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The gallery in the Shetland Museum and Archives has hosted many notable exhibitions over the years. These have often featured local artists, of whom there are many, but works by Hans Holbein and Grayson Perry, among others, have also been shown.

Shetland's Puffins return to their clifftop colonies in early April, two to three weeks later than colonies further south in Britain. As with all other seabirds, they only return to land to breed and raise their young and so may only spend one third...

It is often said that spring walks up the country, making its way from south to north, each new leaf and bud evidence of its journey. After a winter of snow and storms, when spring reaches Shetland it is spectacular, our landscapes filling with birds...

Documentary filmmaker Matthew Somerville visited Shetland to experience South Mainland Up Helly Aa, one of the larger Shetland Fire Festivals. His trip represented the most northerly point of a year travelling the UK documenting the rituals and ceremonies...