Is Papa Stour at the end of its tether?
Forty years after the first ‘hippies’ came to the island, and with only eight full-time residents, Andy Holt asks if there’s still hope for the
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‘I called…and enquired whether I could assist in any way…’
The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic has rekindled memories of two Shetlanders who were involved in the tragedy, writes Jim Tait Scalloway
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Nobody ever expects to become a cancer patient, in spite of statistics. The shock of knowing you’ve got a tumour isn’t helped by being told
READ FULL STORYFrom London to Lerwick: The final voyage of U-776
The long sleek hull emerged from the early morning fog, the blunt bow cutting through the water as the diesel engines propelled the U-boat
READ FULL STORYIn the belly of the beast
“If you don’t have steel toe caps, I’ve got spare boots,” says the genial Richard Wemyss, Shetland Arts’ Head of Operations for Mareel. This is
READ FULL STORYComing home
Dave Clark, former Council Chief Executive, remembers what it felt like to return to his boyhood home. The aircraft looked so tiny, parked there on
READ FULL STORYLights, camera, action… reestit mutton!
We’re lucky to live in a place that’s seen as a bit different. From a film point of view, it means that visitors brought their
READ FULL STORYOfficial: Shetland bumpier (and much bigger) than Orkney!
Outdoors tourism in Shetland takes many forms – some people come for the ornithology, the whale watching or the coastal scenery. Others come to see
READ FULL STORY“My dad does typing, I think. He’s a general secretary.”
Shetlander Ronnie Smith has announced his retirement as Scotland’s head of all teachers, the General Secretary of the union the Education Institute of Scotland. Chris
READ FULL STORYWir Shop: Shoard, Whalsay
Among charity shops, it is a legend. It is the motherlode, the Aladdin’s Cave, a treasury of delights for those of us who love to
READ FULL STORYDu, dee,de and da – is there a right and wrong way to use them?
Many languages have two ways of saying you – a familiar one and a formal, polite one. In French we find tu (familiar) and vous
READ FULL STORYSo whose oil is it anyway?
Council convener Sandy Cluness says the opportunity for more local control should be grasped.
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“So, Clive, what’s your Top 10 albums of all time ?” No-one’s asked me that in a long time but when Tom asked me about
READ FULL STORYAnimals: Pony problems
2.30pm on the afternoon of Thursday, 6th October. The back doors of the marts are ringed with pens; there’s a smell of straw, the sound
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