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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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Taking in the summer
16 July 2007

A Shetland summer for the record books

Europe
Roll up, roll up for Fair Isle wool
09 July 2007

Malachy recounts the challenges of getting all the Fair Isle sheep into one place for shearing. Mili

Environment
Happy campers
02 July 2007

The camps provide a supply of slave-labour for six weeks of the summer. For the price of a bowl of s

Sport
The simmer dim
25 June 2007

The importance of light to the residents of Fair Isle

Environment
The great outdoors
18 June 2007

Tarring, hoeing, dyking... it's all in a day's work

Lifestyle
Keeping in touch
11 June 2007

Disconnection exists everywhere - whether you live in a big city or on a remote island

International Politics
Fair Isle's uncertain future
04 June 2007

What impact will climate change have on Fair Isle? Truth is, no-one really knows

UK Politics
Save our seas
28 May 2007

The fishermen come, they take a few decent fish, and they throw the rest away. And at the moment the

Lifestyle
Genocide on Shetland
22 May 2007

How the names on Fair Isle provide a glimpse of the island's history. But what happened to the indig

Environment
Lucky, lazy natives...
14 May 2007

Performing for the tourists, bad news about a caddy and ideas for words that rhyme with puffin

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