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I want to take a moment to express my gratitude for the incredible experience I have had here in Shetland during my Booth art residency in Scalloway. As my...

BBC Radio Shetland’s winter schedule returns to the airwaves from Monday night. It marks the start of six months of documentaries and music shows, as well as a return of long-standing programmes. Eva Runciman looks back on the 41st Shetland Folk Festival, with two hour-long...

SATURDAY night saw a packed Scalloway Hall treated to a night of music and culture for all the family in the last event of the Shetland Jazz and World Sounds (JAWS) season. Headliner Sidiki Dembele from the Ivory Coast arrived in Shetland the previous Sunday. Over the course of...

THE 80-year-old has been a familiar face around Shetland’s jazz scene since 2008, but now Jeff Merrifield is stepping down as lead trustee at local promoter Jazz and World Sounds (JAWS) due to ill health. The Englishman has now called the isles his home for 15 years. “I came...

PETERSON Energy Logistics has finally confirmed what already had become obvious when the first components for the 443MW Viking Energy wind farm arrived at the Greenhead Base in December last year. The company has been awarded the logistics contract from turbine manufacturer...

BBC Radio Shetland's late programmes return to the airwaves on Monday night. There is a mixture of old and new programmes on offer over the next six months to keep you company as the winter nights draw in. Claire White and Friends return with a lichtsome monthly hour of chat and...

Organisers of Shetland’s first official Pride festival have been “overwhelmed” by the community’s show of support.