Heavenly Hair**

So now we are onto Shetland Series 8, with Ashley Jensen replacing the delightful Dougie Henshall. I miss him. We have been having some interesting discussions about this here at Cornerstones [nb we would never be asked to go on that ridiculous Gogglebox programme because nobody else would be able to understand our piffle!] 

Quite apart from the two obvious questions ["Whodunnit?" and "In a place with a population of less than 25K, which is classed as 'UK small town', how come there are so many murders?"] There are two major themes to our debates

My question - why the 'religious' connection? 

I have long been intrigued by the number of clergy who get involved in sleuthing , many listed in this blogpost from 2019. But now I have realised there is a second generation heavenly-minded thing going on. Jimmy Perez was the son of a lay preacher and church elder [played originally by the wonderful Bill Paterson] and now DI Calder is the daughter of a Methodist minister [and her brother is a Rev too] 

So did Ruth's Dad meet Jimmy's dad at Shetland's interchurch events? As Father Ted would say "that would be an ecumenical matter"] Other TV detectives have faithful parents too. Inspector Dalgleish was the son of a Vicar, and Morse's mother was a devout Quaker [they don't have clergy] hence his unusual name. 

Bob's Question - why does Tosh have such wildly unkempt hair?

It is not that she's always outside in high winds, even in the Police Station, her hair is all over the place. I'm prepared to cut her a lot of slack, she is a young Mum working full time. In the great list of things to do before she gets out to the crime scene, maybe finding the Dyson Airwrap is way down her list. I suggested that maybe Vicky McClure's hairstylist from Trigger Point has relocated from Lambeth to the Isles, taking her freeform hairdos with her.But it clearly bothers my beloved. 

Bob is talking about setting up a crowdfunding scheme for her

#BuyToshABrush

**My Uni Landlady used to say, when she saw a child who was clearly a stranger to brushes and combs "Her hair is like heaven - for there is no parting there"