Fran Hollinrake, curator of Kirkwall’s St Magnus Cathedral, was standing in front of a series of medieval relics – a hangman’s ladder, ornamented gravestone pediments, fragments of tomb decoration (in ...

The Stones of Stenness in Orkney may be the earliest henge monument in the British Isles. Excavations reveal ritual activity, ...

A green energy sea cable project overseen by Ed Miliband risks spreading nuclear waste across the pristine beaches of Orkney.

From the moment Stonehenge was rediscovered in the Middle Ages, locating the origin of its megaliths has been an obsession. In his 12th century chronicle of Britain, Geoffrey of Monmouth claimed King ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. On the windswept islands of Orkney, where the North Sea meets ...

Ed Miliband’s flagship green energy cable to Orkney is being sold as a clean power lifeline, yet the route it must take cuts ...

The council said the budget gave “early indications that funding for Phase 1 for Orkney’s Ferry Replacement Programme has ...

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises presented the Hanseatic nature for the first time in Hamburg on Saturday (May 04, 2019).The provider of adventure and classic cruising with luxury voyages to Polar Regions, ...