A new cap on bus fares in the Highlands and islands makes exploring this stunning archipelago in Scotland a breeze ...

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Stromness.

Stromness in Orkney has been awarded £1.44m to help regeneration. The funding, from the Heritage Lottery Fund, is for the Stromness Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) project. It will cost almost £4m ...

4 Extra Debut. Personal stories about Farewell to Stromness by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, a protest against uranium mining in Orkney. From 2019. Show more Personal stories about Farewell to Stromness, ...

A tug of war game using a log which was effectively outlawed 80 years ago is to return to the streets of Orkney. The last known game of Yule Log - which saw teams from opposite ends of Stromness ...

The town of Stomness, on the coast of Scotland, was nearly leveled to make way for a uranium mine back in 1980. Composer Peter Maxwell Davies wrote a lovely short piece, originally for solo piano, ...