3 months ago

Spanish Armada-era astrolabe returns to Scilly after mysterious global journey ○

found 2025 › Nov › 16 (Sun) @ 12:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Navigation aid from 16th century was on seabed for centuries before being bought and sold in US and Australia

It spent hundreds of years languishing on the seabed off the Isles of Scilly in the far so…

5 months ago

'Forgotten' royal castle is FOUND after 700 years: Archaeologists uncover lost fortress on a remote Scottish island that was once home to kings ○

found 2025 › Sep › 18 (Thu) @ 11:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The castle, on the island of Islay, was the centre of power for the Lords of the Isles, a powerful dynasty that ruled over large parts of western Scotland 700 years ago.

'Forgotten' royal castle uncovered on Scottish island ○

found 2025 › Sep › 17 (Wed) @ 08:25 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

Archaeologists say the fortress was owned by ancestors of Scotland's medieval Lord of the Isles.

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan review – the limits of liberalism ○

found 2025 › Sep › 16 (Tue) @ 06:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

A century from now, a literature scholar pieces together a picture of our times in a novel that quietly compels us to consider the moral consequences of global catastrophe

The sheer Englishness of Ian…

7 months ago

‘Unlike anywhere else in Britain’: in search of wildlife on the Isles of Scilly ○

found 2025 › Jul › 27 (Sun) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Whales and dolphins may have proved elusive, but the islands off Cornwall cannot fail to impress with their subtropical plants and Caribbean-like beaches

At Penzance South Pier, I stand in line for th…

Police chief apologises for claiming multiple bodies had been found in a murder probe after two bodies were discovered within 10 miles of each other ○

found 2025 › Jul › 25 (Fri) @ 21:30 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Alison Hernandez, Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, has apologised after claiming multiple bodies had been found in a murder probe.

‘Seeing climate change like this, it changes you’: dance duo Bicep on making an album in Greenland ○

found 2025 › Jul › 01 (Tue) @ 15:30 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Collaborating with Indigenous artists and sampling melting glaciers, the Northern Irish artists are championing Arctic culture – and documenting a collapsing world

Russell glacier, at the edge of Gree…

8 months ago

No Man Is an Island: a British society and its historic push for gay rights ○

found 2025 › May › 29 (Thu) @ 14:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

This creative documentary immerses us in a little-known chapter of gay history. In 1992, the Isle of Man was one of the last places in western Europe to decriminalise homosexual acts. Through verbati…

No Man Is an Island: a British society and its historic push for gay rights ○

found 2025 › May › 29 (Thu) @ 12:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

This creative documentary immerses us in a little-known chapter of gay history. In 1992, the Isle of Man was one of the last places in western Europe to decriminalise homosexual acts. Through verbati…

9 months ago

Archaeological project maps historic boat sheds on Isles of Scilly ○

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 12:11 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

‘Pilot gigs’ were crucial for islanders for centuries and 90 important sites housing the boats have been identified

Swift, streamlined boats for centuries helped save lives and move people and goods a…