Whisky Galore

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Nonetheless I cannot help looking at Brexit and the spread of the coronavirus, and thinking where this obstinacy about being a good citizen leads people. This is merely the good-natured flipside of that. Coupe, Rosemary (2010). "The Evolution of the 'Eightsome Reel' ". Folk Music Journal. 9 (5): 693–722. ISSN 0531-9684. JSTOR 25654208.

In the book there are 2 fictional islands of the Outer Hebrides called Great Todday (Protestant) and Little Todday (Catholic) in the year of 1943. While the islanders may have their mild religious clashes (in the book this takes the form of rivalry of which island's people settled there earlier and what their origins are as well as about the observation of Sabbath), they are united on one front: when the provision of whisky starts thinning out and then cut off, the "Drought" affects morale very badly on both Islands, much to the consternation of the snobbish British Home Guard officer, Captain Waggett (who is in mortal fear of losing the war because of the locals' callous behaviour). I am in two minds about this book, for I am sure that had I read it in print or on kindle, I would have given it 3 stars only, but the awesome narration by David Rintoul, whom I just cannot praise highly enough!!, rendered it much more enjoyable. His style and Scottish accents delighted my Scotland-loving ears and soul and I could have gone on listening for an ever longer period. Religious conflicts play a small part here. One island is Protestant and the other Catholic. A Catholic matriarch is disapproving of Protestants, and almost everything else. The islanders take their religion seriously enough to reluctantly put off stealing the whisky on the Sabbath, but not to the tune of temperance.How these two men manage to clear the way to matrimonial bliss (Sergeant-Major Odd and Peggy's pre-wedding (or reiteach) and wedding play a big part in the latter part of the book, whilst George and Catriona's nuptials must wait a little bit longer) coupled with the ending of the dram drought on the islands of Little Todday, and its larger neighbour Great Todday, form a charming and gentle tale. This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. Hutchinson, Roger (2007). Polly: The True Story Behind Whisky Galore. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p.149-150. ISBN 978-1-8401-8071-8.

Daubney, Kate (2006). "Music as a Satirical Device in the Ealing Comedies". In Mera, Miguel; Burnand, David (eds.). European Film Music. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing. pp.60–72. ISBN 978-0-7546-3659-5. Two previous films from Ealing, Saraband for Dead Lovers and Scott of the Antarctic (both 1948) had been expensive to produce and neither had a good return at the box office. [29] Geraghty, Christine (2002). British Cinema in the Fifties: Gender, Genre and the 'New Look' . London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-69464-8. Whisky Galore! was produced at the same time as Passport to Pimlico and Kind Hearts and Coronets; all three comedies were released in UK cinemas over two months. [4] Brian McFarlane, writing in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, states that although it was not an aim of releasing the three films together, together they "established the brand name of 'Ealing comedy'"; [86] Duguid writes that the three films "forever linked 'Ealing' and 'comedy' in the public imagination". [9] The film historians Duguid, Lee Freeman, Keith Johnston and Melanie Williams consider 1949 was one of two "pinnacle" years for Ealing, the other being 1951, when The Man in the White Suit and The Lavender Hill Mob were both released. [87] Bell, Emily A. (2019). "Singing and Vocal Practices". In Sturman, Janet (ed.). The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. pp.1961–1968. doi: 10.4135/9781483317731.n650. ISBN 978-1-5063-5338-8. S2CID 239288360.

Unhappily the oil that moves the wheels on these islands has dried up. Put more literally the action takes place during World War 2 and whisky is rationed so that it can be sent abroad for trade. A limited supply of whisky is available, but now even that has run out. When the beer runs out too, an elderly resident leaves the bar in disgust, goes home, and dies immediately. That is how important whisky is. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-01-25 13:07:38 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40336822 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Perhaps there is a kernel of truth in the stereotypes. Perhaps members of the stereotyped groups find a certain comfort and amusement in accepting the widely-held beliefs about them and repeating them. Perhaps the only way of producing commercially acceptable products is to reproduce those familiar representations. I am not sure.

Whether you’re trying to expand your knowledge, discover new drams or just want an easy bedtime read, there are a range of fantastic books ready to be explored. To me the book is mainly about two weddings and the osbtacles that two very different men have to overcome to achieve their ambitions of marrying island girls. The worldly, middle-aged English Sergeant-Major Alfred Odd is dead set on marrying Peggy Macroon whose father seems strangely pessimistic about the match and wonders what the rush is, whilst the rather timid school teacher George Campbell has his sights set on housekeeper Catriona Macleod in direct opposition to his own mother (described as an "old Tartar" by the Sergeant-Major). The story involves the grounding of a cargo ship, the SS Cabinet Minister, off the fictional island of Little Todday whilst carrying thousands of cases of whisky to America. The poor islanders had suffered the awful fate up to that point of being denied a dram due to wartime rationing so you can imagine the reaction to something like this falling into their laps (especially with such evocative names as Highland Gold, Highland Heart and Tartan Milk!) An annual release, the Malt Whisky Yearbook is a must-have for any whisky professional or hobbyist. First launched in 2006, by Ingvar Ronde, this is a one stop shop for everything that’s going on in the industry. As well as information on distilleries, and of course, tasting notes, it also includes articles from distinguished names. If you want to feel up to date with everything that’s happening in whisky, then this is your go-to. Raw Spirit – Iain Banks Aldgate, Anthony; Richards, Jeffrey (1999). Best of British: Cinema and Society from 1930 to Present. London: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-86064-288-3.Then things got considerably worse. As the winds drove SS Politician further off-course, at 7.40am a lookout glimpsed land; in desperation, the ship swung away, only to founder on the unseen sandbanks off Rosinish Point on the Isle of Eriskay. People came from as far afield as Lewis and, according to reports at the time, few if any regarded what they were doing as stealing; the foundering of the ship made its cargo theirs to save under the ‘rules of salvage’. Muir, Kate (5 May 2017). "Whisky Galore!". The Times . Retrieved 16 November 2019. (subscription required)