Kids’ stuff: Tochts fae Tushie Truncherfaece
A skoit trowe da shops Dis internet shoppin has fairly grippit da trowie community. Wir bairns wid shop on newfangledtrow.com ivery nicht geen da chance….
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Shetland Life: Editorial
A place to live In ten years, Fetlar has lost half its population. No wonder the community is seeking help and reassurance from the council….
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The potential market for locally reared beef has probably never been greater in Shetland, but the product itself is becoming increasingly difficult to buy. Neil…
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Malachy Tallack recommends the new release from one of Shetland’s most promising and talented contemporary acts, Little Green Machine. The music business confuses me greatly….
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Passing places: Uist and Unst Aside from a single letter, there are a number of differences between Unst in Shetland and the islands known as…
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Back tae trowie schul Gaein back tae schul is a tocht. An exciting een for some an a weary wan for idders. Hit wis a…
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From The Shetland Times, Friday 12th September, 1958 The things some people ask What questions do people ask at an information centre? Reporting to the…
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From Shetland Life, September 1983, No. 35 Domestic Service before the war by Catherine Robertson I liked my job as a machine-knitter, and loved the…
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Truths concealed Like all writing, good journalism has the capacity to inform, to enthuse, and just occasionally, to inspire. Within today’s society, where the actions…
READ FULL STORYWildlife: Chasing whales
Andy Foote from the University of Aberdeen is currently leading a team of researchers studying Shetland’s killer whale population. Here, he explains more about the…
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Worshipping the fishing net: a fable Once upon a time, there was an island in the North Sea where the people worshipped the fishing net….
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A daander trowe Michaelswood I ken somewhaar fine tae veesit afore da end o da summer holidays: Michaelswood. Oot on da Wastside in guid trowie…
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Charlie Simpson tells the strange and sorry saga of the steam drifter Consolation, which sank in Lerwick harbour one hundred years ago. A century ago,…
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From Shetland Life, August 1983, No.34 by Berta Inkster Our island poet, Basil R. Anderson, wrote: Dear Unst, my own, my well-beloved, O fairest Isle…
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