Malachy Tallack

Malachy Tallack

Malachy Tallack is 26 and lives in Fair Isle. He is a singer-songwriter, journalist, and editor of the magazine Shetland Life.

Articles by Malachy Tallack

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Farewell from Fair Isle

  • 28 January 2008
  • 8 comments

Malachy Tallack's last blog from Britain's remotest place reflects on a very different way of living

Shetland's proud musical tradition

  • 21 January 2008

The tunes and players of the islands are today recognised around the world, writes Malachy Tallack

Turning 100

  • 14 January 2008

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

New Year in disguise

  • 07 January 2008
  • 1 comment

Strange guizers see in 2008 on Fair Isle

Seeing the light

  • 17 December 2007
  • 3 comments

Fair Isle's two lighthouses have been central to the commmunity for the last 116 years

Preparing for winter

  • 10 December 2007
  • 1 comment

Malachy Tallack muses on the beauty and brutality of a Fair Isle winter

Guilty pleasures

  • 03 December 2007
  • 2 comments

The trials and tribulations of knitting a gansey

To knit or not to knit?

  • 19 November 2007
  • 6 comments

Malachy Tallack wrestles with his desire to knit, a practice synonymous with his Fair Isle home.

The story of Fair Isle's Heinkel

  • 12 November 2007

The contribution made by Shetland Islanders during the wars plus the story of the plane that crashed on Fair Isle

Down the food route

  • 06 November 2007
  • 3 comments

In his latest blog entry, Malachy Tallack charts the course of food from the field to the freezer

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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