Here are some key connections to Shelley's cautionary novel. The 13th-century Castle Frankenstein, in the Odenwald, where Johann Dippel (b. 1673), alchemist and grave robber, is said to have ...

Written at a time when the boundaries of scientific knowledge, geographical discovery and technological change were being challenged, Frankenstein ... and the Orkney Islands being two key examples.

The two separate and Victor goes to the remote Orkney Islands to carry out his promise of creating a companion for the Monster. Although he begins the work, he suddenly realises the consequences ...

A notable attempt arose in 2014 when the harbinger of Orkney's maritime affairs declared its intentions to eschew cruise ships whose combined passenger numbers might eclipse 4,500 souls.