Because of its remote location, cartographers have long taken the same approach to representing the Scottish archipelago on maps: they draw a box... Shetland is an archipelago of a hundred or so ...

Anne Doull is busy in winter. Together with her parents Margaret and Addie, she owns 650 sheep in the northwest of Mainland, ...

Rather than a hotbed of criminal minds, Shetland is Scotland at its wildest. From the ancient settlement at Jarlshof to towering sea stacks, Shetland rewards curiosity rather than speed. For years now ...

There’s a moment in the latest season of the BBC crime drama “Shetland” when the camera pans slowly over the cliffs of Eshaness in the north of the island of Mainland, Shetland. Volcanic cliffs drop ...

In the remote cluster of rocks in the North Sea, knitting is a deeply ingrained tradition that stretches back for centuries — and persists... A Scottish Yarn: A Knit In Time Saves The Fabric Of ...

A 1736 map of Scotland—with Shetland in a box. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center/Flickr Shetland, a cluster of more than 100 islands far north of the Scottish mainland, has long presented cartographers ...

The festival of the intricately crafted textiles of the Shetland Islands, a remote archipelago off Scotland’s coast, draws hundreds of knitters from around the world for all things wool. The sheep are ...

Events like Wool Week and a deep passion for all things knitting make Scotland's Shetland Islands a paradise for knitters and crafters Anne Doull is busy during winter. Not only does she have a ...

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There's a moment in the latest season of the BBC crime drama "Shetland" when the camera pans slowly over the cliffs of Eshaness, in the north of the island of Mainland, Shetland. Volcanic cliffs drop ...

Shetland is an archipelago of a hundred or so islands in the North Sea, featuring ancient hills, valleys and lochs. The string of islands is known for its remote beauty: it's a 12-hour ferry ride to ...