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Forty second folk festival launches in style

THE SUN was shining on Lerwick as the 42nd Shetland Folk Festival formally opened on Thursday afternoon ahead of a weekend of sessions and sprees. The honour. ....

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Achieving nothing of consequence

I would direct readers to read the column in last week's Shetland Times (Friday 29 December 2023) and listen again to the piece on Radio Shetland on Thursday evening, with our Holyrood representative. Our representative at Holyrood listed criticism after criticism of the. ....

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Late programmes to keep radio listeners company during winter

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. ....

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Tributes paid to ex-councillor Gussie

Lerwick man played a ‘massive part’ in Shetland public life for many years ....

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Jim Nicolson (1946 – 2023): A pillar of the community but most of all a family man

Captain George Sutherland pays tribute to James Peter (Jim) Nicolson who died earlier this month ....

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