Off the record
By the time you read this we may well have endured another of those cold, dismal Junes which give Shetland summers a bad name. But
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Nelson’s column
For the past year and a half I have enjoyed spouting my half-baked and ill-formed opinions in this fine organ but alas this will be
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I’m writing this final column from a café in Hamilton, a city of 500,000 people in southern Ontario. It’s a long way from Fort Smith,
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I love television. Love it. In fact I love television so much I hardly watch it at all. I know that sounds contradictory but
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It’s the school summer holidays and for my wife, son and dog that means heading sooth for our thrice a year “check up” with the
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After six months of phone calls, e-mails, letters and shouting I am finally getting a settlement from my insurance company. Last December we had water
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We live in interesting times. Regime change everywhere. All across North Africa the people are rising up and taking to the streets determined to free
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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
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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
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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 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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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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Last weekend my partner and I drove to Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, for a peewee hockey tournament.
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Throughout February I had the honour of being Shetland’s Writer In Residence. Part of my duties was to deliver script writing workshops, so for
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