Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Jura
One of the Inner Hebridean Islands
George Orwell wrote 1984 here. Between Jura and Scarba, at the north end is the famous wirpool Gulf of Corryvreken.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
One of the Inner Hebridean Islands
George Orwell wrote 1984 here. Between Jura and Scarba, at the north end is the famous wirpool Gulf of Corryvreken.
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Tanera Mor is the largest of the group. This island is where Frank Fraser Darling renovated the farm and wrote of his experiences in Island Farm (1940)
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Now with a causeway.
Early references to islands in Celtic myth and lore, and legends of islands at the ‘edge of the world’ and the continuum of island literature and narratives from early times show that the concept of the island is embedded into human consciousness.