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The Sunday Read
The Sunday Read is published twice a month (sometimes more, sometimes less). It brings the same global adventures and stunning pictures as Wild Fibers Magazine but with the convenience of online access and the addition of on-location videos.
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Shaking Hands With History
Looking through the thick entrance way of a centuries old home on St Kilda Recently, I have noticed that most everything written about St...
Linda Cortright
Jun 24, 20238 min read
For the few men left . . . life was hard
Fowling on the Scottish cliffs (Image courtesy of Trust for Scotland) "For the few men left on Hirta life was hard. Lachlan Macdonald...
Linda Cortright
Jun 21, 20232 min read
A Thousand Sheep and A Thousand Broken Pieces - The Rise of Iona Wool
By some standards, my religious upbringing might be considered wanting. My parents unanimously decided that neither my brother nor myself...
Linda Cortright
Jun 10, 20239 min read
Two "Bools" In Paradise
The Isle of Canna's "rocket church." You won’t find throngs of people waiting to the board ferry in Canna, the outermost isle of...
Linda Cortright
May 28, 20239 min read
The "Lost Flock"
An ancient Boreray "recipe"
Linda Cortright
Jul 24, 20227 min read
"Drunk" on Boreray
Boreray Island to the right, Stac-an-Armin to the far left and Stac Lee in the middle It has been raining hard all morning. In fact, if I...
Linda Cortright
Jul 17, 20225 min read
The St Kildan Tale of Marilyn that's not a Munro
From the top of Conachair on Hirta, looking across at Boreray Island on the right, Stac an Armin on the left. For the past month or so...
Linda Cortright
Jul 10, 20224 min read
From St Kilda to "Downton Abbey"
Sketch of the Dunara Castle It is all but impossible to imagine what the remaining thirty-six St Kildans were feeling as the Dunara...
Linda Cortright
Jul 3, 20228 min read
Get Thee To A Hairdresser
Depending your perspective, early summer is the perfect time to visit St Kilda. The Soay sheep are in their most unglamorous state as...
Linda Cortright
Jun 25, 20222 min read
Sheep as "Sport"
St Kildan men and their sheep, note the difference in their facial markings Much of the interest in St Kilda revolves around the curious...
Linda Cortright
Jun 19, 20226 min read
Growing-up on St Kilda
A woman and a young boy holding freshly caught fulmers. For just a moment, I try and imagine what it was like to grow-up on St Kilda...
Linda Cortright
Jun 12, 20224 min read
The Test of a Worthy Spouse
Young ladies and girls on St Kilda, The women with white lace on the front of their headpiece indicates they are married Throughout much...
Linda Cortright
Jun 7, 20222 min read
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