancient forgotten time
A child may read…—“A Work for Poets”: the final poem of George Mackay Brown (1921–1996) who died #OTD, 13 April
Published in CARVE THE RUNES (Polygon, 2021)
https://birlinn.co.uk/product/carve-the-runes/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #poets #Orkney #20thcentury #GeorgeMackayBrown
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“In minutes lives were shattered”
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/04/11/in-minutes-lives-were-shattered/
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Some #islanders in #Orkney attend weekly #vigil on #Kirk Green in #Kirkwall every Saturday between 1 and 2pm
hey have been doing so since the end of October 2023. #Photographs & #films are made which are seen by #Palestinians in #refugee camps, and those who have been displaced. It gives them hope when they find that even as far away from them as Orkney is, that there are people who know of their #suffering, and who care.
https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/04/04/people-as-things-thats-where-it-starts/
#humanity #humanism #morals #compassion
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“People as things, that’s where it starts” – #Orkney News
[Quote from Terry #Pratchett]
The #Knesset, Israel’s #Parliament, voted to impose #death sentence (by #hanging) on #Palestinian #prisoners
- It is State #Execution based on #ethnicity. Students of history will realise that the world has been here before – in the #Germany of the 1930s and 40s
Israel runs an #Apartheid system
When most people think of Apartheid ...
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“People as things, that’s where it starts” – #Orkney News
[Quote from Terry #Pratchett]
The #Knesset, Israel’s #Parliament, voted to impose #death sentence (by #hanging) on #Palestinian #prisoners
- It is State #Execution based on #ethnicity. Students of history will realise that the world has been here before – in the #Germany of the 1930s and 40s
Israel runs an #Apartheid system
When most people think of Apartheid ...
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“People as things, that’s where it starts” – #Orkney News
[Quote from Terry #Pratchett]
The #Knesset, Israel’s #Parliament, voted to impose #death sentence (by #hanging) on #Palestinian #prisoners
- It is State #Execution based on #ethnicity. Students of history will realise that the world has been here before – in the #Germany of the 1930s and 40s
Israel runs an #Apartheid system
When most people think of Apartheid ...
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“People as things, that’s where it starts” – #Orkney News
[Quote from Terry #Pratchett]
The #Knesset, Israel’s #Parliament, voted to impose #death sentence (by #hanging) on #Palestinian #prisoners
- It is State #Execution based on #ethnicity. Students of history will realise that the world has been here before – in the #Germany of the 1930s and 40s
Israel runs an #Apartheid system
When most people think of Apartheid ...
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“People as things, that’s where it starts” – #Orkney News
[Quote from Terry #Pratchett]
The #Knesset, Israel’s #Parliament, voted to impose #death sentence (by #hanging) on #Palestinian #prisoners
- It is State #Execution based on #ethnicity. Students of history will realise that the world has been here before – in the #Germany of the 1930s and 40s
Israel runs an #Apartheid system
When most people think of Apartheid ...
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Huge #antimatter delivery to #Orkney
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r384ye7reo
'A supermarket in Orkney has been giving away bananas after accidentally ordering an estimated 38,000 of them - almost double the entire population of the islands.'
'Tesco in Kirkwall had intended to order 380kg (750lbs) of the fruit but a slip-up meant it ordered 380 wholesale boxes, each containing about 100 bananas.'
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From Sutherland to Orkney : Stories of Clearance
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From Sutherland to Orkney : Stories of Clearance
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From Sutherland to Orkney : Stories of Clearance
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From Sutherland to Orkney : Stories of Clearance
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From Sutherland to Orkney : Stories of Clearance
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‘The females are the chief assistants in cultivating the farms.’
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Tales of True Crime, Orkney : Stromness Sweetie Theft
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The magnificent St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, started in 1137 by the Norse Earl Rognvald to celebrate the sainthood of his uncle, Earl Magnus, who had been killed in 1117. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkwall/stmagnus/index.html
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The view east from the slopes of Wee Fea on the island of Hoy in Orkney, taking in Lyness and, beyond it, Scapa Flow and the islands of Fara and Flotta. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hoy/lyness/index.html
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“In places there are no pavements whatever. ” – Mike Macleod
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“The Jerusalem we speak of, and the Palestine we defend, are not merely holy sites and inanimate stones; they are people.”
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I yearn to work somewhere with a quarry. Rebuilding a 200 year old sea wall using the same shore stone that made it is great discipline but I dream of stones with flat tops and straight sides, rather than wonky lines and so much time spent on pinning each rock into place.
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@seatsixtyone.bsky.social
I used to live in #Stromness; great to see the X1 commuter bus enter the Seat61 hall of fame.
Things you might mention:
• the no.7 bus does a fantastic tour of West Mainland, linking Stromness and Kirkwall via a properly scenic route, if the windows aren't all misted up.
