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The Orkney Herald (1860-1961) was a newspaper published in Kirkwall on the Orkney islands in Scotland. It was initially called the Orkney Herald, and Weekly Advertiser and Gazette for the Orkney & Zetland Islands from 1860, and then the Orkney Herald, and Weekly Advertiser and Gazette for the Northern Counties from 3 January 1877 to 24 July 1940. It continued as the Orkney Herald until it closed on 10 January 1961. [1] [2]
Jack Twatt was the editor from 1951 to 1961. [3]
The poet George Mackay Brown wrote for the Orkney Herald from 1944 into the mid-1950s. [4] The poet Robert Rendall wrote for the paper around the same time. [5] The Orcadian writer Ernest Marwick was on its staff from 1955 to 1960.
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The Orkney Herald (1860-1961) was a newspaper published in Kirkwall on the Orkney islands in Scotland. It was initially called the Orkney Herald, and Weekly Advertiser and Gazette for the Orkney & Zetland Islands from 1860, and then the Orkney Herald, and Weekly Advertiser and Gazette for the Northern Counties from 3 January 1877 to 24 July 1940. It continued as the Orkney Herald until it closed on 10 January 1961. [1] [2]
Jack Twatt was the editor from 1951 to 1961. [3]
The poet George Mackay Brown wrote for the Orkney Herald from 1944 into the mid-1950s. [4] The poet Robert Rendall wrote for the paper around the same time. [5] The Orcadian writer Ernest Marwick was on its staff from 1955 to 1960.