Shetland, 12-13 September 2003

Shetland artist ROXANE PERMAR describes the process of creating The Encyclopedia of Knitted Stories in St Petersburg, and a new website telling the stories in digital form.

Is live performance a different experience in Shetland? ANDY ROSS ponders the etiquette of audience reception

JANE MONCRIEFF found ALY BAIN in revealingly reflective mood on a visit to his native Shetland. The great fiddler, who tours this month with Phil Cunningham, talks frankly about his life and music. THE RAIN is pelting down the window drenching the Shetland landscape, obliterating the view. Aly Bain is in melancholy mood. “Nae chance […]

ANDY ROSS reports on the work of musicians Alice Mullay and Jonathan Ritch with school children in Shetland

ANDY ROSS takes a personal view of the crucial role of the Internet and other technologies in delivery of the arts in a rural community

Clickimin Centre, Lerwick, Wednesday 6 August 2003

In the first of a series on the behind the scenes work of arts people in the Highlands, ANDY ROSS reports from a busy May at the Wind Dog Café in Yell in the Shetland Islands.