From The Orkney International Science Festival Team…..Double-yolkers…..
by Bernie Bell - 08:04 on 18 July 2023
From The Orkney International Science Festival Team….
“Hello from the Festival!
Our tickets are now online – you can buy tickets for individual events and if you’re planning to go to a number of talks in larger venues, there’s very good value in a LecturePass, which provides admission to up to 38 of these events. Here's the link for all tickets:
Many events are in large venues, but some are in smaller venues or have limited numbers – for instance walks and workshops.
This year we have a wonderful centrepiece in a perfect setting – the SUN in St Magnus Cathedral. Around it there’s a range of activities from a concert with an ethereal combination of voices, instruments and electronics to talks on the Northern Lights in Arctic skies.
We’ve got news of developments in virus research, photonics, artificial intelligence, robotics – with some friendly robots on the way. We will also see a working model of the world’s oldest analog computer – from ancient Greece, discovered in a shipwreck off the island of Antikythera.
There are walks at the stones of Stenness and Brodgar, at Scapa beach as well, and a wildlife photography workshop by Skaill House. There are insights into traditional Orkney crops, the origin of some well-known Orkney families, a journey into Ice Age Orkney, and stories from Sanday and Shapinsay, Stronsay and Papa Westray.
There’s also an evening ferry trip to Hoy for supper and stories from Shetland and Barra. And on five days there are lunches of Orkney fare with a One O’Clock Toast to a well-known Orcadian.
There’s more information in our programme:
Photograph Orkney wildlife for a Festival prize!
Enter your best photograph of Orkney wildlife ! We've got two top wildlife photographers from the Northern Isles to judge your best wildlife shots: Raymond Besant in Orkney and Richard Shucksmith in Shetland.
Calling all under-16s with a further wildlife competition! Orkney's native wildlife is threatened by the invasive stoat. Orkney Native Wildlife Project are keen to highlight the richness of Orkney's wildlife. They're looking for your images of threatened species!
In our online magazine you can read about many topics giving background to Festival events or just exploring Orkney's past and present, and visions for the future. There are global topics too, with the latest issue including a report on a recent environmental conference.
There is something for everyone, including a packed Family Day with the travelling planetarium from Dynamic Earth, and some wonderful lunches of Orkney fare. It's an opportunity to see deeper into Orkney, from a walk on the Ness of Brodgar with news of this season's excavations to new visions of island futures.
With sunny thoughts from the festival team and we hope you can join us in our 33rd and extremely varied festival!”
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Double-yolkers…..
Mike’s double-yolker breakfast egg got me wondering why/how do double-yolkers form?
So, I ‘Googled’…..
https://www.foodandwine.com/breakfast-brunch/eggs/your-questions-about-double-yolk-eggs-answered.
You learn something new every day.
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Here’s one I made earlier…. https://theorkneynews.scot/2021/08/05/turn-left-for-stembister/
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