Thomas Morton (born 1955) is a Scottish broadcaster, journalist, and author. He lives and works mainly in the Shetland Islands.
Life
Morton was born in 1955,[1] and moved to Shetland in 1987 three years after his wife Susan who was a General Practitioner (GP).[2]
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.[3]
From November 2011 until January 2015 he edited the magazine Shetland Life.[4]
Morton was a co-author with his son James, of their 2016 book Shetland : cooking on the edge of the world.[5][2] 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. He was one of three candidates nominated for three vacancies in the Shetland North Ward. As only three candidates stood, Morton became a councillor, unopposed.
Works
Morton's works, which encompass both fiction and non fiction,[6] include:
Morton, Tom; McNaught, John (2007) [1992]. Spirit of adventure : a journey beyond the whisky trails. ISBN9781427620149. OCLC228073120.
Morton, Tom; Allonson, Rob; Hamilton, Ken (2009). Journey's blend : five distilleries, three motorcycles, one whisky. ISBN9780956308504. OCLC751627780.
^Morton, Tom (18 May 2016). "Pirate Radio was 'just a noise'. But it was our noise". Scottish review. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ abSmith, Laura (4 September 2018). "Bake Off finalist James Morton teams up with dad Tom for book celebrating Shetland's fruits of land and sea". Sunday World. DC Thomson Media.
