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Malachy Tallack

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

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Society
Farewell from Fair Isle
28 January 2008

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

Music and Performance
Shetland's proud musical tradition
21 January 2008

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

Europe
Turning 100
14 January 2008

The creation of Stewart’s spinning wheels is an incredibly involved process, with each of its many p

Lifestyle
New Year in disguise
07 January 2008

Strange guizers see in 2008 on Fair Isle

Lifestyle
Seeing the light
17 December 2007

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

Lifestyle
Preparing for winter
10 December 2007

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

Lifestyle
Guilty pleasures
03 December 2007

The trials and tribulations of knitting a gansey

Lifestyle
To knit or not to knit?
19 November 2007

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

Lifestyle
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

Food and Drink
Down the food route
06 November 2007

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

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