Shetland Life: Editorial
As the new year begins, many people make resolutions. They imagine how their lives could be better, then make the changes they need to reach
READ FULL STORYCategory: Shetland Life
Notes from 60° north
It was cold here in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada last week. Really cold. So cold that even locals brought out their parkas and stopped
READ FULL STORYBooks: Time for a good read
Reading seems a solitary activity, so many people are surprised to find how popular readers’ groups are throughout Shetland.
READ FULL STORYPast Times: Experimental cowshed at Kergord
The results of an experiment which Mr R. D. Winton is now conducting on his farm at Kergord, Weisdale, should prove extremely interesting to
READ FULL STORYPast Life: A flag for Shetland
Ten years after the issue was last raised Shetland Islands Council is to make a final decision on the question of a flag for Shetland.
READ FULL STORYNelson’s Column
Recently, in a triumph of common sense, a council in England under pressure from local parents forced a school to change a menu item from
READ FULL STORYTochts fae Tushie Truncherfaece
Weel, dis day has been a lang time in comin. For fower year A’m been tellin you my tochts an news ivery mont. Noo da
READ FULL STORYShetland Life: Editorial
Last month, the coalition government in Westminster announced plans to begin measuring the level of happiness among citizens. The standard gauge of the country’s success
READ FULL STORYChristmas: Deck the halls…
Marsali Taylor examines some of the Christmas traditions that we now take for granted, and finds that many of them are more recent than we
READ FULL STORYPeople: An Antarctic explorer in Unst
Mark Wilson records a visit to the Baltasound Hotel this summer, a century after the arrival of a very famous relative.
READ FULL STORYNelson’s Column
Here I am, still in Glasgow, ensconced in the cut and thrust of rehearsals for Sleeping Beauty, this years panto at Glasgow’s Oran Mor. While
READ FULL STORYPoint Blank
It was with a wry smile that I read BT’s junk mail circular stuck through my letterbox last week, emblazoned with the question, “Does your
READ FULL STORYPast Times: The Old Rock
The year of the Royal visit, the year of the Hamefarin, the year of the fine weather… 1960 has been a memorable year indeed.
READ FULL STORYTochts fae Tushie Truncherfaece
Wid you believe it? Santie’s elves hiv been in Shetland dis mont, a top secret veesit. Whit a sook in I got when dey turned
READ FULL STORY
Get Latest News in Your Inbox
Join the The Shetland Times mailing list to get one daily email update at midday on what's happening in Shetland.