Shetland: a model for the future
As tidal, wave and offshore wind power generation become ever more serious options for Shetland’s seas, we could lose control over their development. But, says
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Shetland Life Editorial: Ursine activity spotted Nort!
The bears are back! I remember when that headline popped up in The Shetland Times, back in early 1988 I think. The CUI (Corrosion Under
READ FULL STORYIs Papa Stour at the end of its tether?
Forty years after the first ‘hippies’ came to the island, and with only eight full-time residents, Andy Holt asks if there’s still hope for the
READ FULL STORYShetland Life: Editorial – Leaving The Fifth Dimension
Girvan is a seaside town in Carrick, South Ayrshire. It has 8000 inhabitants and is the biggest community between Ayr and Stranraer, straddling the main
READ FULL STORY‘I called…and enquired whether I could assist in any way…’
The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic has rekindled memories of two Shetlanders who were involved in the tragedy, writes Jim Tait Scalloway
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By the time you read this we may well have endured another of those cold, dismal Junes which give Shetland summers a bad name. But
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April will be a cruel month for the expectations of some Council candidates, as, to the general relief of those of us who think democracy
READ FULL STORYInside CLAN as a patient: Marsali Taylor’s own story
Nobody ever expects to become a cancer patient, in spite of statistics. The shock of knowing you’ve got a tumour isn’t helped by being told
READ FULL STORYFrom London to Lerwick: The final voyage of U-776
The long sleek hull emerged from the early morning fog, the blunt bow cutting through the water as the diesel engines propelled the U-boat
READ FULL STORYSex, frogs and beginner’s bonsai
Rosa Steppanova is aghast at the antics of amorous amphibians, and has some tips on how to turn your potted plants into miniature marvels.
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Cars. I can’t resist them. Well, to be specific, old cars. There’s just something about the risk, the hope, the belief that this one
READ FULL STORYIn the belly of the beast
“If you don’t have steel toe caps, I’ve got spare boots,” says the genial Richard Wemyss, Shetland Arts’ Head of Operations for Mareel. This is
READ FULL STORYComing home
Dave Clark, former Council Chief Executive, remembers what it felt like to return to his boyhood home. The aircraft looked so tiny, parked there on
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Robert Rodriguez made his first movie, El Mariachi, for $4000, some of which he raised by letting drug companies use him as a guinea pig.
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