Shetland Life: Editorial
Last month, the coalition government in Westminster announced plans to begin measuring the level of happiness among citizens. The standard gauge of the country’s success
READ FULL STORYLast month, the coalition government in Westminster announced plans to begin measuring the level of happiness among citizens. The standard gauge of the country’s success
READ FULL STORYMarsali Taylor examines some of the Christmas traditions that we now take for granted, and finds that many of them are more recent than we
READ FULL STORYMark Wilson records a visit to the Baltasound Hotel this summer, a century after the arrival of a very famous relative.
READ FULL STORYHere I am, still in Glasgow, ensconced in the cut and thrust of rehearsals for Sleeping Beauty, this years panto at Glasgow’s Oran Mor. While
READ FULL STORYIt was with a wry smile that I read BT’s junk mail circular stuck through my letterbox last week, emblazoned with the question, “Does your
READ FULL STORYThe year of the Royal visit, the year of the Hamefarin, the year of the fine weather… 1960 has been a memorable year indeed.
READ FULL STORYWid you believe it? Santie’s elves hiv been in Shetland dis mont, a top secret veesit. Whit a sook in I got when dey turned
READ FULL STORYOver the years much has been written and, of late, much encouragement given to the use of the Shetland dialect. We have Shetland verse and
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