People: A different side of Shetland life
Marsali Taylor finds ordinary people coping with extraordinary difficulties when she meets members of the support group Families Affected By alcohol and drugs.
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Tourism: Memorable moments
Wendy Dickson looks back on some of the ups and downs of her years as a tourist guide, in Shetland and beyond.
READ FULL STORYHistory: Da Central van
The name “da Central van” originally referred to the first retail horse-drawn van to operate a regular service from Quarff to Scatness from 1896 until
READ FULL STORYFiction: Bugs and Beasties
A short story by Marsali Taylor. “It was Peterson’s sister who rang Lerwick,” DI Gavin Macrae said, helping himself to Khalida’s rapidly shrinking emergency whisky
READ FULL STORYCommunity: In transition
All across Shetland, projects are being developed to encourage people to grow more of their own food and to build community resilience in the face…
READ FULL STORYHistory: The baby in the kaleyard
Marsali Taylor investigates a disturbing tale from nineteenth century Walls. I was told the basis of this story many years ago by the late Geordie
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 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 STORYMotoring: Bringing back the Bean
You can see the pride in Erik Erasmuson’s eye as soon as he opens the garage door. The 1923 Bean takes centre stage in
READ FULL STORYBooks: Searching for the great Shetland novel
During the latter decades of the 20th century authors from urban Scotland gave new meaning to their cities through dark tales of alienation and trauma;
READ FULL STORYMaritime: Sailing to Norway
Sailing across to Norway is something Shetland yachts do almost as regularly as south coast ones go to France, and I was keen to do
READ FULL STORYHistory: The war, the planes and the Peterson boys
It was 1939 at Toab, Virkie. As in homes all over Britain, the Peterson family were listening to the news on the wireless. Robbie, four
READ FULL STORYHistory: A Shetland seaman at the Battle of the Basque Roads
In early October 1805, 17 months had passed since the war between Britain and France had resumed after a brief interlude of uneasy peace. Napoleon,
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