Orkney in London: connections through space and time
After hardly leaving Orkney for the past two years, the thought of going to central London was daunting to say to least. But I shouldn’t have worri...
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Ola Gorie – jeweller, pioneer and a much-loved mother
Ola Gorie Jewellery is a genuine Orkney family business. As we approach Mother’s Day, Ola’s daughter Ingrid Tait offers some thoughts about growing...
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Welcome to Birdland
If Orkney ever needed a new name, Birdland would be very fitting. We have 12 RSPB reserves here, and of course the birds know no boundaries – they ...
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Go with the Flow
Mention the word ‘flow’ to anyone in Orkney, and the chances are they’ll think you’re talking about Scapa Flow. The Flow, as we usually call it, is...
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Winter Journey: a message of love from a snowbound Viking
It was Christmas, 1153. Earl Harald Maddadsson moored his longship at Hamnavoe – the ‘safe haven’, now called Stromness – in Orkney’s West Mainland...
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Finnish Beast: white horses coming ashore
Orkney’s climate is surprisingly mild, given how far north we are. The last lick of the gulf stream curls around the islands and helps keep us abov...
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Aikerness: Seven sisters and a swirling sea
Holmie sheep, with Papay in the background. Photo courtesy of Lynda Sharp. The shortest scheduled commercial flight in the world is b...
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The forgotten female archaeologists
One of Ola’s enduringly popular jewellery collections is Skara Brae, inspired by the discovery of a Neolithic village at the Bay of Skaill, on the ...
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Christmas Holidays
We are now closed for the Christmas and New Year holidays. While we remain delighted to receive any orders in the coming two weeks, we will not be...
