Bruce is not alone in displaying a fierce partiality to his corner of the Scilly Isles.
The airport is the mainland departure point for flights to the Isles of Scilly.
The 24th World Pilot Gig Championship is under way on the Isles of Scilly.
Why, then, does his name not figure on honours boards across the British Isles?
The professorships have been awarded traditionally to the older universities of the British Isles.
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It had branches and twigs and leaves in every corner of the British Isles.
The isles MSP hosted a meeting with hauliers and other islands companies earlier this month.
Spean Bridge and Tarbert in the Western Isles are earmarked for closure in 2012-13.
There were no closures in Shetland and three closures in Orkney and in the Western Isles.
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The Western Isles local authority, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, has called for inquiry into the project.
In the Isles of Scilly rescue, the sailor was on board a single-handed racing yacht.
Some political leaders in the British Isles have already begun looking at tightening the law further.
They are being sent from hospices and hospitals throughout the British Isles via Rotary clubs.
Two councils - Dumfries and Galloway and the Isles of Scilly - collect just one bin.
However, it said that a further study would be conducted in the Western Isles.
Western Isles SNP MSP, Alasdair Allan, has asked for more information on Scottish Fuels' offer.
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company runs the Skybus service and the Scillonian ferry.
The suspended chief executive of the Council of the Isles of Scilly has taken early retirement.
The former Western Isles MSP said he understood five people were interviewed for the post.
Crawford's collection is in the care of Western Isles local authority, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.
But Comhairle nan Eilean Siar said mainland links to the isles were long enough already.
Western Isles SNP MSP Alasdair Allan said he was aware of discussions between CalMac and the unions.
Last summer, Western Isles councillor Ian Mackay said the Isle of Lewis was breaking down too often.
They were transferred to a farm run by The Scottish Salmon Company (SCC) in the Western Isles.
Even in the supposedly liberal British Isles, religious minorities were systematically marginalized well into the nineteenth century.
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Hundreds of people who gathered on the Isles of Scilly were the first to witness the eclipse.
"We'll be celebrating the whole of the country... there are so many Isles of Wonder, " he said.
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Highland, Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles councils have been campaigning to have the emergency towing vessels kept.
Jersey's Chief Probation Officer Brian Heath said it was the first cross-jurisdictional placement outside the British Isles.
The interconnector would supply electricity generated by renewable projects on the Western Isles to the Scottish mainland.
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