Sneak preview of new Shetland Life - out 6 January

Featuring an exclusive, hard-hitting piece by former council chief Dave Clark, a profile of Shetland-born EIS boss Ronnie Smith, a heroic tale of Arctic survival, Lerwick's poisonous pies, and a marvellous photo essay on the late lamented North Star by Chloe Garrick. Who also took this front cover shot of the Market Cross in snow:

Defacers Of The Thistle strike again!

It's a Shetland thing. Whose oil did you say it was?

Back garden, Wednesday morning

The view out over Ura Firth and the Ness of Hillswick towards St Magnus' Bay, 8.30am

Top 10 albums of 2011

...in my humble opinion...

Tom Waits: Bad as Me

Gillian Welch: The Harrow and the Harvest

Frank Turner: England Keep My Bones

Babybird: The Pleasures of Self Destruction

Laura Marling: A Creature I Don’t Know

Josh T Pearson: Last of the Country Gentlemen

Ryan Adams: Ashes and Fire

British Sea Power: Valhalla Dancehall

Arcade Fire: The Suburbs

Sweet Inspiration: The Songs of Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham (compilation)