• southbound from #Orkney, the Aberdeen boat connects easily with LNER's 0952 London train. You can stay on ship after arrival for a leisurely breakfast. Even the 0752 is usually safe. -
Hype for the Future 87B: The Isolated Islands of Europe
Introduction The North Sea is home to the Orkney, Shetland, and Faroe Island territories. Orkney and Shetland are today part of Scotland, while the Faroe Islands are today part of Denmark. However, all three (3) island chains effectively appear the same geographically, with mostly cultural differences separating the three island chains. The Orkney Islands are the furthest south and are immediately north of Caithness on the Scottish mainland, while the Shetland Islands to the north represent […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/hype-for-the-future-87b-the-isolated-islands-of-europe/
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Hype for the Future 74/284: The North of Scotland
Introduction Though the vast majority of the Scottish population lives nearer the English border, the northern regions of Scotland are actually more attuned to Nordic customs for over a millennium, as much of the northern region was previously connected—quite strongly—to Norwegian control and subject to instability more than the regions even slightly further to the south, such as by the Urquhart Castle near Inverness. The Counties The Nordic regions of Scotland are largely determined […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/hype-for-the-future-74-284-the-north-of-scotland/
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The Maeshowe Dragon carved by 12th C #Vikings inside the huge Neolithic chambered tomb in #Orkney. It may celebrate the finding of treasure in the tomb. But I wonder whether it was a protection against the curse of the 'Hogboy' (from the Norse for ghost) which dwelled there. #TombTuesday #folklore
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Hype for the Future 73I: The Nordic Cross in Scotland
Introduction Even though Scotland itself is not a Nordic country, portions of the territory now claimed by Scotland have historically been identified as Norwegian territory in particular. Following the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway and associated unions, most notably the Kalmar Union with Sweden, the Kingdom of Denmark would continue to claim the Faroe Islands, Iceland (now a sovereign state), and Greenland, in order from southeast to northwest. Norse Heritage While not all of Scotland is […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/hype-for-the-future-73i-the-nordic-cross-in-scotland/
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On the loom of winter, shadows
gather in a web; then the
shuttle of St. Lucy makes a
pause; a dark weave
fills the room…—George Mackay Brown, “Maeshowe: Midwinter”
in FOLLOWING A LARK (John Murray, 1996)5/5
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #GeorgeMackayBrown #midwinter #solstice #Orkney #archaeology #prehistory #neolithic
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Some slock they must hiv hin on them,
haevan man-shorn rock fae quarry tae dig,
their own hand’s deueen hewn intae the face o it…—Ingrid Leonard, “Maeshowe – I”
in SOUND OF AN ICEBERG: New Writing Scotland 374/5
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws37/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #midwinter #solstice #Orkney #archaeology #prehistory #neolithic #Scots #Scotslanguage
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…I dream
we are pregnant again, sharing the same
green among grey, the selfsame startled heart
that Maeshowe, like the navel of the north,
offers at first glance.—Taylor Strickland, “The Low Road”
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https://georgemackaybrownfellowship.com/taylor-strickland-the-low-road-4/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #midwinter #solstice #Orkney #archaeology #prehistory #neolithic
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From 2021: the setting midwinter #solstice sun illuminates the interior of a 5,000-year-old tomb – Maeshowe chambered cairn on Orkney
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IBIWm7Zoro
#Scottish #Scotland #midwinter #solstice #Orkney #archaeology #prehistory #neolithic
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“You are standing in a high, dim stone vault. There is a thick soundlessness, as in a recording studio, or a strongroom.”
—Kathleen Jamie visits Maeshowe chambered cairn at midwinter, for the London Review of Books, 2003
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https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v25/n24/kathleen-jamie/into-the-dark
#Scottish #literature #midwinter #solstice #Orkney #archaeology #prehistory #neolithic
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Support an Island Creator: Crowdfunding Launched to Fund Orkney Developer’s SGDA Accelerator Travel
The Scottish Games Network is calling on the community to support a unique crowdfunding campaign forAdam Clarke, an Orkney-based game developer who has secured a place in the Scottish Games Developers Association (SGDA) Accelerator Programme.
While earning a spot in the prestigious accelerator is a huge win for the developer and a testament to the talent emerging from all across Scotland, the high and often prohibitive cost of travel and accommodation from Orkney has created an unexpected financial barrier to Adam’s participation.
The developer, whose project was selected against stiff competition, is now seeking support from the wider industry to cover the essential logistical costs required to attend the in-person sessions of the accelerator.
Bridging the Geographic Gap
This situation underscores a recurring challenge in the Scottish creative sector: ensuring that national opportunities are truly accessible to talent outside of the central belt. If Scotland’s games ecosystem is to be truly national – a key pillar of the Games Action Plan – it must actively support creators from all regions.
The SGDA Accelerator is designed to provide intense mentorship and resources for business growth. Losing a highly talented participant simply due to geography would be a significant loss for the entire cohort.
This crowdfunding campaign is a vital, community-driven effort to bridge that gap and ensure that regional excellence is not penalised by high travel costs.
How You Can Help
The Scottish Games Network urges studios, freelancers, and individuals who believe in the importance of supporting regional talent to contribute to the campaign. Every donation will go directly toward ensuring that Adam can continue to attend the necessary in-person sessions and benefit fully from the SGDA Accelerator experience.
Let’s ensure this up-and-coming island creator gets the platform they deserve to build a successful Scottish studio.
To donate and support the campaign, please visit Adam’s GoFundMe page.
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“I’ve tried to not say anything on this but if everyone keeps quiet nothing will change." ASN Education in Orkney https://theorkneynews.scot/2025/11/17/ive-tried-to-not-say-anything-on-this-but-if-everyone-keeps-quiet-nothing-will-change-asn-education-in-orkney/ #AdditionalSupportNeeds, #ASN, #Education, #JennyGilruth, #Orkney, #Schools, #ScottishGovernment