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Unst’s future may lie in its past
 UP HELLY Aa, the Shetland model, the local dialect, virtually every
place name in the islands…they all speak of our cultural connection
with Scandinavia and their most famous inhabitants, the Vikings. But
when did they come here? How did they interact with the indigenous
Picts? What did they do? All these questions remain unanswered.
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“Go ahead and build Mareel!”
 “As far as I am concerned you can go ahead and build Mareel.” With
those words Shetland Islands Council convener Sandy Cluness gave the
green light to the £9.3 million cinema and music venue Mareel in
Lerwick Town Hall yesterday morning.
A
crowd of around 50 supporters cheered with delight. Some wept, while
the colour drained from the faces of several of the nine councillors
who had voted against the cultural centre.
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Probe to uncover the fate of Broo
 A
LITTLE known archaeological project to uncover why, when and how a
thriving Shetland township was completely buried by rising sands has
just packed up for another year.
The township of Broo, located at the south end of the main isle, was
one of the largest and most important in Shetland before it was
decimated sometime between the mid 17th and early 18th century.
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BETWEEN WEATHERS -
Travels in 21st century Shetland
 Writer Ron McMillan
(www.ronmcmillan.com) has spent weeks
travelling the isles' many
unbeaten tourist tracks to compile a very readable collection of
encounters with local people reflecting 21st century Shetland.
Publisher Sandstone Press will be launching 'BETWEEN
WEATHERS - Travels in 21st century Shetland' in the Lerwick
tourist office on Friday 6 June.
For excerpts,
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Features Archive:
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Shetland author wins acclaim
31 January 2008
Goodbye Oscar… hello Charlie
21 & 22 January 2008
Africa gives Ernie a mixed reception
A little bit of danger every day
9 January 2008
Relief as good news sinks in
13 August 2007
Review:
Photographic triumph
27 July 2007
A link that can't be scheduled out
2 July 2007
The healthiest house in the isles
23 June 2007
Plans to re create Papa Stour 'stofa'
19 June 2007
Review:
Drinking at the fountain of genius
22 May 2007:
Third time lucky for lone wolf?
24 April 2007:
Celebrating the hidden helping hand
2 April 2007:
Salmon production under one roof
2 April 2007:
Living carbon free on Unst
December 2006:
Living locally, learning globally |
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