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Diardaoin, 02/Dec/2010
The People of Islay
Earlier this year I had a brief exchange on Twitter with someone who was going to Islay to film for a project by the Wellcome Trust. To my great embarrassment I can't remember the name, so I hope he (I think it was a he) reads this and says Hi. Anyway, at the end of the exchange I asked him if the video was going to be public and he said yes. Today I came across the video on YouTube:
YouTube: People of the British Isles: The genetic landscape of Islay | A film by the Wellcome Trust
The background of the video is the People of the British Isles project (unfortunately the website doesn't seem to have been updated for a while) by the University of Oxford, supported by the Wellcome Trust. University of Oxford urgently asking Islay and Jura for help on For Argyll provides a bit of background on the Islay part of it.
While the background for the video is of course the research I thought it also shows a bit more. The philosophy, the love for the place, what makes them tick, the humour. What makes Islay and Scotland special for many people.
I hope you got the same out of the video.
Two updates:
The person who filmed the video is Barry J Gibb (@barryjamesgibb), he dropped by and said Hi in the comments here.
With thanks to @theokk who pointed it out, there's now an update on the Wellcome Trust website: Video feature: People of the British Isles
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