Preface
Doreen J. Waugh – pp. i-iii
Poems
Christine De Luca – pp. 1-3
Runic Tradition in Orkney: From Orphir to the Belsair Guest House
Michael P. Barnes – pp. 4-17
Arnórr, Earls’ Propagandist? – On the Techniques and Social Functions of Skaldic Eulogy
Diana Whaley – pp. 18-32
George Mackay Brown: Poet and Story Teller
Archie Bevan – pp. 33-45
St Magnus: An Exploration of his Sainthood
William P.L. Thomson – pp. 46-64
Earldom and Kingdom: Orkney in the Realm of Norway 1195-1379
Steinar Imsen – pp. 65-80
Cathedral, Palace and Castle: The Strongholds of Kirkwall
Peter Anderson – pp. 81-93
Samuel Laing of Papdale, Orkney: A Kelp-laird’s Political Ambitions, 1824-1834
R.P. Fereday – pp. 94-107
Famine and Victuals on the Graemeshall Estate
Sheena Wenham – pp. 108-123
Some Thoughts on the Importance of ‘Things’
Anne Brundle – pp. 124-127
The Vikings in Orkney
James Graham-Campbell – pp. 128-137
Curiouser and Curiouser: Mysteries of Tuquoy and Scar
Olwyn Owen – pp. 138-160
A Tale of Two Chapels
John Hunter – pp. 161-174
Bed Rock, Ice Age and Holocene Environment in Orkney
John Brown – pp. 175-195