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The wolves bit… but the sun escaped their clutches yet again
Don’t look directly at the sun!
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Viking violence – not just a bloody scrap
The Vikings were known for their feuding and violent ways.
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Another referendum – but a different time, a different place and a different result
Noway has undergone some referendums in its history.
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Behind the tales of the Press Gang
Read tales of press gangs in Orkney!
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Dark backgrounds and surreal surprises
Håkon Gullvåg is an accomplished Norwegian painter, whose painting of St Magnus now hangs in St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall.
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Demons, changelings and humours – the roots of medieval medicine
Medieval science and medicine seems like a dark art. It is.
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A house divided against itself shall not stand
The linguistic situation in Norway is somewhat complicated. Find out why here.
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Fridtjof Nansen
Arctic explorer Fridtjog Nansen had many adventures in the arctic in the 1880s, read more about him.
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