Saturday 29 August 2020 will marks the 90th anniversary of the evacuation of St Kilda archipelago situated 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides. On 29 August 1930, the last 36 people living on Hirta were evacuated. The end of this summer was the end of four millenia of struggle against outside world and hard … Lire la suite
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A room with a view of the sea
Fifth and last article of this series dedicated to everyday life of St Kilda’s inhabitants. After articles about food and work, spiritual and political life, St Kilda mailboat, read now about housing. Did you dream of a superb and peaceful house, with an unobstructed ocean view? So this article was written for you. 5 – … Lire la suite
At the edge of the world (St Kilda Mailboat)
Here is today the fourth article of this series dedicated to everyday life of St Kilda’s inhabitants. After articles about food and work, spiritual and political life, you are about to discover now the means of communication between the community and the continent. And you will notice that it was better to have no emergency… … Lire la suite
« Life was beautiful on the island… »
This is the third part of a series dedicated to everyday life on Saint Kilda. Today’s article is about an Hirta’s unique political organisation. 3- Freedom, cherished Freedom… Now it is time to talk about a major component of life in the north of the world. History books speaks much of Athenian democracy as the … Lire la suite
Is there any spirit there?
Next serial about the inhabitants’ everyday life on Hirta. After an interest for fishing birds in the first part, here is, in the second one, the spiritual life of the community. It talks in particular about druidism. 2- Is there any spirit there? The extreme isolation of the archipelago and the permanent contact of its … Lire la suite