On 7th-10th May, Lerwick will play host to an international island studies conference, Taking Shetland out of the Box: Island Cultures and Shetland Identity. The…
READ FULL STORYA sixth year pupil at Brae High School, MARIA IRVINE and fellow student Clare Stout made a trip to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz…
READ FULL STORYThere are some Shetland phrases which wind round the tongue and imagination with combined relish – and we are right in the middle of one…
READ FULL STORYThe Shetland garden dedicated to raising awareness of motor neurone disease which won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show inspired a pilgrimage to…
READ FULL STORYBy CHARLIE SIMPSON FOR fully more than half of last century, the name of Christian Salvesen & Co of Leith was known in just about…
READ FULL STORYPITCH dark, cold and rain falling … I was walking slowly backwards and forwards near our outside light, in order to keep it shining until…
READ FULL STORYBy LAURA FRIEDLANDER THE ALTHING Social Group decided to take a more lightsome approach to the monthly meeting with December’s debate entitled “Yarnin’ is a…
READ FULL STORYBy LOUISE THOMASON WITH ONE of the most exciting Presidential elections for decades, the United States has been the focus of much attention lately and…
READ FULL STORYGOTT School was a hive of activity on Saturday night when the Althing Social Group detoured from their usual order of proceedings to provide an…
READ FULL STORYIn her final article from Bongo, Linda Davis reflects on the work she has been doing in her short, three-month placement for VSO in Ghana….
READ FULL STORYA BALLOON launch is to take place at the Gilbertson Park on Sunday in memory of teenager Stuart Henderson, who was killed a year ago…
READ FULL STORYA SMALL but enthusiastic crowd turned out at Gott School on Saturday night to welcome the speakers for the first of this year’s Althing debates….
READ FULL STORY“LAST but not least” – that was the verdict of one visitor to the Yell Show. In contrast to the driving rain and the slester…
READ FULL STORYTHE UNST Agricultural Show took place last Saturday. The event is staged in Haroldswick and Baltasound in alternate years and this was Baltasound’s turn. The…
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