Morton
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This song is not entirely straightforward. It’s neither nationalist nor anti-nationalist, but it does play with the notion of being ‘English’ in whatever you count as ‘Scotland’. I don’t consider Shetland, where I live, as culturally Scottish, for example. I was born in Carlisle. In England. Within a year of that signal event, my parents…
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Featuring an exclusive, hard-hitting piece by former council chief Dave Clark, a profile of Shetland-born EIS boss Ronnie Smith, a heroic tale of Arctic survival, Lerwick’s poisonous pies, and a marvellous photo essay on the late lamented North Star by Chloe Garrick. Who also took this front cover shot of the Market Cross in snow:
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Sold on eBay, my last motorbike. Today was my final powered ride, 35 gruesomely cold, wet and windy miles from Hillswick to Lerwick so I could check the bike in as freight for Aberdeen. Tomorrow, all being well, a man called Gordon will ride away on the old Suzuki GS1000G. It will be out of…
