Radio Scotland
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Having ridden the length of the island of Yell on Sunday (twice: Ulsta to Gutcher, the Unst ferry departure, and back) all I had to do to finish the Mull2Muckle was the 10 miles or so through Unst to RAF Saxa Vord, or the Saxa Vord Resort as it’s now called, being filmed on the…
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Just wrapping up things in Shetland before heading off south tomorrow. This is where I’m going and what’s happening if you want to catch up at any point. Remember to follow the blog posts and also, though I’m not doing the afternoon show from 11th-15th, I think I’m doing daily updates for Fred Macaulay on…
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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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It’s a Shetland thing. Whose oil did you say it was?
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The move towards ‘more speech’ on the radio show I present (BBC Radio Scotland, 14.35-16.00 weekdays, except Fridays, when it starts at 14.00) has not meant I simply talk more. It means, basically, that I talk more to other people. We’re booking what are various called ‘guests’ or ‘contributors’, mostly musicians, who come on because…
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Sorry if you’ve already seen this, but I did promise to put it up on the blog…
