85 books
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63 voters
1936
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Foula was chosen in 1936 as the scene for Michael Powell's film The Edge of the World, which depicts the tragedy of such islands with their dwindling populations. Much amusement was caused when mainland newspapers showed banner headlines describing the 'desperate plight' of the cast, cut off by storm for three weeks on the island. To the inhabitants this was a very normal occurance.
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― Peak Beyond Peak: The Unpublished Scottish Journeys of Isobel Wylie Hutchison
― Peak Beyond Peak: The Unpublished Scottish Journeys of Isobel Wylie Hutchison
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Cuban-heeled stockings; not the sort of thing you could buy for another man's wife.
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― The Arrangement
― The Arrangement
