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MediaFaro Magazine

Torching tradition as first woman raises the axe for Shetland's Vikings.

The people of Shetland, a group of islands north of Scotland, are welcoming the arrival of spring in dramatic style – by burning viking longships.

Up Helly Aa was first celebrated in 1881 and is unique to these islands. But it's a tradition that is evolving, with a woman at the heart of it for the first time.

mediafaro.org/article/20250330

A group of people dressed in historic clothing and carrying torches. | © Thomas Harms/RFI
RFi · Torching tradition as first woman raises the axe for Shetland's Vikings.By RFi
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Andy

This evening after I finished work, we walked up to the loch that the community woodland sits next to.

Not been up there on foot before. Noss is over the horizon. About 5km there and back. An absolute smorgasbord of lichens and moss, and perfect little microclimates in the moorland as water babbles over the Bressay sandstone. Plus a couple of old WW2 AA gun emplacements.

I can't wait to explore more as the weather improves and we move towards Simmer Dim (Midsummer).

A picture of a desolate loch amidst a high moorland. The sky above the slate coloured water is leaden grey, pierced by gaps in the cloud showing hints of blue. In the distance is a hill. If you were there on a stormy day, you might hear the crashing of waves in the distance, beyond the hill. That would be the North Sea. Next stop: Norway.
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Assoc for Scottish Literature

“Had a fit of the scunners: heart withered up.”
—Willa Muir (1890–1970) was born #OTD, 13 March. Her translations of Kafka solidified his reputation in English, & then internationally

In this article, Prof Michelle Woods looks at Willa Muir—a Shetland translator in Prague

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thebottleimp.org.uk/2020/12/wi

The Bottle Imp · Willa Muir: a Shetland Translator in Prague - The Bottle ImpIn her archive at St Andrew’s, Willa Muir stored a clipping from The Scotsman, dated 24 May, 1947. “It was something of a shock, writes a colleague from Prague, to hear a Czech choir singing Ho Ro, mo Nighean Donn Bhoidheach – to say nothing of ‘Ca’ the Yowes tae the Knowes’ and other Scots […]
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