Sounding Off: A plea for perspective on Shetland’s renewable options
It seems that many objections raised against a wind farm in Shetland seek to project only a narrow and exaggerated view of things. I despair
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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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Recently it was döppeleganger week on Facebook: you replaced your profile picture (some very flattering photograph of yourself in a nice frock at someone’s wedding)
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I dunna ken whit grippit Meenie. She fell mad tae celebrate Chinese New Year. Hiv you heard da laek? I tocht she’d hiv hed enoch
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I have begun going through the newspapers here in Cumberland for the period 1812-1912, extracting various materials, including any relating to Orkney and Shetland, especially
READ FULL STORYPast Times: One school for Ness area?
A school inspector has suggested to Shetland Education Committee that they should consider combining Virkie/Quendale/Boddam schools into one new three-teacher school, sited probably at Virkie.
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It was reported last week that close to £200,000 worth of Class A drugs had been seized by police in Shetland during 2008/2009. This was
READ FULL STORYSounding 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
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My wife and I have just returned from a month in Glasgow accompanied by our beautiful new wee baby, initiating the poor little thing into
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
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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
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Whit do you mak o beards? Dey ir aawye eenoo in aa shapes an sizes. Some hae joost a peerie sproot fae dir chin. Idders
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I’ve never seen Up-Helly-A’. The name is strange, outlandish – For who could take time off In the middle of a busy life? Such a
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This is an artist’s impression of the North of Scotland Shipping Company’s new motor ship St. Clair. The building of the ship is progressing very
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