HeyJaredTales from a Scottish island
Stories from a Scottish island - the inspiration for two novels (WIP) set on, well, a Scottish island.
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Favourite spots on the Isle of Bute (opens the original)
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Toward the end of a post about St Blane’s Chapel on Bute, Amy McElroy of The Tudor Notebook writes “This has quickly become one of my favourite historical sites.” Having visited for the first time in decades earlier this year, I know exactly what she means by that. Andy and I meant only to pause at the ruins for a rest, yet ending up sitting on the crumbling remains of a wall for just shy of an hour. We were spellbound. As well as being located in a remote and out
On Meeting Royals on Bute (opens the original)
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I’m no fan of inherited privilege or position. Maybe it’s a Celtic thing. Since returning to Britain, I’ve been increasingly aware of a serf-like mentality among some of the electorate. Apparently, there’s some substance to this, something that’s been embedded in our genes for over a millennium. Whereas in Celtic culture in the past, the leadership of individual clans/tribes was generally a meritocracy of sorts, in England the system was built around divine (aka inherited) right. Historians say
Helping Create a Murderer (opens the original)
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Amazing resource though it is, the internet does not know everything. When I researched murders on the Isle of Bute, it was surprisingly meagre with its results, mostly focussing on the most recent, tragic case. Bute is generally a very safe place to live, which is why it should have been easy to track down the information I was looking for. As far as the internet is concerned, the murders in question didn’t happen. That’s the sort of thing which has me wondering about how trustworthy my memory
On being educated by books (opens the original)
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I can’t remember when I started reading books. In the foggy corners of my memory there was never a time when I didn’t read. But I can distinctly remember my first foray into adult novels. It happened on a Sunday. I remember this because it was the end of my time attending Sunday School (more a way of my mum getting rid of me for a couple of hours than anything religious). There was a prizegiving ceremony where everyone was awarded a book. Mine was Night Without End by Alistair MacLean. When I go
Life on a Housing Estate on a Scottish Island (opens the original)
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In the past, the political journalist Owen Jones brandished his credentials by suggesting he grew up in a working-class area of Stockport. A political ally of his even mocked a rival who claimed Jones was raised in a wealthy part of the borough, saying there were no posh parts of Stockport. Anyone familiar with Stockport knows there are very affluent areas, Bramhall being one. Where did Owen Jones go to school? Bramhall.It’s an example of someone relying on what others don’t know, something that
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