Folktales from the Sea on Orkneyjar.com

A selection of folktales connected to the sea can be found on the Orkneyjar.com website:

http://www.orkneyjar.com/folklore/sea.htmRead More “Folktales from the Sea on Orkneyjar.com”

Orkney Ecologies – Rebecca Ford

Humanities 20209(1), 5;

https://doi.org/10.3390/h9010005 

Open Access

Abstract
Inspired by Felix Guattari’s Three Ecologies ([1989] 2000), this article explores recent Orkney literature with an environmental focus (Working the Map—ed. J & F Cumming and M. MacInnes; Ebban an’ Flowan—Finlay, A., Watts, L. and Peebles, A.; The Outrun—A. Liptrot; … Read More “Orkney Ecologies – Rebecca Ford”

Orkney Beachcombing

Martin Gray runs the Orkney Beachcombing facebook page where he shares details of his finds from his regular beachcombing activities around Orkney.

https://www.facebook.com/OrkneyBeachcombing/

on Twitter as @peediepuss

Here is Martin talking about his beachcombing in a short video made by Orkney.com

Martin also collects data on fish tags for the  … Read More “Orkney Beachcombing”