Kinlay Francis reflects on 15 years as an Orkney tour guide showing tourists from around the world the islands’ attractions ...

Why do you go there? It’s an oasis of calm in the pell-mell craziness of Orkney life. How often do you go? Every day in my imagination, less frequently in person. Even if I don’t go physically, it’s ...

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But Lilia knew nothing of the island's eccentricities, and when the Orkney people told her tales, she only giggled. "Don't laugh," they warned her, and they explained that nearly every mound in ...

Former Scotsman columnist Christine Muir’s descriptions of life on Orkney were written about 40 to 50 years ago, but her words still enchant today “All we have is every day,” the designer ...

The council's latest motion may not herald a literal reunification with Norway, but it is the latest in a series of strategic and symbolic gestures to leverage Orkney's distinct Norse heritage in ...

(Dan Bates / The Herald) That only scratches the surface. He has long been something of a North Star in the prosecutor’s ...

South African police on Sunday say 340 illegal miners were arrested after being forced out of an abandoned mine shaft due to ...

An ‘ingenious approach’ has seen high-speed internet cables installed in a second pipe in the drinking water network on Papa Westray, Orkney.

By the time she arrives back in Orkney, which has far fewer temptations ... 2024 at 12:32 p.m. (c)2024 The News-Herald (Willoughby, Ohio) Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

We agree. The Herald Editorial Board endorses MAXEME “MAX” TUCHMAN in the School Board District 7 race.

Nearly £1.4 billion will be spent on dozens of local growth projects in Scotland over the next 10 years, the UK Government ...