Scillies

To the lover of history, legend, and romance the Scillies are a rich mine of treasure, and their inaccessibility keeps them immune from the spoiling tendencies of fashion.

The Cornwall Coast

In one sense the Scillies are the true Land's End, beyond which the deeper gulfs of ocean lie; and, again, there is another land's end at the Lizard, the southernmost point of England, and yet another at

The Cornwall Coast

The Scillies were a saga come to life; tangle of sea thrift and ice plant floating on the current.

Two Selves 1923

In any case, Heinz tomato ruled the roost from the Scillies to Shetland.

So close, yet so far away – Europe is still something of a mystery to many of us | Ian Jack 2011

Toby WoodPeterborough, Cambridgeshire• Is it warmer in the Scillies because, like most of us in Britain, they pay their taxes Report, 11 April?

Letters: Heady brew 2011

Most of the rare visitors arrive in the Scillies, the Outer Hebrides, Orkney or Shetland – all at the fringes of the British Isles.

Rare birds flock to British shores in record numbers 2011

Briefly, the Jane Ellen engaged the U 187 at dawn, on April 18th, 1918, at a point some forty miles west of the Scillies.

Movie Night 2010

I 'collected' 30 consecutive breakfasts form The Scillies to Shetland.

Breakfast With Percy Peter Ashley 2008

Islands, John Fowles and Fay Godwin 1978, is a coffee-table book about the Scillies, with text by Fowles and black and white photos by Godwin.

Readings & Watchings « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2009

I think the saffron trade in Cornwall was mostly on the Scillies, which still has a very big trade in early flowers.

Cornish Saffron Cake 2006