One of Orkney’s most remote family farms is calling for a helping hand. “Off-grid” life, farming a treasured Orcadian flock on the island of Auskerry, has been a labour of love for Simon Brogan and ...

after Salisbury Plain and Orkney. The topic is the subject of the latest episode of the Hidden East Yorkshire podcast and the ...

As well as the monolith and barrows, water plays a significant part in the myths and legends of the area, according to Ms Jenkinson. She said: "Waters were said to have magical powers. They are the ...

Ann Cleeves, the crime writer behind the detective novel series Shetland and creator of the BBC's popular TV adaptation, has shared an exciting update about the return of Jimmy Perez in her upcoming ...

Picture the scene: it’s approaching sunset at Eynhallow Sound, a stretch of sea between Mainland and Rousay. Seals with oily hoods pop up and a swirl of fulmars and gulls pursue each other in rapid ...

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Wild Music a collaboration between the poet John Burnside and composer Erland Cooper. And Daljit reads from his Poetry Extra Book of the ...

According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the site was saved when builders surveyed it before their planned construction of a highway. The Neolithic settlement predates Britain’s ...

COUNCILLORS in Orkney have voted narrowly in favour of a proposed 15% increase in the islands' council tax – after rejecting a suggested rise of 20%. Officials had recommended putting the rate up by ...

Its presence suggests that dogs were symbolically significant in Neolithic Orkney. It is said that the cairn itself is proof that ancient people living in the area believed in the afterlife.

Located on the southern side of the Yuancun village, the site is an ancient settlement site mainly consisting of remains dating back to the Neolithic, Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, according to ...