“Though Fair Isle knits originated in Scotland, they’ve long been a signature layering piece in Ralph Lauren’s preppy ...

Fair Isle knits have achieved iconic status, whether being sported by members of the Royal Family, Mick Jagger or Hailey Bieber. They’re nearly evergreen — if not seasonless. A few years back, JLo ...

FAIR ISLE, Scotland (CNN)-- Wanted: a nurse for Fair Isle, Scotland's most remote, inhabited island. "Are you looking for a challenge?" That's how the job advertisement for the island's nurse position ...

Anne Doull is busy in winter. Together with her parents Margaret and Addie, she owns 650 sheep in the north-west of Mainland, ...

By Lynn AbramsKnitters and crafters had been anticipating Channel 4’s new craft show Game of Wool for some time. Knitting, so long the poor relation of the textile crafts, was finally to take centre ...

I arrived on Fair Isle, in Scotland’s Shetland Islands, intent upon buying a sweater. Fair Isle knitting has been replicated worldwide but the genuine article can only be found on the ...

The Royal Highland Showcase, Fair Isle Bird Observatory and a community orchard Roy Dennis on Reintroducing Sea Eagles, Red Kites and Beavers. Plus the prospect of Wolves and Lynx in Scotland. Insects ...

In September 2005, Liz Musser was stuck in traffic in Saratoga Springs in upstate New York when she heard a story on All Things Considered about an unusual advertisement in a Scottish newspaper. The ...

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The tiny remote island of Fair Isle received its second doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine this week. All 45 adults of the island were fully vaccinated in one go. The three remaining children must wait.

That’s how the job advertisement for the island’s nurse position reads. And considering Fair Isle doesn’t have a doctor, that may be an understatement. “We are looking for an enthusiastic autonomous ...