Nelson’s Column
As I write this in mid December it is around about that time when tabloid newspapers start to bang on about Christmas Scrooges: offices that
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Nelson’s Column
Recently I enjoyed the glitter and magic of the Clickimin Christmas Craft Fair. My wife, in her capacity as a jeweller and silversmith, set up
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My wife and I are about to enter our second Shetlandic winter. When we arrived to live and work in Shetland last summer, we were
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Me an my Meenie differ in opinion ower Guy Fawkes Nicht. I canna wait for da 5th o November, an Meenie canna wait for hit
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Aabody’s been spaekin aboot da Gunnister Man. Dere’s been nae end tae da spaekalation. Wha wis he? Whit wye did he dee? An why wis
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Celebrities aa git a brak fae dir wark sometime ower da summer. An mine wis lang owerdue. So I wis da blyde tae fin a
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Books are rarely finished by their writers. For most authors who have their work published, there are questions that remain unanswered; mistakes, too, that he
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You’d be surprised hoo a modern trow passes da time. Eenoo we canna geng furt. Wi 24 hoor daylicht da risk o bein turned tae
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There is much that is surreal about visiting the Blue Lagoon in Iceland. There is, of course, the aquamarine shade of its waters; the fact,
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Love-bites and other passions Even though such moments are now receding into the dim and distant past, I can still recall chatting up diminutive, dainty…
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A troll for wir brig A peerie trow an a muckle troll; naebody lippened wis tae be freends. Can you mind when I met him…
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Announcin Truncherfaece twins Whit excitement for da Truncherfaece faimily dis mont. As da newboarn lambs spring aboot trowe da hills wir been celebratin da arrival…
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An ill wind Rare though these times might be, the wind can sometimes create its own unique and individual beauty. This thought occurred to me…
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MacBIRD: A Shetland Tragedy (The scene takes place on the old ramparts of the town of Lerwick. Standing there is a battle-scarred veteran of a…
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