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Saoirse Ronan felt happy and settled. That's why she could play an alcoholic in 'The Outrun'

Saoirse Ronan is having a big fall with two major films coming to theaters

The Independent UK

Album buried underground in Orkney for more than a year takes charts number one spot

AN ALBUM by the “Banksy of classical music” that lay buried in Orkney for more than a year before being unearthed by fans has topped the UK…

The National (Scotland)

The Outrun review – Saoirse Ronan impresses in a refreshingly unconventional recovery drama

The actor excels as an alcoholic who returns to Orkney in Nora Fingscheidt’s fine adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s memoir

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The Outrun review – Saoirse Ronan is mesmerising in sobering addiction drama

Heart-wrenching story adapted from Amy Liptrot’s memoir is as tough as its Orkney landscapes

The Guardian - UK

The Outrun review: Saoirse Ronan plays to all her greatest strengths in this stark addiction drama

The Oscar nominee plays a woman who returns to her hometown of Orkney to get clean following years of excess in London

The Independent UK

Podcast series explores hidden Neolithic history in Scotland

A NEW podcast series is aiming to open people’s eyes to Scotland’s hidden Neolithic history beyond standing stones ...

The National (Scotland)

The Outrun: My real life as an alcoholic, played out on the big screen

The film version of the best-selling memoir ably blurs the lines between fact and fiction of recovering on the tiny isle of Papay

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Dead fox found in Scottish town that hasn't seen them since 1930s

A DEAD fox has been found in a Scottish community that has not seen them since the 1930s ...

The National (Scotland)

Stonehenge Altar Stone mystery deepens as research reveals it’s not from Orkney

Weeks after revelation that megalith came from Northern Scotland, researchers make surprise discovery

The Independent UK

Stonehenge’s Altar Stone Origin Revealed: Not Orkney But North-East Scotland‌ ‌

New research unveils the source of Stonehenge's iconic Altar Stone, challenging previous assumptions.

Zenger

Search for Stonehenge's Altar Stone origins gets closer as Scottish island ruled out

THE search for the source of Stonehenge’s iconic Altar Stone has “intensified” as new academic research has ruled out Orkney as its original…

The National (Scotland)

Stonehenge tale gets ‘weirder’ as Orkney is ruled out as altar stone origin

Weeks after revelation that megalith came from Scotland, researchers make surprise discovery

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: A plucky band of riders wade into the waves

Kirkwall, Orkney: The Riding of the Marches is a revived tradition that clatters through the streets to the golden sands of Scapa beach

The Guardian - UK

Man fighting for his life after car lands on roof in Orkney crash

A MAN is fighting for his life after a serious crash in Orkney.

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The Guardian - UK

Does Stonehenge stone’s Scottish source reveal a project uniting ancient Britain?

News that megalith was transported hundreds of miles to England suggests ambitious effort

The National (Scotland)

Time Team filming at Neolithic Orkney site as 20-year excavation ends

A MAJOR complex of “monumental” Neolithic buildings unearthed in Orkney over the past two decades will start to be permanently covered up from…

The National (Scotland)

All you need to know about The Outrun – the Orkney-set film tipped for Oscar success

THE Edinburgh Film Festival got started on Thursday evening with the UK premiere of The Outrun – starring Oscar-winning actress Saoirse Ronan...

The Guardian - UK

Clear for takeoff? Amazon gets green light to test-fly delivery drones in UK

CAA will test machines flying out of human controller’s line of sight and could pave way for home deliveries

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The Independent UK

Mystery of Stonehenge deepens after ‘jaw-dropping’ discovery

Stonehenge, the most iconic prehistoric monument in the UK, is actually Scottish

The Independent UK

Stonehenge Altar Stone was transported 430 miles from Scotland, say scientists

Previously it was believed that the six-tonne sandstone had been brought to the monument in Wiltshire from Wales.

The National (Scotland)

Orkney residents furious over 'irresponsible' behaviour of motorhome users

SOME motorhome users have been accused of “irresponsible” behaviour in Orkney, with one local resident claiming tourists are ruining an idyllic…

The Guardian - UK

The Outrun review – ambitious staging of Amy Liptrot’s Orkney addiction memoir

Vicky Featherstone’s directing and Isis Hainsworth’s fine lead turn valiantly blur the wild and the urban to portray the writer’s introspective journey to sobriety

The Independent UK

8 of the best Scotland islands for rugged coastlines and picturesque villages

Sail away from the mainland to explore spectacular scenery and diverse wildlife in these unspoiled spots

The Guardian - UK

How to solve a mass stranding: what caused 77 healthy whales to die on a Scottish beach?

A team of scientists are trying to find the cause of what is becoming an increasingly common event – and the answer may be hidden deep in the whales’ skulls

LiveScience

Entire pod of 89 pilot whales dies on Scottish beach in freak mass stranding

Dozens of long-finned pilot whales have beached and died on Sanday in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, in the biggest mass stranding the country has seen since 1995.

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