Food: Shetland on a plate
Shetland on a plate Cathy Feeny gets a taste for local produce at Shetland’s first ever food festival. As the plates are put in front…
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Memoir: He said he would come back
He said he would come back Eric Johnson remembers his father, who always wanted to return home, but never succeeded. You will have seen us…
READ FULL STORYPast Times: North Company order new ship
From The Shetland Times, Friday 21st November, 1958 North Company order new ship The North of Scotland & Orkney & Shetland Shipping Co. Ltd., have…
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From Shetland Life, November 1983, No. 37 Shetland in Bergen by Roy Grønneberg The St Clair’s recent visit to Bergen and the exhibition of Shetland…
READ FULL STORYNotes from a niseach
First time on foreign soil There is little doubt that, because they often involve long flights and ferry-journeys, arrivals and departures can provide important landmarks…
READ FULL STORYTochts fae Tushie Truncherfaece
Birsie’s Brunt Bed Aabody is blyde o a guid freend. We coont Birsie da Hedgehog as een o wir best. Wir used tae seein him…
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Bryan Peterson offers his thoughts on some of the biggest digital stories this month. I’ve been following the curious story of a woman in Japan…
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Part of the community There would have been a time when the local shop was, quite literally, indispensible for a community. Transport was more difficult,…
READ FULL STORYShopping: Lost in the supermarket
Lost in the supermarket Marsali Taylor investigates the changing shopping habits of the islands’ consumers, and asks if it really is cheaper to shop in…
READ FULL STORYHistory: The lambie-hoose lifeboat
The lambie-hoose lifeboat Charlie Simpson tells the story of an upturned lifeboat, built in 1902, and the First World War submarine attack that brought it…
READ FULL STORYArts: Playing with words
Playing with words Cathy Feeny enjoys the ebb and flow of language at Shetland’s literary festival, Wordplay 2008. For writers Christine de Luca and Robert…
READ FULL STORYPast Life: Unusual flotsam
From Shetland Life, October 1983, No. 36 Unusual flotsam by Albert Slater Walking around the banks can be refreshing and relaxing while at the same…
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From The Shetland Times, Friday 3rd October, 1958 Playing at Folk Music Society Two young men from Shetland will appear before a big crowd in…
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Cracks in the coronation mug There was a time when even the people of the periphery felt they were “British”. As someone around the age…
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