Past Life: Shetland’s future as seen by a schoolboy
Just now we have plenty of oil and coal but these two important resources won’t last for ever. In 20 or 30 years’ time the
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Shetland Life: Editorial
As the new year begins, many people make resolutions. They imagine how their lives could be better, then make the changes they need to reach
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The results of an experiment which Mr R. D. Winton is now conducting on his farm at Kergord, Weisdale, should prove extremely interesting to
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Ten years after the issue was last raised Shetland Islands Council is to make a final decision on the question of a flag for Shetland.
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Last month, the coalition government in Westminster announced plans to begin measuring the level of happiness among citizens. The standard gauge of the country’s success
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The year of the Royal visit, the year of the Hamefarin, the year of the fine weather… 1960 has been a memorable year indeed.
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Over the years much has been written and, of late, much encouragement given to the use of the Shetland dialect. We have Shetland verse and
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“Shetland is changing, the long familiar life-style based on our modest natural resources being replaced by an affluence which depends ultimately on the riches of
READ FULL STORYPast Times: A Hillswick blacksmith
My great-grandfather, Laurence Mowat, was born in Dunrossness in 1805. When he left school he went to Lerwick to serve his apprenticeship with a Scotsman,
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The arrival of Greenpeace in the islands last month saw an incredible upsurge in public debate and discussion, particularly on the pages of Shetlink.com. Usually
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Almost unnoticed, a little yacht sailed into Lerwick Harbour during the lunch hour on Saturday. Under headsail, mainsail an a big Genoa jib, she ran
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The herring season that has just ended has been an excellent one for Shetland fishermen – the best for fifty years according to one estimate.
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At a time when Tory ministers and their Liberal Democrat minions are gleefully waving axes in every government department, it would be reassuring to know
READ FULL STORYPast Times: Farewell to the old St. Magnus
Nine o’clock on a fine autumn evening. As the Town Hall clock starts to chime the hour, the steamer’s bell rings for the third time
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