Review: Drama group production recalls when sexual prejudices prevailed at college
Cambridge, 1890s. Four young women arrive at Girton College hoping to attain science degrees, pioneers in the fight for female equality.
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Artists and musicians to enjoy ‘la dolce vita’ with Sardinia trip
A group of artists and musicians will travel to Sardinia to take part in an arts festival.
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‘Terrible Yoot’ author and illustrator get children thinking about serious issues
An award winning children’s book written by Horatio Clare and illustrated by Shetland based artist Jane Matthews was the subject of a fun interactive event
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WATCH: Forgotten Sons gear up for Halloween EP launch
Local rock act Forgotten Sons are preparing to launch their debut EP on Halloween weekend. Watch the video for their single ‘Just So you Know’
READ FULL STORYGibbons hopeful of out-of-court settlement with DITT over Mareel construction
A thaw in relations between Shetland Arts and DITT has prompted pending legal action to be put on hold in the hope that a dispute
READ FULL STORYTwo books to be launched at Fiddle Frenzy’s 10th ‘birthday bash’
Tonight will see two new fiddle books launched, coinciding with the “10th birthday bash” of Fiddle Frenzy.
READ FULL STORYTributes paid to Fair Isle writer Lise Sinclair, a ‘real cultural champion’
Tributes have flooded in after one of Shetland’s most gifted writers, Lise Sinclair, died from a brain tumour aged 42 last weekend.
READ FULL STORYCanadian couple arrive to take on Maryfield
The Maryfield House Hotel in Bressay is to be given a new lease of life when it changes hands at the end of July.
READ FULL STORYMareel in the running for more architectural awards
Cinema and music venue Mareel is in the running to be named the best building in Scotland.
READ FULL STORYMareel’s cinema figures continue to surpass all expectations
The popularity of Mareel’s two cinema screens is showing no sign of letting up. Attendances have passed the 80,000 mark in the ten months since
READ FULL STORYMareel’s future guaranteed as SIC agrees 99-year lease for £1.1m
Mareel’s future as a cinema and music venue is safe after the SIC agreed to purchase a 99-year “long lease” on the building for £1.1
READ FULL STORYCouncil promises overhaul of music tuition
A fresh overhaul of instrumental music tuition for school pupils will “go some way towards repairing what was becoming a broken service”. That is the
READ FULL STORYThree more film producers in talks over filming in Shetland
Shetland Arts yesterday confirmed it is in talks about plans for a further three film productions before the end of 2014 as the islands’ appeal
READ FULL STORYPublic library facing cuts to opening hours and books budget
Shetland’s only public library is to reduce its opening times by six hours a week having seen its budget cut by more than a tenth
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