PRINCE CHARLIE AND His LADIES— Compton Mackenzie—Knopf ($3). Monarchy’s sun may be setting, but monarchists are still loyal to their lost causes in many a stoutly republican country.

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At moments the film [from the novel by Compton MacKenzie] skirts the border of absurdity. Sylvia Scarlett is puzzling in its tangents and sudden jumps, plus the almost poetic lines that are given ...

A new modern re-telling of Compton MacKenzie's book Whisky Galore in Gaelic is to be taken on a tour of village halls and arts centres. The sinking of the cargo ship SS Politician off Eriskay in ...

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A new modern re-telling of Compton MacKenzie's book Whisky Galore in Gaelic is to be taken on a tour of village halls and arts centres. The sinking of the cargo ship SS Politician off Eriskay in ...