The New Orkney Language Literature

Harry Josephine Giles looks at

“the minoritisation of the language, perpetuated not just through literary snobbery but also through an education system that beat out Orcadian with physical force”

& a literary rebirth

6/8

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/the-new-orkney-language-literature/

#Scottish #literature #Orkney #Orcadian #Scots #Scotslanguage #minoritylanguage

The New Orkney Language Literature

Harry Josephine Giles looks at

“the minoritisation of the language, perpetuated not just through literary snobbery but also through an education system that beat out Orcadian with physical force”

& a literary rebirth

6/8

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/the-new-orkney-language-literature/

#Scottish #literature #Orkney #Orcadian #Scots #Scotslanguage #minoritylanguage

Persistence of Vision: Blue Black Permanent

“For Tait, making the bigger picture… didn’t mean compromising the poetry. For her, cinema itself was essentially a poetic medium”

– Sarah Neely on the enduring legacy of Margaret Tait’s life & work

5/8

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/persistence-of-vision-blue-black-permanent-and-the-enduring-legacy-of-margaret-taits-life-and-work/

#Scottish #literature #Orkney #Orcadian #filmmaking #cinema #20thcentury

When Christian I of Norway failed to pay a dowry for his daughter Margaret, queen to James III, #Orkney & #Shetland were annexed by the Scottish crown #OTD, 20 Feb, 1472

NORTHERN-NESS looks at literature from the northern isles, from the sagas to the far future

1/8

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/northern-ness/

#Scottish #literature #Orkney #Shetland #Orcadian #Shetlandic #Norse