To taste a flavour of the mood in the islands, look no further than the film Local Hero, a huge hit in Britain when it opened in cinemas across the country in 1983. One scene in particular struck a chord [...] 30,000 in 1901 to just 17,000 in 1971. »One of the most important benefits of the oil era, and one often overlooked, is the way it restored confidence in the people of Orkney,« he said. »Until the 1970s [...] glow for the past 25 years - a sight as familiar to residents as the stars that fill the clear skies above the islands. Islanders treasure the winter spectacle of the aurora borealis. But the source of

om et par Timer. Komitéen, som var sammensat i Dagens Anledning for at ordne Festlighederne, gik da ombord og fik dem overtalt til at blive hele Dagen. Efter at have været i Land i et par Timer, gik Studenterne [...] Trawlerne. Beskytt­­er­­en er et kønt Skib. Den er større end Guldborgsund og lign­er den meget. Bare den vil komme til at gøre mere nytte end Guldborgsund. Den 27. Blev Bager Andreas Samuelsen gift. December [...] ventede vi spændt paa Thorsdagen den 2den August, Dagen Studenterne skulde være her. Studentarnir koma Endelig oprandt den med Længsel imødesete Dag. Det blev Morgen, Middag, Klokken blev fire om Eftermiddagen

Duel in the Pool hevur verið umrøtt í fleiri miðlum uttanlands. Eitt nú skrivar Swimming World Magazine soleiðis: Faroes’ Pal Joensen put on a show in the men’s distance race for the day, turning in a victorious [...] victorious time of 7:36.24. That performance pushed him to a tie for sixth in the all time rankings with his consistent swim. USA’s Michael Klueh gave Joensen a bit of a run early on in the swim, but faded [...] faded to second in 7:39.90. He’s been much faster with a ninth-ranked lifetime best of 7:36.47. Denmark’s Mads Glaesner finished third in 7:42.27. Klueh officially lowered the American record of 7:43.06

together beautifully. ##med7## ##med8## In a few weeks, it will be time to gather the flocks, as the autumn hills are walked. In many places, this is a very special time of the year when families, neighbours, [...] delightful, especcially when up in the hills, to hear people naming and identifying the sheep. In the "Sheepbook", by Robert Joensen, there are around 250 names for the colours of sheep.##med4## ##med5## [...] main export: salted cod. By then, the immense importance and total dominance of sheep and wool in the agricultural society had slowly come to an end, and the richness of the sea had taken over and has been

Slaughtered In Brutal Grind In The Faroe Islands This morning, at approximately 0840 local time, a large pod of pilot whales was slaughtered in the first grindadráp (grind) of the year, on the island of [...] making this one of the bloodiest grinds in at least two years. The slaughter occurred just two weeks before Sea Shepherd crews are due to arrive in the Faroe Islands for the commencement of the organization’s [...] Sleppid Grindini. The ordeal commenced at approximately 0400 local time when the Faroese Fisheries Patrol vessel, Brimil, located the large pod south of the island of Vágar. Over the next four to five

of the islands. The first gas was discovered in the North Sea by BP in their West Sole Field in 1965 and two years later Amoco found the first oil in the Arbroath field. It was 10 years before the first [...] choose to make their homes in the Faroe Islands and push up the prices in the same way as happened in Aberdeen forcing them beyond the reach of most of those not involved in the industry which, although [...] because of the oil industry and the challenge for the Faroes, if oil is discovered in its waters, will be to capitalise on the opportunity yet retain the unique charm of the islands. Aberdeen and the North-east

Severin har Tróndur Patursson også tegnet illustrationer til bogen om dette togt, In Search of Moby Disk. Quest for the White Whale (1999). Tróndur Patursson er stadig fast bosiddende i den færøske bygd [...] óivað út áðrenn jólini eru í hondum. Í greinini verða ferðirnar, sum Tróndur hevur gjørt saman við Tim Severin, nevndar. Tróndur sigur, at hesar ferðir hava alstóran týdning sum íblástur. Til dømis hevði [...] evindelige yndlingsmotiv ? bygden ved havet ? til en national »arketype«, som efterhånden truede med at ende i ren trivialisering. Den udtalte træghed og uvilje i forholdet ti lat eksperimentere sig frem til

det hovedårsagen til dekadencen der er så tydelig i den muslimske verden i dag, skønt mindre absurd, end oldtidens polyteisme. Dens sociale og politiske tendenser er efter min mening noget man bør frygte [...] til fiskimannin Pætur er ikki so løgið. Hann ferðaðist um við Paulusi (Kol. 4.14, Filem. 24 og 2. Tim. 4.11), ið kom frá tí lærda umhvørvinum í Tarsus í Cilicia (Kilikia), landspartinum í hvørs fjøllum [...] dulnevndar keldur og sjálvspunnar pyntisøgur - slíkar, tú bert hoyrir undir trappuni hjá Lenu! SMELLS LIKE THE 60’s Spottið og álopini á Orð og vitni Harrans fyri ikki at tala um Ísrael hava ongantíð verið meira

tracked Stanley down, The darkness down and gone Found the game lost and won, Meg, all memory gone, Lulu´s lovenight spent, Petey impotent; A man they never knew In the centre of the room, And Stanley´s [...] gongur tú ikki órevsaður. Tá ið The Birthday Party varð framførdur á Lyric Hammersmith í London í 1958, tók kritikarin Harold Hobson soleiðis til í sínum ummæli í Sunday Times: Okkurt er í tíni fortíð - sama [...] hann skrivaði The Birthday Party, hevði høvundurin við eini yrking, ið mest minnir um eitt kvæði ella eina balladu, ímyndað sær allan leikin: They played at blind man´s buff, Blindfold the game was run

Tórshavn, the faroese capitol, coaching some local players. They also coached me with their natural skills – like fishing salmon. In the middle of the summer the daylight in the Faroes just like in Iceland or [...] brot um “the summer of 92”: I started to talk with the Faroe Islands Chess Federation to spend the summer there as a coach. The technicalities were finalized and I was able to spend the summer in Tórshavn [...] endless parties. I was 24 enjoying life to the full extent of its joy. It was a wonderful summer. Days were long and girls were blonde. Near the end of August, the time came to get back to work: tournaments