Times Past
Two youths have been charged in connection with the theft of the model clipper Matchless from the Shetland Museum last month.
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Letter from Westminster
There is a thing called chaos theory which says that everything is interconnected and that nothing happens in isolation.
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A threat to evict BP from council-owned land at Sullom Voe has failed to bring the oil industry back to the negotiating table over the
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Trees have been felled to debate the Old Firm this week. After a rough game at Parkhead a week ago, Sky Sports, which was televising
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In January 1813, 17 men were sentenced to death in York for the crime of “frame breaking”. Others were sent to Australia for the same
READ FULL STORYHistory: Da Central van
The name “da Central van” originally referred to the first retail horse-drawn van to operate a regular service from Quarff to Scatness from 1896 until
READ FULL STORYFiction: Bugs and Beasties
A short story by Marsali Taylor. “It was Peterson’s sister who rang Lerwick,” DI Gavin Macrae said, helping himself to Khalida’s rapidly shrinking emergency whisky
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Last weekend my partner and I drove to Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, for a peewee hockey tournament.
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The skilled seamanship of Skipper James Fullerton, the initiative of the Scottish Daily Express and the rapid organisation of the chief constable, Mr Robert Bruce,
READ FULL STORYPast Life: A Shetlander who clothed the British Army
Ninety-five years ago, in December 1890, there died a Shetlander who rose to be one of the most important contractors, supplying clothing to the British
READ FULL STORYNelson’s Column
Throughout February I had the honour of being Shetland’s Writer In Residence. Part of my duties was to deliver script writing workshops, so for
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“There’s nothing to match it” – that’s Charles Fordyce’s comment on Shetland’s newest nightspot, “Nightmagic”.
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Mumford & Sons? I had to ask. Oh Daaaaaad. Don’t be such a (insert appropriate insult uttered by children)!
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This month has been another successful one, with the usual Youth Voice meeting being very productive. We discussed the benefit of the new Mareel with
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