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enchanted chessmen: passion and mayhem

It is an Island, in the outer Hebrides, that has left behind a legacy of ghosts and spirits that centuries of  austere, harsh and sometimes reactionary Christianity have been helpless in extinguishing. They are called the Lewis Chessmen and their … Continue reading

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Finding bobby fisher: Back to Iceland?

Maybe the celebrated American chess champion knew something, a secret on the game he never disclosed. On the isle of Lewis on the outer fringe of the Northern Hebrides, the existence of giant chessmen does not go unnoticed. Here, as … Continue reading

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