Come along to see the work in progress on studying the marine life that has built up around the little island during its months in the harbour. Local marine scientists will be on hand to help explain what's there, among them Dr Karen Boswarva from Seasearch Scotland and Dr Jenni Kakkonen from OIC's Harbours Department. The various finds will be placed on view in plastic tanks.
Conducted by the Rev. Norman Whyte, with the St Magnus Cathedral Choir. “Whether you come from north or south, east or west, whether you live here or are a visitor, are here for the first time, or are here regularly … you are welcome to our worship.”
The Mearns Singers (conductor Irene Watt) are a community choir from the land between the Grampians and the east coast of Scotland, a landscape of rolling fertile farmland, with coastal villages with a fishing tradition. One of their songs is based on Sunset Song, while others come from the sea, among them the Unst Boat Song and Partans in his Creel, and there are songs from other lands as well.
Born in Pakistan 100 years ago, Abdus Salam shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for bringing together the myriad of subatomic physics into a common framework, called today the Standard Model. Prof. Claudia de Rham explores his life and work, and how he saw science as a unifying force in its own right. “Scientific thought and its creation,” he said, “is the common and shared heritage of mankind.”
The case for meadows is made by food writer Wendy Barrie and her husband Bosse Dahlgren, a regenerative farmer with a deep interest in biodiversity. “Natural unfertilised meadows,” they say, “produce everything you need for a healthy life and sustainable business. By feeding animals meadow hay you bring in micro-minerals and fertiliser to your land.”
It's one of the greatest sea stories of all time, composed over 2,800 years ago, and now a film – Odysseus’s ten-year journey home after the fall of Troy. And beyond the myths of gods and monsters, says Dr Vassilios Spathopoulos, the story contains something far more practical: a remarkably precise record of the ancient Greek sky. Join him as he decodes the hidden astronomical information in Homer's epic tale.
After the showing last night of the new film on climate change, one of the speakers in it goes deeper into his reasons for taking up the issue. Lieutenant General Richard Nugee warns that climate change is now a core national security threat. He explains in conversation with Howie Firth why defence planners are now so concerned and describes the background geopolitical issues to which climate risks are adding.
Orkney Camerata and Orkney Chamber Choir, with Michael Maplin narrating, welcome you to a rich feast of music to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of Prof. Hans Kosterlitz of the University of Aberdeen, discoverer of endorphins. The programme, which ranges from Hans Gal to Paul Mealor, includes the premiere of a new work by Gemma McGregor.
After the concert, Twa Folk (Irene Watt and Graham White) welcome you with music and song from the North-East of Scotland. They welcome too some of the visiting musicians and singers who are in Orkney for the festival.