![Karen MacKelvie of Shetland Women's Aid with this week's distinguished guest, Dr Michael Kaufman. Photo: Shetnews/Neil Riddell](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/150922_karen_mackelvie_and_michael_kaufman-240x140.jpg)
Captivating talk on ‘raising sons to be good men’
![Karen MacKelvie of Shetland Women's Aid with this week's distinguished guest, Dr Michael Kaufman. Photo: Shetnews/Neil Riddell](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/150922_karen_mackelvie_and_michael_kaufman-240x140.jpg)
![Embarrassingly for the Scotland Office, a week ahead of Scottish secretary of state David Mundell's visit, the department is sharing a map which has edited Shetland out of existence.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/scotland_office_map-240x140.jpg)
![Despite being a major energy hub, Shetland households face shockingly high levels of fuel poverty. Photo courtesy of BP](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Sunrise_over_chilldown_tanks_Photo_BP-240x140.jpg)
![Isles youngsters at a vigil for Syrian refugees at the Market Cross in Lerwick on Saturday. Photo: Shetnews/Hans Marter](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/150912_Shetland_Sees_Syria_vigil_1-240x140.jpg)
![Hairdresser Robbie Bruce is in the running for a national award.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/robbie_bruce_award_pic-240x140.jpg)
![Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael checking ballots at the May election count. Photo: Shetnews](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/carmichael_checking_ballots-240x140.jpg)
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![Volunteers helping the Shetland Solidarity with Refugees effort at Hamnavoe Hall on Wednesday evening. From left to right: Kaila McCulloch, Hazel MacIntyre, Zuzanna O'Rourke, six year old Lois Arthur (above), Wendy Sinclair, Emma Harmer and Rona Arthur. Photo: Shetnews/Neil Riddell](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/shetland_refugees_volunteers-240x140.jpg)
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![The site where between 300 and 400 homes could be built.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/staney_hill_plans-240x140.jpg)
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![Donations of supplies to help refugees have been flooding in to drop-off points at Bixter Hall and Burra Hall over the weekend. Shetland Solidarity with Refugees has now published details of several other drop-off points throughout the islands.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/wastside-240x140.jpg)
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![Robert Williamson of QA Fish - Photo: Hans J Marter/ShetNews](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/150803_Robert_Williamson__QA_Fish-240x140.jpg)
![Jack Sandison pictured with Libertines frontman Pete Doherty in Camden last night.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pete_doherty_and_jack_sandison-240x140.jpg)
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![Shetland couple Annie McKee and Grant Johnson after completing the Rio half marathon on Sunday.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Annie__Grant_in_Rio-240x140.jpg)
![Candy floss was just one of the attractions kids, including Mischa Pearson, could enjoy at this year's Sandwick Fun Day. Photo: Dale Smith](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MG_6033_A4_Final-240x140.jpg)
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![MP Alistair Carmichael.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Carmichael_small-240x140.jpg)
![BBC Radio 4 mainstay Jeremy Hardy enthralled the Lerwick audience on Tuesday night. Photo: Shetnews](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jeremy_Hardy_2-240x140.jpg)
![Former England star Frank Lampard at New York City FC's training centrer.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/frank_lampard_NYC-240x140.jpg)
![Between Islands songwriters Kris Drever, Willie Campbell and Arthur Nicholson.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Between_Islands-240x140.jpg)
![Rhiannon Jehu and Gill Gower are among several volunteers helping meet growing demand at the Salvation Army's Lerwick food bank. Photo: Shetnews/Neil Riddell](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/150714_helpers_at_Salvation_Army-240x140.jpg)
![The Citizens Advice Bureau's Lerwick manager Karen Eunson says delays in fit-for-work assessments are causing clients added stress and anxiety.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/150211_CAB_service_manager_Karen_Eunson_2-240x140.jpg)
![Photo: Austin Taylor](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/170202_Hrossey_arriving_in_Lerwick-240x140.jpg)
![First Minister Nicola Sturgeon met with genocide survivors, Azir Asmanović and Nedžad Avdić, and with Srebrenica mothers, who lost husbands, sons, fathers and brothers in the atrocity. Photo: Scottish Government](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Remembering-Srebrenica2-small.jpeg-240x140.jpg)
![The two Andrews, Hutton and Simpson, showing their supporter for Team Shetland - and their particular favourite, triathlete Pete Fenwick.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fans_pic_2-240x140.jpg)
![Hrossey - Photo: Mark Berry](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/140319_Hrossey_in_new_livery_MarkBerry-240x140.jpg)
![The Channel 4 News interview in which Alistair Carmichael lied about his knowledge of the controversial memo.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/150405_alistair_carmichael_lying_on_channel_four-240x140.png)
![One of the campaign's logos.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/loganairplayfair_logo-240x140.png)
![Crumbling sandstone around one of the main hall's many prestigious stained glass windows.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/150707_crumbling_sandstone-240x140.jpg)
![The pile of rubbish collected at Sands of Sound in Lerwick on Saturday morning. Photo: Ali Grundon](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/150706_rubbish_collected_at_Sands_of_Sound-240x140.jpg)
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![Comic Jeremy Hardy will make his maiden visit to Shetland next week.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/JeremyH1_A3_image_copy-240x140.jpg)
![Some livestock owners have already shipped cattle south this year. Photo: Shetnews](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cows_grazing_2-240x140.jpg)
![A proud moment for Elaine Park (left) as she receives her silver medal for the hammer throw. Photo courtesy of Shetland Island Games Association](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/IMG_4307-240x140.jpg)
![Jim Halcrow was a staple of the traditional music scene for more than 60 years. He's pictured here at Clickimin during the Fiddle and Accordion Festival.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jim_accordion_pic-240x140.jpg)
![Thumbs-up from Claire Wilson after she struck gold in the steeplechase, while Emma Leask gets a hug from mother Janice after winning silver in the women's 400 metres. Photos: BBC Radio Shetland/Jane Moncrieff](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/150630_athletics_medal_winners_Emma_Wilson_and_Emma_Leask-240x140.jpg)
![A "concerted effort" is needed to tackle inequality, says Shetland Partnership chairman Ian Kinniburgh.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Ian_Kinniburgh-240x140.jpg)
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![Loganair has been taken aback by the strength of feeling among islanders about high prices and unreliable flights.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Loganair_Saab_2000_1-240x140.jpg)
![Assistant nurse practitioners have been introduced to try and ensure Lerwick patients can get appointments more quickly. Photo: Shetnews](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lerwick_health_centre_4_150129-240x140.jpg)
![SIC leader Gary Robinson says the charitable trust's failure to communicate is "proving to be a headache".](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/130617_Gary_Robinson_small-240x140.jpg)
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