TWO hundred and ten years ago, the scientific world was rocked by the news that a sea serpent had washed up off the coast of Orkney. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can ...

Swallow sightings and fine hymns... a sure-fire sign that spring has arrived says Bruce Fletcher in his monthly update from the island of Stronsay. Dr John Rawlinson (locum GP on Stronsay) gave the ...

A body has been found in the search for a missing monk who vanished from a remote monastery on an island in Scotland. The body, which is yet to be identified, was recovered at around 7.35am on ...

Robin McKelvie explores Stronsay on Orkney, as part of our special series with Northlink Ferries taking an in-depth look at the Northern Isles Surely we all have a Treasure Island in our mind’s eye.

As part of the 2008 Orkney Science Festival Dr Yvonne Beale (nee Simpson), a geneticist, visited Stronsay in September 2008 and gave a lecture on the “Stronsay Beast” to a large audience in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A remote Scottish island with 349 inhabitants is recruiting new residents. Stronsay, in the Orkney islands, currently attracts ...

Do you have an ultimate wish that you quit your job, shed all responsibilities and move to a lonely, quiet island and do farming and rear animals for rest of your life? Do you have an ultimate wish ...

A body recovered from the water off a Scottish island has been identified as that of a missing monk. Justin Evans, 24, who was also known as Brother Ignatius, vanished from the Orkney island of Papa ...

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