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The Essay

A Circumnavigation of the British Isles in Five Traditional Boats

Shetland Whillies, Yoals and Sixerns

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Shetland was part of the Kingdom of Norway. Brian Wishart reflects on the Norse influence still clear in the boats there, which come to points at both ends, like Viking longships. Show more

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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