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Fair Isle might as well have been as remote as Tahiti for all that Sophie Gerrard knew about it. Even in Scotland itself, the Edinburgh-based photographer says, the satellite islands of Shetland, which also include Foula, are romanticised – if they are given much thought at all.
Photographers Sophie Gerrard and Tessa Bunney spent a month documenting the isolated lifestyle, where it's not just about the jumpers
HAVING power round the clock is something taken for granted by most people - but it was only until five years ago that there was a reliable 24/7 supply in Fair Isle. It was five years ago yesterday (Thursday), in fact, that the new system on the island was formally launched. The...
SERCO NorthLink Ferries’ crew members have raised over £5,000 for their charity of the year - MND (Motor Neurone Disease) Scotland - following a sponsored walk across Shetland. Kathryn Fullerton, passenger service supervisor on board the Hjaltland, and Leigha Finnegin, who...
Fair Isle is seeking an engineer and a deckhand to join the crew of the Good Shepard.