A Hebridean Notebook

A Hebridean Notebook PDF

Author: Norman Ackroyd

Publisher: Royal Academy Books

Published: 2016-04-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781910350355

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The printmaker Norman Ackroyd CBE RA has long been fascinated by the Hebrides, the archipelago lying to the north-west of mainland Scotland. Inhabited since prehistoric times, some of these islands are now deserted, and all are rarely visited. Their ghostly, desolate ambience was the perfect stage for Ackroyd's art; the urge to see these remote islands for himself spurred him into making several journeys to the region. This book brings together a selection of original en plein air watercolour sketches, some produced under arduous conditions of weather and sea, which have provided the basis for many of Ackroyd's most memorable etchings. A gazetteer section at the back contains the artist's thoughts, alongside a more detailed description of the sketches' locations. AUTHOR: Norman Ackroyd was born in Leeds in 1938 and studied at the Royal College of Art in London. He turned to landscape art in the 1980s. Ever since, his etchings of the ruggedly beautiful British coastline have been admired around the world. SELLING POINTS: * A selection of Norman Ackroyd CBE RA's most compelling sketches of the Hebrides * Features Ackroyd's original en plein air watercolour sketches * Accompanied by an informative gazetteer section, written by the artist himself 40 colour

Hebridean Notebook

Hebridean Notebook PDF

Author: Mairi Hedderwick

Publisher: Birlinn

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9781841588773

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Following the immense success of the Hebridean diaries, birthday books, and address books, Birlinn have added a notebook to its attractive range of Hebridean stationery. Lined pages make it an ideal way to record your thoughts, notes and observations.

The Hebridean Way

The Hebridean Way PDF

Author: Richard Barrett

Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited

Published: 2022-04-14

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1783625074

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Officially launched in 2017, the Hebridean Way offers walkers the opportunity to experience the magic of Scotland's Outer Hebrides in one inspirational journey. The waymarked route stretches 247km (155 miles) from Vatersay to Stornaway, linking ten major islands of the archipelago by means of causeways and two ferry crossings: Vatersay, Barra, Eriskay, South Uist, Benbecula, Grimsay, North Uist, Berneray, Harris and Lewis. Suitable for most walkers with a moderate level of fitness, it can be completed in 8-14 days and is rich in natural, historical and cultural interest. This guidebook presents the Hebridean Way in 10 stages of 16-35km (10-22 miles), plus two additional stages to extend the route to the Butt of Lewis in line with future plans. Detailed route description is accompanied by 1:50,000 OS mapping, stunning photography to whet your appetite and a wealth of information about local points of interest. The introduction offers an overview of the islands' geology, history, plants and wildlife as well as comprehensive practical advice for walking the route, such as when to go, how to get there (and back) and what to take. Accommodation listings can be found in the appendices. The route is a celebration of the diverse landscapes of the Hebrides, from dazzling white shell beaches to wild moorland and flower-strewn machair. It visits Neolithic and Bronze Age remains, ruined forts and castles and monuments commemorating Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Highland Land Struggle. The islands are also a great location to spot seabirds, raptors and a number of migratory species.

A Shetland Notebook

A Shetland Notebook PDF

Author: Norman Ackroyd

Publisher: Royal Academy Books

Published: 2015-02-24

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781907533891

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Norman Ackroyd CBE RA has spent over four decades recording the coastal landscapes of the British archipelago. All his watercolours and many of his etchings are executed en plein air, mainly from chartered boats chosen for their skippers' local knowledge and expertise in landing on the more remote rocks and islands. These journeys, which can last up to fourteen hours, are the result of extensive reading and research. A Shetland Notebook contains 39 watercolours selected from several journeys to the edges of Shetland in the spring and summer of 2012. From the verdant flora of the southern isles to the rugged northern cliffs of Unst and Esha Ness, the book paints a vivid portrait of one of the most intriguing yet inhospitable corners of the British Isles. Each sketch is accompanied by a brief but engaging commentary by the artist. SELLING POINTS: * Contains 39 beautiful watercolours of Shetland * Norman Ackroyd is hugely popular for his atmospheric images of the British Isles * Includes a gazetteer identifying the locations of all the paintings 78 colour

