Word: hebridean
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...concerned, the tax haven can disappear tomorrow. The difficulty we have is getting the indigenous population to participate in the political and commercial thinking." As one British official put it, "The New Hebridean wants to be himself. He's had a look at the European way of life and in many cases has opted for his own. Being a New Hebridean on a coconut island, after all, can be a very satisfying full-time...
Such an observation will provoke no argument on the tiny Hebridean isle of Islay, which rises out of the sea like a briny Brigadoon 15 miles off Scotland's west coast. Most of the 4,000 inhabitants exist by producing some of Scotland's finest malt whiskies, up to 65 of which are married in a single blend to give famous Scotch brands their distinctive smoky bouquets. The island's eight distilleries, bearing such names as Bruichladdich, Lagavulin and Bunnahabhain, produce 2,500,000 gallons annually but are well behind demand. "Everyone is making just as much...
...writes of the life and death of ruling-class commandomen with the authority of one who took part in raids on Bardia in Libya and fought in Yugoslavia. His eye for the ridiculous still flashes quick as a pistol. He can still write crushingly of spivvish parvenus and loony Hebridean lairds. But the formerly ferocious satirist continues to broaden and deepen the fascinating experiment, begun in Men at Arms, of doling out uncertain portions of esteem and even affection to such characters as share his 18th century Tory's devotion to God, King and Country. As one result...
Tight Little Island. A British comedy, almost perfect of its kind, which applies character insight and cinematic ingenuity to the story of a whisky famine on a rugged Hebridean island (TIME...
Tight Little Island. A 100-proof British comedy about a whisky famine on a Hebridean island and how the inhabitants relieved it (TIME...