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Podcast TTT Sarah McBurnie Season 5 Shetland Up Helly Aa

Season 5 Episode 4: Celebrating Up Helly Aa with Sarah McBurnie

January 31, 2023, the last Tuesday of January, the fire festival of Up Helly Aa is happening. A huge torchlight procession of hundreds of Vikings is marching through the streets of Lerwick, carrying flaming torches and singing traditional Norse skalds. Welcome to Tea Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in.  I am your host, […]

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History Podcast TTT Season 4 Shetland Storytelling

Season 4 Episode 18: Sarah McBurnie on the Stories of Shetland

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“You must never call it the Shetlands. Islanders are proud and can be prickly about the name: it’s either Shetland or the Shetland Islands.” Anne Cleeves Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in.  I am you host, Rebecca Budd, and I am looking forward to sharing this moment with you. I […]