Rough Breathing

Rough Breathing PDF

Author: Harry Gilonis

Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd

Published: 2018-04-05

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 178410373X

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For over three decades Harry Gilonis's poetry has milled cheerfully in the literary avant-garde: Rough Breathing is the first substantial gathering of his poems. Most previously appeared in small-press publications or little magazines on both sides of the Atlantic; some are published here for the first time. Gilonis's work has a light, lucid beauty underpinned by formal and procedural invention, with lyrics written from love and landscape as well as poems made from the innards of language. There is collaged bird-song, experimental versioning from the ancient Chinese and text written by a 'bot'. Borders between 'original' and 'translation' are straddled, or blurred, in intriguing and innovative ways. Objectivist after the fact, party without nostalgia to the British Poetry Revival, cognisant of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, Gilonis's poems are aware of their shape on the page and the sound they make as they go past the ear. They insist on being themselves as fully and openly as possible. The versatility and range of Rough Breathing, its use of processes, transparent or opaque, make it - besides being a fine collection - a radical pattern-book to challenge teachers and students alike. An Introduction by Philip Terry offers biographical and critical context. 'What becomes increasingly clear as one reads,' Terry writes, 'is that this is a body of work of the highest ambition, and highest order.'

Hebridean Pocket Address Book

Hebridean Pocket Address Book PDF

Author: Mairi Hedderwick

Publisher: Birlinn

Published: 2011-06

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781841589886

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This pocket-sized address book is attractively illustrated with acclaimed illustrator Mairi Hedderwick's beautiful sketches of seasonal Western Island scenes. The sketches have been collected over a period of forty years, and both the old and the new are represented here, showing the changing faces of the landscapes. Mairi's sketches range across most of the isles, from Tiree to St Kilda, expertly capturing their differences and characters.

Hebridean Sharker

Hebridean Sharker PDF

Author: Tex Geddes

Publisher: Birlinn

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 0857906437

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In 'Hebridean Sharker' Tex Geddes describes his exploits during the 1950s as a hunter of basking sharks in the waters of the Minch, between the Inner and Outer Hebrides. Using an adapted whaling harpoon, he and his crew stalked these huge fish often in perilous conditions, the liver of which is a valuable source of oil. Always a maverick, before World War Two Geddes had been a boxer and a rumrunner to Newfoundland. During the war he established a reputation as an expert knife-thrower and bayonet fencer and served in the Special Forces with Gavin Maxwell (author of Ring of Bright Water). He combined the hazardous pursuit of sharks with crewing the local lifeboat, ring-net fishing, lobstering, deer-stalking and salmon poaching. He went on to purchase the tiny island of Soay, where he lived with his wife Jeanne, continued to hunt sharks and became the Laird. His story is full of adventures and fantastic descriptions of a seagoing life in the islands. It has become a Hebridean classic.

Hebridean Meeting

Hebridean Meeting PDF

Author: Patrick Wetenhall

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2015-02-05

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1496996275

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Lord Dalmane, the Earl of Saint Helens, has died, which means that Jim Sandy is at last free to marry his sweetheart, Susan Dalmane, the Countess. But how will they meet again now that Jim no longer lives at Rhodes Castle, having been dismissed by Lord Dalmane? Susans maid, Samantha, however, has a private plan that they should meet again on the romantic Isle of Skye. Following Susan and Jims Hebridean Meeting they quickly become engaged to one another. Their future happiness seems blissfully assured. However, that is not to be - or is it? Jim has unintentionally caused great offence to a friends sister, and that sister is intent on revenge. She finds her opportunity at a sports meeting - and Jim finds that Susan has broken off their engagement. Can anything save their relationship?

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