The hermits and white witch are hardly representative of indigenous modern Highlanders, but their lives emphasise the “eco violence”.

ALL OVER the Highlands, men in hi vis jackets are a familiar sight, taking measurements and conducting surveys as banners draped over fences yell “WE ARE NOT YOUR COLLATERAL DAMAGE”. The “delicate kinship of people and place” is under strain. Many feel an overwhelming power lessness in the face of patronising executives, who, “hand in hand with the government”, are dead set on generating excessive amounts of power. “No bigger picture, only a rush to fulfil targets. And already, a great silencing of dissent.”

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