THE WORLD is full of stories. History is jam-packed with tales – shocking anecdotes, quirky episodes and humorous yarns, writes Helen Kerr. So many of them go untold – maybe sometimes we don’t realise they are even interesting enough to tell. Not so for Ruth Ellis..
ISLESBURGH Drama Group is set to return to the Garrison Theatre next week for its spring production The Thrill of Love by Amanda Whittington, a drama about the last woman to be hanged in Britain. A divorcee with a young child to care for, Ruth Ellis works in the kind of.
WITH enormous reluctance this year, I grew a new fondness for pantomime, writes Helen Kerr. Every time I’ve said in the past “I don’t like panto!” then some bright spark shouts back: “oh yes you do!" But I have remained staunch in my position that – oh no, I really.
BBC Radio Shetland is ready to host its annual Children in Need fundraising appeal on Friday night. Almost 80 items have been donated for the popular auction. Ian Smith of Troswick started making model wooden buses for the appeal back in 1985 when he worked as a lighthouse.