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Islands

Jura

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Poet Kenneth Steven finds inspiration in Scotland's west coast islands. Each memoir concludes with a poem written about the island he has visited.

2. Jura: two majestic mountains and a whirlpool, where George Orwell found inspiration for 1984. Show less

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