Thomas Morton (born 1955) is a Scottish broadcaster, journalist, and author. He lives and works mainly in the Shetland Islands.

Contents

• 1 Life
• 2 Works
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Life

Morton was born in 1955, and moved to Shetland in 1987 three years after his wife Susan who was a General Prac*ioner (GP).

Until April 2015, Morton presented a BBC Radio Scotland show, broadcast Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, from 10:00 pm to 1:00 am, a Scottish take on rock and pop from obscure blues to mainstream pop and soul and current independent releases.

From November 2011 until January 2015 he edited the magazine Shetland Life.

Morton was a co-author with his son James, of their 2016 book Shetland:: cooking on the edge of the world. James is known as a runner up in The Great British Bake Off (series 3) of 2012.

In 2022, Morton was nominated as Scottish Labour's candidate in the local elections to Shetland Islands Council. With no other candidates in his ward, Morton became councillor unopposed.

Works

Morton's works, which encomp* both fiction and non fiction, include:

• Morton, Tom (2000). Internal combustion:: a love story. ISBN:9781840183405. OCLC:48579310.
• Morton, Tom; McNaught, John (2007) . Spirit of adventure:: a journey beyond the whisky trails. ISBN:9781427620149. OCLC:228073120.
• Morton, Tom; Allonson, Rob; Hamilton, Ken (2009). Journey's blend:: five distilleries, three motorcycles, one whisky. ISBN:9780956308504. OCLC:751627780.
• Morton, James; Morton, Tom (2018). Shetland:: cooking on the edge of the world. London: Quadrille. ISBN:9781787133068. OCLC:1051138004.
• Morton, Tom (2021). It Tolls for Thee — A Guide to Celebrating the End. ISBN:9781786784780. OCLC:1262792367.

References

External links

• BBC Radio Scotland – Tom Morton
• From the Beatcroft, Shetland Isles – Tom Morton's blog