Culture: From grand old Viking centuries (a new) Up Helly A’ has come
The South Mainland Up Helly A’ began with a group of just four people. One of them was Ross Smith, from Sandwick. “We just thought,
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Sounding off: Variorums
Davy Cooper argues that the visual arts should be better recognised in Shetland for their role in driving social and economic progress. I’ve wandered the
READ FULL STORYCrofting: A difficult season
Marsali Taylor finds that this winter’s unusually cold weather has had a severe impact on the islands’ crofters and livestock. The snow was bonny, but
READ FULL STORYProfile: The Red Show
Shetland Life meets a young band with island roots, currently making musical waves in Glasgow and beyond. The Shetland music scene could be said to
READ FULL STORYNew Year: Three wishes
As another year and another decade begin, Marsali Taylor offers Shetlanders a hypothetical New Year fairy, and asks what their special wishes might be.
READ FULL STORYMusic: Shipwrecks & Static
Fair Isle musician, singer and songwriter Inge Thomson has just released her first solo album, after many years of involvement with other bands and artists.
READ FULL STORYHistory: The Lindberghs in Lerwick
In 1933, Charles Lindbergh was probably the most famous man on the planet. Charlie Simpson tells the story of his spectacular arrival in Lerwick harbour,
READ FULL STORYPower of Place: Look up
In the first of our new monthly series of articles, celebrating 2010’s Power of Place event, Iain Malcolmson suggests it is time for all of
READ FULL STORYFiction: In full flight
The marquee was flapping in the flans of wind that swept down through the harbour. The scaffolding skeleton held on to its skin, but the
READ FULL STORYArchitecture: Place-making
Throughout 2010, Shetland will be playing host to its first year-long celebration of architecture and place, when Power of Place asks how architecture and place-making
READ FULL STORYHistory: In remembrance of someone I never knew
Some readers of this magazine may recall the article written by James Irvine entitled “Last Voyage of the Active” in Issue No. 312 (October 2006).
READ FULL STORYPolitics: Democracy in the isles
A Shetland student has recently completed a comprehensive database of the islands’ political history, and the results are now available online. Chris Cope spoke to
READ FULL STORYHistory: The Turnbull tragedies
In the last years of the eighteenth century, a young man came to Shetland to work as tutor to the family of John Scott of
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You might have imagined that charity and ethics would go hand in hand, but apparently not. Neil Riddell explores the absurd and worrying rejection of
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