Jarlshof
Could the shaping of stones provide men some control over the heat of their flesh? Could the power to reason be built in the city?
Richard Sennett, Flesh and Stone
At the southernmost
Drift
...to think slowly an idea that runs fast through modern heads: the idea of matter as passive stuff...
Jane Bennett, Vibrant Matter
As with the village of Skara Brae on Orkney, villages on
Crossing II
"Why are you out here?" asked the bishop angrily.
"Travelling."
"What in?"
Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana
The overnight ferry crossing from Orkney to Shetland is,