FROM young lobster packer, to plumber, then pilot, Shetland Voices features recently retired Loganair stalwart Eddie Watt. He tells Jane Moncrieff how an epiphany changed the course of his life, bringing him and his family on a mission to Kenya, and the challenges he met along.
SHETLAND comedian Marjolein Robertson’s star is rising. After several years performing free at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, last year her show garnered five star reviews and was shortlisted for several awards. She also took the number three spot on the influential The List.
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.
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.
THE UNTOLD and often hidden histories of women was one of the many threads that ran through this year’s Wordplay book festival which closed on Sunday night with a well-attended event featuring former BBC journalist Gavin Esler. Being interviewed on stage by another former BBC.