Music: Subtle, simmering excitement
The hype around the band may have faded, but Chris Cope finds Oscar Charlie more confident and more hopeful than ever.
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Notes from 60° North
Playing political games with Canada’s North It is election time again in Canada, which means a whole lot of vague spending platforms, photo ops in
READ FULL STORYLife: The day the earth shook
When the massive earthquake hit Japan in March, former Shetland Life columnist Emily MacFarlane was working in Sendai, close to the epicentre. Here, she describes
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Ok, let me declare my interest straight off the bat – on May 5th, along with my Holyrood parliamentary votes, I will be voting YES
READ FULL STORYPast Times: Off on the Dunera
Proud parents waved and the brass band played on Saturday morning as launches ferried 134 excited Shetland children to the educational cruise ship Dunera, which
READ FULL STORYPast Life: News from the Cats Protection League
At the beginning of this year, the group’s morale was boosted when a lady offered to run a small cat shelter for us on her
READ FULL STORYShetland Life: Editorial
It would be a strange person indeed whose sense of perspective has not been changed, even temporarily, by recent events around the world. To see
READ FULL STORYPeople: A different side of Shetland life
Marsali Taylor finds ordinary people coping with extraordinary difficulties when she meets members of the support group Families Affected By alcohol and drugs.
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Like the entire Northwest Territories, Fort Smith is known for wildlife. For years people from around the world have been travelling to the north to
READ FULL STORYTourism: Memorable moments
Wendy Dickson looks back on some of the ups and downs of her years as a tourist guide, in Shetland and beyond.
READ FULL STORYPoint Blank: The box office
Tickets. It’s an ebullient word in Shetland at the moment. If you got yours for Mumford and Sons, Bill Bailey, The Levellers, Bjorn Again or
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THOSE who wish to keep their last year’s banks must mark each end with their name by the 3rd May, after which all unmarked banks
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Computers, language laboratories, calculators, television, Munn and Dunning – all these and much more are common-place in our classrooms today. We’ve certainly come a long
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A few weeks ago I found myself on stage in a stand up club once again having to employ the “invisible lasso.” That’s when your
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