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Songwriter tells of ‘conscious effort to pull together Shetland and Barnsley’

BROADCASTER and wildlife enthusiast Kate Humble stars in a new 30-minute film promoting Shetland, which is being released today (Friday). The film, released through the Promote Shetland service, features a range of content highlighting the islands’ natural beauty, as well as...

The Lerwick Legion on a Sunday afternoon is the favourite part of the Shetland Folk Festival for many: no frenzied fiddles, no galloping guitars, no manic mandolins, just beautiful singing excellently accompanied, writes Carol Jamieson. We kicked, or should I say floated, off...

FLICKING through records, thumbing your way through CDs - for many, there’s a certain magic when it comes to music shopping. For some in Shetland that magic comes with a strong whiff of nostalgia, harking back to the likes of Clive’s Record Shop, which shut up shop in 2011....