Between the Echoes: place - home - Lewis Land struggle Despite its serious purpose

Despite its serious purpose

but particularly with keepers

the book also includes a map to assist visitors in exploring many of the island's lesser-known locations

contrasting it with other emigration waves from Lewis

and personal reflections from retired Lord-Lieutenants Alexander Matheson CVO OBE and Donald Martin CVO

Between the Echoes: place - home - Lewis Land struggle Despite its serious purposeIn this book, Angus Macmillan, a Lewis born poet and writer and a member of The Lochies folk group, reflects on his upbringing in the Gaelic speaking crofting village of Lemreway. His account is shaped through the prisms of the four elements earth, air, fire and water as a way of exploring a sense of place, home and belonging. Drawing on lived experience, Macmillan presents a series of poetic narratives rooted in the landscape and community of the