Owner: Fair Isle URL:http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/fair-isle Join Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:26:54 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: Life on a remote Scottish island. Weekly insights from Malachy Tallack. Site statistics:Click here
Independence thinking... 2007-04-02 02:00:00 Malachy explains some the subtleties of Shetland's relationship to Scotland amid talk of independence Read more:Independence
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Malachy on tour 2007-03-26 02:00:00 How escaping from island life can remind you of the benefits
Catching the wind 2007-03-19 01:00:00 How the irregular energy supply on Fair Isle can leave you feeling like you're in a "very slow and irritating disco"
Choosing your neighbours 2007-03-12 01:00:00 Malachy feels the loss at the departure of a family from Fair Isle and looks ahead to the selection of their replacements
Have plane, might travel 2007-02-26 01:00:00 A bout of severe weather exposes the vulnerability of fast-paced modern lifestyles
A glimpse of spring 2007-02-19 01:00:00 Why Fair Isle's children have to be sent to school 50 miles away and the birth of this year's first lamb Read more:glimpse
Getting to know Fair Isle 2007-02-12 01:00:00 Some history and geography of the island including its norths/south divide
The labours of Malachy 2007-02-05 01:00:00 How Fair Isle is a community at work - which can mean having several jobs at once
So where is Fair Isle? 2007-01-29 01:00:00 We bring you a brand new blog by Malachy Tallack about his life on Britain's remotest inhabited island
Calm before the storms? 2007-04-10 02:00:00 A spell of good weather heralds the start of Spring and a sudden burst of activity in the gardens of Fair Isle
Lambing time 2007-04-16 02:00:00 The ins and outs of lambing including the joy of a few early starts in our weekly report from Britain's remotest place
Lambing time. Again. 2007-04-23 02:00:00 Malachy successfully battles mastitis and reveals some of the other challenges lambing brings Read more:Again
Bird brained? 2007-05-08 02:00:00 The incredible enthusiasm of birders and twitchers
Lucky, lazy natives... 2007-05-14 02:00:00 Performing for the tourists, bad news about a caddy and ideas for words that rhyme with puffin
Genocide on Shetland 2007-05-21 19:00:00 How the names on Fair Isle provide a glimpse of the island's history. But what happened to the indigenous people remains a mystery Read more:Genocide
Save our seas 2007-05-27 19:00:00 The fishermen come, they take a few decent fish, and they throw the rest away. And at the moment there is nothing we can do about it
Farewell from Fair Isle 2008-01-27 18:00:00 Malachy Tallack's last blog from Britain's remotest place reflects on a very different way of living Read more:Farewell
Shetland's proud musical tradition 2008-01-20 18:00:00 The tunes and players of the islands are today recognised around the world, writes Malachy Tallack
Turning 100 2008-01-13 18:00:00 The creation of Stewart’s spinning wheels is an incredibly involved process, with each of its many parts individually constructed from wood, metal or leather
Seeing the light 2007-12-16 18:00:00 Fair Isle's two light
houses have been central to the commmunity for the last 116 years Read more:Seeing
Preparing for winter 2007-12-09 18:00:00 Malachy Tallack muses on the beauty and brutality of a Fair Isle winter
Guilty pleasures 2007-12-02 18:00:00 The trials and tribulations of knitting a gansey Read more:Guilty
To knit or not to knit? 2007-11-18 18:00:00 Malachy Tallack wrestles with his desire to knit, a practice synonymous with his Fair Isle home.
The story of Fair Isle's Heinkel 2007-11-11 18:00:00 The contribution made by Shetland Islanders during the wars plus the story
of the plane that crashed on Fair Isle
Down the food route 2007-11-05 18:00:00 In his latest blog entry, Malachy Tallack charts the course of food from the field to the freezer Read more:route
Farewell from Fair Isle 2008-01-27 18:00:00 Malachy Tallack's last blog from Britain's remotest place reflects on a very different way of living Read more:Farewell
Shetland's proud musical tradition 2008-01-20 18:00:00 The tunes and players of the islands are today recognised around the world, writes Malachy Tallack
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