Telling the story of a despairing writer who chooses to give life one last chance on the titular island, Muckle Flugga is so vivid, intense and fiercely tragic-comic that it often threatens to take ...

In Scotland, the far north of England and Northern Ireland it's predicted reading will hover in the late teens, similar to conditions throughout Wales. However, in the Shetland Islands and ...

Ancient Greek sailors, whose sails caught the winds of curiosity and ambition, were among the earliest to venture beyond ...

The Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands are located off the northernmost tip of mainland Scotland and can be accessed via ferry leaving from Thurso (located about 20 miles west of Duncansby Head).

Both islands are home to some historically significant ... the best Viking sites in Shetland are a little more spread out. Looking at a map of Shetland, you’ll see why; the archipelago is ...

Next week is looking set to be one of the hottest of the year so far, but we should already be taking care to protect our ...

Anyone who has flown across the North Sea over the past few years cannot help but be awed by the number of static structures ...

Have you ever heard of Porto Santo? Or St. Kilda? These and many other little-known islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean ...

The Shetland Buses played a critical yet little known role in helping liberate Norway from German occupation during the Second World War.