A Blog about the Isle of Jura off the West Coast of Scotland


Isle of Jura Blog


The masterpiece that killed George Orwell

Posted on Nov 14 2009
There is a very interesting article in the online Guardian, written by Robert McCrum, about George Orwell,...

Orwell Pilgrimage to Barnhill Jura

Posted on Nov 01 2009
Jura is not only visited by people for the obvious reasons such as its overwhelming nature, the wildlife,...

Jura According to Modern Writers

Posted on Oct 10 2009
I found an interesting article in the Times Online about the Jura Malt Whisky Writer Retreat programme...

Spirit of Jura – Fictions, essays, poems from the Jura Lodge

Posted on May 14 2009
In 2007, Jura Distillery renovated the old manager’s house that sits tall and adjacent to the distillery,...

Big Brother is Stalking You

Posted on Jan 26 2009
When George Orwell wrote his book 1948 in Barnhill, in the far north of Jura, he couldn’t have...







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