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
READ FULL STORYAs 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
READ FULL STORYThe 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 STORYForty 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 STORYGirvan 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 STORYThe 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic has rekindled memories of two Shetlanders who were involved in the tragedy, writes Jim Tait Scalloway
READ FULL STORYBy the time you read this we may well have endured another of those cold, dismal Junes which give Shetland summers a bad name. But
READ FULL STORYApril 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 STORYNobody 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 STORYThe 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 STORYRosa Steppanova is aghast at the antics of amorous amphibians, and has some tips on how to turn your potted plants into miniature marvels.
READ FULL STORYCars. 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 STORY“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 STORYDave Clark, former Council Chief Executive, remembers what it felt like to return to his boyhood home. The aircraft looked so tiny, parked there on
READ FULL STORYRobert 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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