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Black-soiled Samaria

Kazantzakis' vibrant re-creation of Biblical lands and times includes earth-colour mapping of different regions. I liked the contrast of red-soiled...

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Freshly-bathed earth

The freshness after rain which Rumi uses as a metaphor for spiritual enlightenment, is here presented as a source of...

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Pightle

An unusually spelled word with that g-h-t-l and a fine glottal stop. Of obscure Middle English origin meaning a small...

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Run-rig

Scottish. An agricultural system whereby each year narrow strips of arable land were parcelled out among the families of the...

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An island is loyal

Having a poetic love of the sea and a practical fear of it, the presence and faithfulness of land resonates. ...

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Machair

Machair refers to low-lying arable or grazing land formed near the coast by the deposit of sand and shell fragments...

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Salt-raddled farmland

Scientists are developing plant species that can cope with 'salt-raddled farmland', called 'halophytes'.

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Black-soiled Samaria

Freshly-bathed earth

Pightle

Run-rig

An island is loyal

Machair

Salt-raddled farmland

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