'Lassie' was amazing. I didn't have any scenes with humans. There's a couple little bits, here or there, but mainly just me and my horse and a couple of dogs in the Isle of Man.
The Bradshaws suggests an extraordinary civilisation that existed long before modern man reached the British Isles.
It is not any common earth, Water or wood or air, But Merlin’s Isle of Gramarye That you and I will fare.
In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair.
Is she alright? That cannot be normal,” I ask the Captain. I am finding my two 'sisters' behavior to be concerning. “Depends on your definition of ‘normal’,” he air quotes ‘normal’, before waving his hand in Cassandria’s face. Cassand...
I am roots in the earth. I am water that flows. I am grounded. I am Watcher.
Kid, don't miss an opportunity to laugh, because laughter is what makes the boot heels of life palatable.
The spring which moved my energies lay far away beyond seas, in an Indian isle.
I'm a bit of a Scotophile. I have a house on the Black Isle, so I'm in Scotland quite a lot and think Edinburgh is just the most beautiful city.
Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't.
We went to Denmark twice and Germany and also to the Canary Isles one year. I remember once when we were playing Dresden in Germany.
We [artists] aren't people, not the way most people are. We're just...carriers. Little boats bringing goods from foreign lands.
The forces of the sea give rise to imagination, which reflects them according to the nature and disposition of the perceiver. The sea itself is undifferentiated and without bias.
Springtime blooms the starry tree Bearing fruit the mariners see. High by night and low by dawn The silver apple guides us home.
The cure for a broken heart is simple, my lady. A hot bath and a good night's sleep.
The most wicked criminals have God on their lips at all times, for God is the only one who can stomach them.
To find the books end, cross the ancient wood to the mystic isle. Until then, prepare yourself for the coming battle. . . AND TRUST NO ONE.
The British Isles are awash with the choice of beautiful historic churches, abbeys, and cathedrals where one king or another has tied the knot and bestowed a royal precedent.
Aside from the Rizzoli & Isles books, there are many other stories I want to write. The question is whether I'll live long enough to write them all!
I'd love to spend more time on the Isle of Man. I love the anonymity of putting on a boiler suit and going down to buy parts for the compressor. And Norman Wisdom's a neighbour; I salute him occasionally.
I'm three-quarters Russian, so I've always felt an outsider. But I don't think you can be in a play with John Of Gaunt's 'This sceptred isle' speech and not feel proud to be British.
