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

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 ...

Colin McLachlan "I recently fulfilled an ambition to visit the Orkney Islands. The photo was taken near Yesnaby and my visit lived up to all my expectations and more" said Colin McLachlan of Troon.

David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. On the windswept islands of Orkney, where the North Sea meets the Atlantic, a story every bit as gripping as the Norse sagas is ...

Five thousand years ago the ancient inhabitants of Orkney—a fertile, green archipelago off the northern tip of modern-day Scotland—erected a complex of monumental buildings unlike anything ...

Archaeologists say they have uncovered the ruins of an "incredibly rare" 5,000-year-old tomb in Orkney. The Neolithic site at Holm, East Mainland, was largely destroyed by Victorian antiquarians ...

I couldn't help thinking: I've got to tell somebody about this place. The place is Orkney. Seventy islands (20 inhabited) off the northeast coast of Scotland—and a lot more skerries and holms ...

The wreckage of an old wooden ship which was discovered on an Orkney beach is beginning to break up. Attempts to rescue the separated pieces began on Sanday on Monday afternoon. It is thought a ...

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