Editorial: The Old Rock
Why the sudden urgency among some trustees to rush into the referendum on the future of Shetland Charitable Trust? Surely it would be prudent first
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Spaekalation
As you are all aware, the mystery of the cave paintings aside, art always comes into being as soon as a society produces enough surplus
READ FULL STORYRestoring council solvency is much more important than reputations
“This island is almost made of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organising genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish in Great
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Three years ago Shetland Islands Council changed its mind and left Lerwick Community Council with a load of old cobbles – £8,000 worth of granite
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 04.11.11
Shetland Islands Council’s so-called “have your say” tour of the isles, giving folk the chance to put forward new cash-saving suggestions as the authority prepares
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He used to alarm me in the morning. I’d see him stride from his home to the post office as the sun rose late in
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 28.10.11
With his talk of a Big Society, David Cameron has given volunteering a bad name. Instead of an altruistic activity which can be fun and
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The bairn’s knitted top caught my eye straight away – its natural colour, the simple patterns and the fringe around the bottom.
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Reawick Lamb closed its doors this week after the receiver was called in by the directors and the bank. Amid bitterness and recrimination between the
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What shape for EU? Greece, it seems likely, will before long have to pull out of the Euro and revert to the drachma, with all
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I plead guilty. I was in Tesco. It was a perfectly ordinary shopping outing, looking for food for the week, and maybe there would be
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 07.10.11
As all students of politics in Shetland over the last few years know, leadership from elected councillors has not featured strongly. Now that the reforms
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“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible,” wrote George Orwell in 1946.
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Friday 16th September 2011 ought to be remembered in Shetland for a display of just how ill-informed and incompetent government can be. The episode succeeded
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