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Between Islands Project, Film 7 (Shetland) Old Photograph Crofter Shetland Scotland [Alex MacDonald, coordinator, Between Islands] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJfyjLhD-E8&ab_channel=BetweenIslands Faeroese philologist Jacob Jacobson(1864-1918), who made a study of the Shetland Norn. Museum nan Eilean have also posted an update on progress with the making of their online exhibition which can be seen here. https://www.facebook.com/MuseumnanEilean/posts/3483333568365209?notif_id=1600074030868959&notif_t=page_tag&ref=notif Having had various […]

Viking Waterways Viking Waterways The wonderful thing about Orkney’s past is that our understanding of it is always changing, as new research is carried out. Here is a feature about studies carried out in a joint venture between The Institute for Northern Studies at the University of the Highlands and Islands, St Andrew’s University and

Between Islands Project, Film 1 (Western Isles) Herring fishing boats in Kirkwall Harbour. Tom Kent. The Between Islands Project is a collaboration between the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland. Among the projects was to have been three exhibitions, one in each of the island groups, but this has had to be cancelled due to Covid