From left: A home in Bigton, in Scotland’s Shetland Islands; Lerwick, the archipelago’s main town. That transnational history is also visible in other aspects of Shetland culture. First-time visitors ...
That transnational history is also visible in other aspects of Shetland culture. First-time visitors might expect wildness, isolation, and more nature than culture. But curious travelers will find ...
11:17, Thu, Jan 8, 2026 Updated: 11:34, Thu, Jan 8, 2026 One of the stars of popular BBC crime drama Shetland has disclosed that she abandoned her glamorous Los Angeles lifestyle to provide 'stability ...
All Shetland schools will be closed tomorrow (Monday) amid forecasts for more snowfall. Shetland Islands council confirmed the closures this morning (Sunday) just after the Met Office upgraded its ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
From Shetland to the Western Isles, campaigners argue ageing ferries are driving depopulation – and undersea tunnels are the only 21st-century solution For Alec Priest, an instrument technician at ...
Shetland Season 10 Episode 1 brings life to the intense case of the death of an elderly woman from the village of Lunniswick, which Calder and Tosh begin to investigate. The case is complex, with the ...
The raucous celebration of the new year and the islands’ Nordic heritage culminates in the ritual burning of a longship – and much drinking Beyond a misty veil, dawn breaks above Shetland – sort of.
A campaign to preserve Shetland’s knitting heritage has now raised a staggering £50,000. Shetland’s Organisation for Knitters (SOK ) announced today (Wednesday) that it had achieved its “stretch goal” ...
A Shetland knitting organisation has raised thousands of pounds to help “preserve, promote, and protect” their heritage from dying out. Shetlands Organisation for Knitters (SOK) launched a Crowdfunder ...
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