They follow the Julian calendar A remote British island won’t be celebrating Christmas for another two weeks. Foula in Shetland is made up of a tiny community of just 30 inhabitants that still hold a strong Norse tradition of folklore and music. Unlike the rest of the UK, they still adhere to the Julian calendar […]
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It became a graveyard for prisoners Islands and prisoners are a timeless classic that go hand in hand with many iconic locations such as Alcatraz over in The States, Spike Island in Ireland and of course, historically, the whole of Australia. However, as it happens, the UK has its very own prisoner island too, which […]
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It already has planning permission granted for a luxury hotel. A six-acre island just 600 yards off the coast of Plymouth has been put up for sale. Drake’s Island was named after Sir Francis Drake, the English privateer who used Plymouth as his home port during the 16th century. The former fortification still has 18th-century cannons in position […]
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That’s quite the turnover. A group of four friends who pooled together and bought a deserted island for £50k have put it on the market for £11 million six years later. Pine Key, more commonly known as ‘Beer Can Island’, is located just off the coast of Tampa, Florida, and was originally purchased by the […]
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The discovery has given historians an insight into how our ancestors lived. Archaeologists have uncovered an entire Iron Age village on a remote and uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland. The island of Hirta is the largest of the St Kilda archipelago off the northwest coast of Scotland. It is one of the most […]
2 years ago
Is it enough money to convince you to pack up and go? A job opportunity has become available on a remote island off the coast of Scotland with a salary of £150,000. What’s the catch I hear you ask? Well, you’ll need to be trained in a very specific field in order to be considered. […]
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