Past Life: Laeves fae Beenie’s diary (extract)
From Shetland Life, May 1984, No.43 FRIDAY: I lay an hanvaigit for a peerie start dastreen wi da nyirlin i me airm, bit I dwaamd…
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Shetland Life: Editorial
The cruelty of animals The case of convicted seal basher Jimmy Stewart is a fascinating and hugely emotive one. It is a story that seems…
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As pressure mounts on councillors to make changes to the way Shetland’s oil money is handled, Gavin Morgan takes a look at the organisation at…
READ FULL STORYCrime: The night that changed my life
Physical assault is fortunately a rare occurrence in Shetland, but when it does happen it can have devastating consequences. Below, a victim of a violent…
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Ready, Steady Trow Maet! Wid you believe A’m tae appear on Trow TV! A’m surely a trow celebrity. Dey axed me tae come on dir…
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Guardian of the pic ‘n’ mix It was following that afternoon that this jolly green giant began to turn into an extremely nervous one. I…
READ FULL STORYPast Times: Orkney wins dancing inter-county contest
From The Shetland Times, Friday 24th April, 1959 Orkney won the Nicolson Cup in the inter-county dancing competition in Lerwick’s Town Hall on Wednesday night….
READ FULL STORYPast Life: Shetland and International Rugby
From Shetland Life, April 1984, No.42 by Martin Emslie The Scottish rugby team’s recent success can hardly have escaped the notice of most people whether…
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Real priorities Public funding is all about priorities. The public (that’s us) choose who we want to make decisions on our behalf, and for a…
READ FULL STORYArts: Creative accounting
Public spending on the arts in Shetland has become an issue of increasing controversy, and a recent Althing debate found only a slim majority in…
READ FULL STORYColumns: Shetlink.com
As I toyed with whether to write about blogs, podcasts or netiquette this month I noted that each subject is a portmanteau: a compound word…
READ FULL STORYTechnology: Switching on
Marsali Taylor discovers that increasing numbers of older Shetlanders are learning the benefits of the internet, while the appeal of “social networking sites” is also…
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Cathy Feeny interviews award-winning poet, Jen Hadfield. “I’m never going to be an urban poet”, says Jen Hadfield, whose volume, Nigh-No-Place, recently won the 2008…
READ FULL STORYKids’ stuff: Tochts fae Tushie Truncherfaece
Snaay stress Voar at last! You laekly tink winter is da best time o year tae be a trow. Wi darkness we can git oot…
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