Breaking habits
As part of the drive to cut carbon emission throughout the country, Shetland now has its very own “Carbon Reduction Officer”. Malachy Tallack meets Harriet…
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Politics: What is the Shetland Charitable Trust?
As pressure mounts on councillors to make changes to the way Shetland’s oil money is handled, Gavin Morgan takes a look at the organisation at…
READ FULL STORYCrime: The night that changed my life
Physical assault is fortunately a rare occurrence in Shetland, but when it does happen it can have devastating consequences. Below, a victim of a violent…
READ FULL STORYArts: Creative accounting
Public spending on the arts in Shetland has become an issue of increasing controversy, and a recent Althing debate found only a slim majority in…
READ FULL STORYArts: A place for a poet
Cathy Feeny interviews award-winning poet, Jen Hadfield. “I’m never going to be an urban poet”, says Jen Hadfield, whose volume, Nigh-No-Place, recently won the 2008…
READ FULL STORYTechnology: Switching on
Marsali Taylor discovers that increasing numbers of older Shetlanders are learning the benefits of the internet, while the appeal of “social networking sites” is also…
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