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Both Plockton and the Isle of Muck in north-west Scotland are incredibly beautiful. Sadly, Plockton has been discovered by tourists because it's where they shot Hamish Macbeth. Arabella Weir
Beautiful Incredibly Macbeth Has-Been Both Tourists Sadly Because Isle Been Discovered Scotland Where Shot
Britain beat us to the abolition of slavery; the Isle of Man, New Zealand, and Finland all decided to give women the vote well before the United States. Eventually, we got smart and borrowed these egalitarian innovations. Bari Weiss
Man Vote Women Smart Before Innovations States Abolition Borrowed Give Finland Beat New Well Isle Got Egalitarian New Zealand Decided Us Zealand United Eventually United States Slavery Britain
Nathaniel Rich wrote 'Odds Against Tomorrow' well before Hurricane Sandy and its surge crashed onto the isle of Manhattan, well before the streets were flooded and the subways drowned, only the Goldman Sachs building sparkling above the darkened avenues. Cathleen Schine
Tomorrow Building Odds Before Rich Hurricane Above Only Onto Drowned Wrote Well Isle Surge Were Manhattan Goldman Sachs Crashed Against Avenues Sparkling Sandy Flooded Streets
Before I moved to the Isle of Wight, I lived in the suburbs of London and saw 'Fantasia,' and it scared the living daylights out of me. And I didn't go back to the movies until many years later to see a Lasse Hallstrom film. Donna Langley
Me Before Living Back Later Saw Out Scared See London Until Isle Go Years Moved Suburbs Movies Fantasia Many Lived Film
Acting is rare. You can be rehearsing Ibsen with Sir Richard Eyre and suddenly he has to take a call on his mobile telling him his friend Arthur Miller has died. Or you can come back from a job on the Isle of Man to be told by your agent you're going straight out to South Africa on another shoot. There's not even any time to wash your pants. Jamie Sives
Time You Man Job Rare South Africa Back Pants Out Telling Take He Come Call Him Another Isle His South Mobile Friend Sir Arthur Shoot Died Any Going Africa Straight Richard Agent Acting Your Wash Rehearsing Even Suddenly Miller
I love being able to go on local flights when the weather is right. I've popped to the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and been mountain flying in Wales. When I got my licence I was over the moon, it was one of the greatest days of my life - it took two years to get! Jay Kay
Life Love Moon Weather My Life Cornwall Took Local Flying Licence Able Over Days Greatest Isle Got Go Been Years Wales Mountain Get Being Flights Right Two
At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is, of course, down at the bottom of England just off South Hampton. Jeremy Irons
Age School Down Bottom He Course Isle South Hampton Off Going Just Boarding Boarding School England
I'd love to spend more time on the Isle of Man. I love the anonymity of putting on a boiler suit and going down to buy parts for the compressor. And Norman Wisdom's a neighbour; I salute him occasionally. John Rhys-Davies
Love Wisdom Buy Time Man Down Spend Neighbour More Putting Anonymity Him Occasionally Parts Isle Norman Salute Going Suit
We did have that, in the background of the character and the show, 'Mindhorn,' set on the Isle of Man, that every episode they would have to mention the temperate microclimate of the Isle of Man. Julian Barratt
Character Man Every Background Would Temperate Mention Isle Did Episode Show Set
At the Isle of Wight, the sound went out and kind of kept on going. And I wasn't... when I came off stage I was kind of unhappy about how we had played. But now, I listen back to those recordings and it's not bad. Keith Emerson
Unhappy Stage Back Those Out Kind Bad About Recordings Had Isle How Sound Came Off Going Listen Now Played Kept
If we can think of a place, the physicality of a place, as a kind of 'material,' I would say the landscape of Florida in particular was especially important while writing 'Isle.' Laura van den Berg
Writing Important Think Say Kind Would Physicality Particular Isle Material Place While Landscape Florida
Believe it or not, one of the first poets I was aware of was Yeats. I recited 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' at a verse speaking competition when I was eight or nine. Paul Muldoon
Competition First Believe Nine Poets Isle Verse Yeats Eight Lake Speaking Aware
'Lassie' was amazing. I didn't have any scenes with humans. There's a couple little bits, here or there, but mainly just me and my horse and a couple of dogs in the Isle of Man. Peter Dinklage
Me Man Amazing Bits Scenes Horse Mainly Couple Isle Dogs Any Just Little Here Humans Lassie
Sure, cricket on a beach on the isle of Jura is different from a Test match in a stadium in Galle, 6000 miles away, despite the sea air. Romesh Gunesekera
Cricket Despite Air Beach Sure Match Isle Test Stadium Different Miles Sea Away
Ireland was, of old, called the Isle of Saints because of the great number of holy ones of both sexes who flourished there in former ages or who, coming thence, propagated the faith amongst other nations. Sabine Baring-Gould
Faith Great Old Other Sexes Both Because Isle Coming Saints Ireland Nations Former Ages Holy Who Amongst Number
When I was growing up in the Isle of Man with ambitions of being a performer, I really wanted to go to see a Broadway show. Samantha Barks
Man Ambition Broadway Broadway Show See Performer Isle Go Up Being Wanted Really Show Growing Growing Up
Life was so much simpler in pre-video days when everyone refused invitations because the 'Forsyte Saga' was on. Now we all just have a long list of unwatched shows, all of which, it seems, our friends are raving about. I feel as outdated as if I wore a Fair Isle sweater, ate Pot Noodle and had a two-bar electric fire in the sitting room. Simon Hoggart
Life Long Fire Everyone Our Ate Outdated About Pot Seems Long List Simpler Had Raving Feel Invitations Days Fair Because Saga Isle Noodle Friends Sitting List Just Refused Which Wore Room Sweater Much Electric Shows Now

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