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So near and yet so far

HERE in Britain can you find Ginnicks, Turks, Caterpillars, Thorns and Bulldogs? The answer, of course, is the Isles of Scilly (never, please, the Scilly Isles). These are the nicknames given to Scillonians who live on the five inhabited islands: St Martin’s, St Agnes, Tresco, Bryher and St Mary’s. There are about 140 further islands in the archipelago, depending on the

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