Orkney & Shetland

Often surrounded by sea mist or racked by relentless gales, the island of Fair Isle...

Before embarking on an incredible career in nursing, Scotland's remote Shetland Isles...

Mona McAlpine's best-selling memoir of her time as the only nurse on Fair Isle,...

From the Early Neolithic farm at Knap of Howar to the flamboyant chapel built by...

Using in-depth knowledge of the connections between the cosmology and linguistics of...

For much of its history, Orkney had its own language, culture and institutions. The...

When Second World War bombs start falling, twelve-year-old Eilidh Flett is evacuated to...

"The place where the German U-boat sank the British battleship Royal Oak was none other...

The medieval earldoms of Orkney and Caithness were positioned between two worlds, the...

Emigration from the Northern Isles is an essential addition to any historical...

A worthy companion to the author's Old Shetland.

Based on the extensive collection of old photographs and postcards gathered over the...