Fine guitar music and a brisk trade at CD stall
AN EVENING of three contrasting acts rounded off the third Peerie Willie Festival on Sunday. The offerings, which started with Shetland favourites Maggie Adamson and…
READ FULL STORYDay: 26 September 2008
Joy for foot-tapping country music fans as McCann belts out the old favourites
SHETLANDERS’ love of country music continues, or at least Irish country music, or even the blend of folk, Northern Irish and country which was available…
READ FULL STORYRomcom Hepburn-style and a bit of Bogey too
SHETLAND Arts’ Film Wednesdays season begins again at the Garrison Theatre next week with Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (PG). Based…
READ FULL STORYTimes Past 26.09.08
25 YEARS AGO The Civil Aviation Authority is to halve the oil-related passenger load supplement at Sumburgh airport from the middle of October for six…
READ FULL STORYLetter from Westminster 26.09.08
“IT’S the economy, stupid.” That was the expression, first coined by an aide to Bill Clinton, that came to sum up the debate in the…
READ FULL STORYIsles Views 26.09.08
Sudden death shocks Skerries FOLK in Skerries have been stunned by the sudden death of Laurence Henderson. Laurence was 44 years old and one of…
READ FULL STORYNorth Mainland Notes 26.09.08
New members wanted MOSSBANK Guides, Brownies and Rainbows have started again after the summer break. The groups meet every Thursday evening in the Mossbank School…
READ FULL STORYViews from the Scord 26.09.08
Harbour activity A ROUTINE week in Scalloway Harbour saw a few regular visitors and reasonable total of fish landings through the market. The Ronja Settler…
READ FULL STORYDellin inta da past 26.09.08
A NEW archaeological project got under way this month in the secluded location of Gunnister Voe in Northmavine. Natascha Mehler, of the University of Vienna,…
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
CONTRARY to popular belief, things don’t slow down in the autumn. If anything, they begin to really hot up now. There’s always plenty of dull…
READ FULL STORYAccess advice for land managers
FARMERS and other people who manage land are being invited to a special land access seminar in Lerwick on Tuesday 7th October. Delegates will hear…
READ FULL STORYVisiting migrants keen to stick around
MANY of last week’s migrants are still present and there have been new visitors around this week. The juvenile rose-coloured starling (sometimes referred to as…
READ FULL STORYMeal cleaners boost Beachwatch
BEACHWATCH, the flagship event of the Marine Conservation Society (MCA) Adopt-a-Beach project, took place last weekend on beaches all over the UK. Data recorded at…
READ FULL STORYRare thrush nightingale in Fetlar
ANOTHER busy week for North Isles wildlife as migrant birds continued to move through, with a few standing out from the crowd. A thrush nightingale…
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