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Bankrupt politicsIt would be nice if there were something else to write about this month – some positive, inspiring story, from which we could all take comfort. But unfortunately it seems impossible to avoid the rather uninspiring tale of David Clark and his expensive exit from the top office ... Read more...
J. Laughton Johnston argues that we must look again at the Viking Energy windfarm proposal. There are, he says, many benefits, for the island and for the planet.It seems that many objections raised against a wind farm in Shetland seek to project only a narrow and exaggerated view of things. I d... Read more...
This month, the first ever South Mainland Up Helly A’ will take place, with a procession through Bigton and a burning site at St. Ninian’s Isle. Marsali Taylor went to Sandwick to meet Guizer Jarl David Smith and other members of the organising committee.The South Mainland Up Helly A’ beg... Read more...
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) with a picture of someone you’ve been told you look like. This could be anything from George Cloony to Alex Salmond depending on w... Read more...
An onkerry for a kerry ootI 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 hilarity wi wir ain Yule Festivals. She startit wi an early spring clean. “Chinese traditions irna dat different fae wir ain,” she tel... Read more...
From Shetland Life, March 1985, No.53I 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 in the era before local newspapers were established in the Northern Isles. Surprisin... Read more...
From The Shetland Times, Friday 25th March, 1959A 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.When the suggestion came before the committee on Mon... Read more...