Barry Nisbet

8I have had an overwhelming response as I recruit singers from around Shetland, and beyond, to produce a top-spec recording of the Hildina Ballad, one of our oldest songs. 

Over 30 singers have signed up so far to help make…

I have had an overwhelming response as I recruit singers from around Shetland, and beyond, to produce a top-spec recording of the Hildina Ballad, one of our oldest recorded songs. 

Over 30 singers have signed up so far to help…

I've arrived in Sydney; and have stepped back aboard Søren Larsen, the ship on which I spent most of 2000-2009. 

My time aboard the Søren was one of the most formative and life-changing things I've ever done; I found my…

I've arrived in Sydney; and have stepped back aboard Søren Larsen, the ship on which I spent most of 2000-2009. 

My time aboard the Søren was one of the most formative and life-changing things I've ever done; I found my…

In a way the sailing trips in 2024 were a good metaphor for that whole year.

Challenging weather, gales and rain were the main feature - and yet we had the best time, played the best tunes, and made some…

Across the bay to our right, the yellow ferry that plies the Magellan Strait was tied up for the night. The tarred road ahead of us led out of tiny Porvenir, the colourful buildings giving way to straw coloured grassland…

We crossed into Bolivia, following the shore of Lake Titicaca by bus. Reed-yellow landscapes, angular vilages and scrubby hilltops interspersed views of the blue lake.

At Tiquina, the bus pulled up next to the lakeside and we were ushered out…

18 days after we left Perú, on 7th December, President Pedro Castillo moved to dissolve Congress in his country, a Congress which was about to take a vote on his removal due to corruption charges. Almost immediately, Congress did vote…

Mountain roads carried us through valleys, across streams, then traversed mountainsides; our bus followed the six-metre strip of rubble that separated the sheer cliff face that climbed to the heavens on one side from the plunging drop into oblivion on…

Wow, Perú!

I’m blown away by the welcome we’ve found in this country; and especially that here in the town of Huaraz, in the neighbourhood just east of Avenida Confraternidad Internacional.

We’ve been staying in this barrio for just four…