Professor Chris Whatley

Professor Chris Whatley, OBE, FRSE, is a well-known and widely published Scottish historian.

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PABAY
An Island Odyssey

The tiny diamond-shaped island of Pabay lies in Skye’s Inner Sound, just two and a half miles from the bustling village of Broadford. One of five Hebridean islands of that name, it derives from the Norse papa-ey, meaning ‘island of the priest’.

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Until recently I was Professor of Scottish History at the University of Dundee, where I’m now Emeritus Professor.

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PABAY
An Island Odyssey

“An island history almost without comparison… one of the finest Highland books of the 21st Century… There has, to my knowledge, never before been one devoted entirely to the tiny Pabay in Bradford Bay. Nor has there been written quite so good a book, on this or any other Scottish subject”

WEST HIGHLAND FREE PRESS

Beautifully written, and presents a richly detailed and fascinating historical narrative. Whatley delves into the island’s past and the people who have made Pabay their home. It’s as much a testimony to how people have shaped the island and how the island has shaped them.

DUNDEE COURIER

This Odyssey is replete with cases of the past and present colliding, of scandals and skirmishes, pilgrimages and political spats, and it creates a vivid depiction of the many trials, tribulations and joys of island life.

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Skye / Pabay comes to Wigtown

Professor Christopher Whatley, OBE, FSA Scot., FRSE in conversation with Doug Henderson, ex Government Minister