Times Past
The National Union of Seamen attempted to make Shetland an “apartheid-free zone” this week and plans to extend the embargo on South African goods to
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Letter from Westminster
Invitations to the Althing do not come my way very often. Before last weekend the last time that I had spoken at an Althing debate
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The teachers’ strike to date has had only a minimal effect on children’s education, but the teachers’ union, EIS, is pacing itself for a long
READ FULL STORYNarrow ‘win’ for those who do not believe coalition will end Liberalism in the isles
A distinguished panel of speakers lined up at the Althing at the Tingwall School on Saturday night to debate the motion “The Coalition Government means
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There was another gas leak at Sullom Voe Terminal on Tuesday evening. It is understood production from the Ninian oil system had to be reduced
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Whose idea was it to have both the Food Festival and the Craft Fair last weekend? It worked.
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British Telecom is increasing its staff in the Isle of Man while closing down manual exchanges in other isolated communities, including Shetland.
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The members’ tea room in the House of Commons has been buzzing this week in a way that I have not seen for some time.
READ FULL STORYShetland Life: Editorial
“Shetland is changing, the long familiar life-style based on our modest natural resources being replaced by an affluence which depends ultimately on the riches of
READ FULL STORYMotoring: Bringing back the Bean
You can see the pride in Erik Erasmuson’s eye as soon as he opens the garage door. The 1923 Bean takes centre stage in
READ FULL STORYBooks: Searching for the great Shetland novel
During the latter decades of the 20th century authors from urban Scotland gave new meaning to their cities through dark tales of alienation and trauma;
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As the sun goes down over the Sound of Balta for the final time this year and the Shetland summer comes to as abrupt a
READ FULL STORYTochts fae Tushie Truncherfaece
Therty years is a blink in trowie time. I can mind da first edition o da Shetland Life laek hit wis yisterday. Feth, A’ll niver
READ FULL STORYPast Times: A Hillswick blacksmith
My great-grandfather, Laurence Mowat, was born in Dunrossness in 1805. When he left school he went to Lerwick to serve his apprenticeship with a Scotsman,
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