1 JANUARY 1983, page 17

A Hebridean Funeral

Michael Bywater T his is the story of a man's death and his burial. There is not much to say about the man's life. He lived on an island some twenty miles out in the sound of......

Culling For Conservation

Michael Wigan t has become almost an autumn tradi- tion, a perennial seashore drama fought in the far-off hinterlands — the confronta- tion of Orcadian fishermen culling seals......