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Fiona Grahame Orkney News Ltd<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nokings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nokings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#orkney</a>

ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ<a href="https://aus.social/@DavidNorth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@DavidNorth</a> I'd just like to second that recommendation! You will also find plenty of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neolithic</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Viking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Viking</a> stuff there! (But remember to check the weather forecast first :-) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Westray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Westray</a>

David_grünWe made the most of the good weather today on our Scotland adventure, and took the ferry from Orkney main Island to Westray. The goal of the trip was to see some puffins and maybe some seals. Goal achieved! But there are some other things on the island, so we also checked out the ruin of Noltland Castle. Well worth the visit, and a nice view from there, also. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/fensterfreitag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fensterfreitag</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scotland</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a>

Mark OheScottish and UK friends should find this of interest.Sarah Boyack MSP: “It’s clear more must be done to drive down <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emissions</a> in Scotland and do so in a way that delivers lower <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#energy</a> bills for struggling Scots and creates good quality green jobs.“The <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SNP</a>’s failure to plant trees and restore peatland at the rate needed means our land is not operating as a <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbon</a> sink. <a href="https://theorkneynews.scot/2025/06/12/domestic-transport-the-largest-source-of-emissions-in-scotland-since-2013/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theorkneynews.scot/2025/06/12/domestic-transport-the-largest-source-of-emissions-in-scotland-since-2013/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a>

Neil DrysdaleThe Island Games are coming to Orkney next month and I talked to organiser Kirsty Talbot about this “mini Olympics” coming to Kirkwall and other locations. Thousands of participants, officials and visitors are expected for the week-long event. And it’s all free across 12 sports, with arts and culture also on the menu! <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IslandGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IslandGames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LorraineKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LorraineKelly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OrkneyLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OrkneyLibrary</a> <a href="https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/6761178/orkney-island-games-excitement-builds-for-the-mini-olympics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/6761178/orkney-island-games-excitement-builds-for-the-mini-olympics/</a>

Allyson ShawYesterday <a href="https://linernotes.club/@mrowster" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mrowster</a> and I went with Greener <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a> to clean Houton Head. It was a beautiful, moody day for it and the five of us cleaned up 41kg of plastic. This is a meditative yet social activity. I actually enjoyed it, though the reality was grim. The overwhelming detritus were plastic nets and ropes from the fishing industry. If you are in Orkney and want to help, check out the next beach cleans posted here <a href="https://greenerorkney.org.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://greenerorkney.org.uk/</a>

Assoc for Scottish LiteratureIn favoured summers These islands have the sun all to themselves And light a toy to play with, weeks on end…—Edwin Muir, “The Northern Islands” published in The Complete Poems of Edwin Muir, ed. Peter H. Butter (ASLS, 1999)<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#summer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EdwinMuir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdwinMuir</a>

John Faithfull 🌍🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧡✊🏻✊🏿<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ThinSectionThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThinSectionThursday</a> Here's a lovely porphyritic camptonite (probably Permian) from North Hoxa, Orkney, seen in plane-polarized light. The large brown crystal is kaersutitic amphibole, the smaller clear crystal near the bottom of the photo is olivine, & the large greyish crystal on the right is clinopyroxene (with a hole in it!). These phenocrysts sit in a finer-grained groundmass of amphibole, clinopyroxene, magnetite & analcime. The field of view is about 2mm wide. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Microscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microscopy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a>

Mark OheBicycle rider seeks fundraising for trek through Scotland to raise money for Palestinian children’s center: <a href="https://theorkneynews.scot/2025/05/31/fundraising-bike-ride-for-palestine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theorkneynews.scot/2025/05/31/fundraising-bike-ride-for-palestine/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Bicycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bicycle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestine</a>

Fiona Grahame Orkney News LtdStenness Loch <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a>

Ändy<a href="https://archaeo.social/@megalithic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@megalithic</a> It's genuinely hard to look at this without wondering if there's some connection to the Dwarfie Stane in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#orkney</a>

MarkUK’s largest wave energy project set for Orkney waters<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a> will be the base of what is expected to become the UK’s largest <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wave</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#energy</a> array, it has been announced.<a href="https://orcadian.co.uk/uks-largest-wave-energy-project-set-for-orkney-waters/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://orcadian.co.uk/uks-largest-wave-energy-project-set-for-orkney-waters/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenEnergy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/renewable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#renewable</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WaveEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaveEnergy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ocean</a>

Fiona Grahame Orkney News LtdNorwegian historic vessels in Kirkwall <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a>

Nick FergusonThe Standing Stones of Stenness on Orkney. "This may be the oldest henge site in the British Isles" absolutley stunning and magical, for me a lot more powerful the Brodgar which is just up the road. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandingStoneSunday</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/PreHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PreHistory</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a>

Fiona Grahame Orkney News LtdVigil for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a>

Fiona Grahame Orkney News LtdNorwegian Constitution Day in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a>

Assoc for Scottish Literature“What is remarkable is that Muir did not become a social realist, like W.H. Auden, Cecil Day-Lewis, Stephen Spender, and other related British poets during the 1930s, who didn’t know anything close to what Muir knew directly about urban poverty”—Andrew Frisardi on the life & work of Edwin Muir<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@litstudies</a> 9/8<a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/volume-51/the-good-life-of-edwin-muir/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sacredweb.com/volume-51/the-good-life-of-edwin-muir/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#20thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EdwinMuir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdwinMuir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/modernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#modernism</a>

Assoc for Scottish Literature“[Edwin Muir’s] travels in the 1920s immediately after the end of World War One, and again at the end of World War Two, tell a story of Europe itself at critical points in its history.”—Dr Margery Palmer McCulloch, on the Oxford University Press blog8/8<a href="https://blog.oup.com/2017/05/edwin-muir-story-europe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.oup.com/2017/05/edwin-muir-story-europe/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#20thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EdwinMuir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdwinMuir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a>

Assoc for Scottish LiteratureOne foot in Eden still, I stand And look across the other land. The world’s great day is growing late, Yet strange these fields that we have planted So long with crops of love and hate…—Edwin Muir, “One Foot in Eden”7/8<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#20thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EdwinMuir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdwinMuir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a>

Assoc for Scottish LiteratureOld gods and goddesses who have lived so long Through time and never found eternity, Fettered by wasting wood and hollowing hill, You should have fled our ever-dying song…—Edwin Muir, “To the Old Gods”6/8<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#20thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EdwinMuir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdwinMuir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orkney</a>

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