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6 Britain December 2022 | World and Press A holy British island, where the reckless try to outrace the tide NATURE The isle of Lindisfarne attracts 650,000 visitors a year, some of whom ignore the warning signs of when it’s safe to cross the causeway. By Stephen Castle on Holy Island 1 THE OFF-DUTY police officer was confident he could make it back to the mainland without incident, despite islanders warning him not to risk the incoming tide. “Nah,” the officer was reported to have said. “That’s just to frighten the tourists.” About a half-hour later, he “was standing on the roof of his VW Golf car with a rescue helicopter above him, with a winch coming down to scoop him, his wife, and his child to safety,” said Ian Clayton, from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a nonprofit organization whose inflatable lifeboat is often called on to rescue the reckless. 2 Few events in life are as certain as the tide that twice daily cascades across the causeway that connects Holy Island with the English coastline, temporarily severing its link to the mainland. Yet for some, it still manages to come as a surprise. Growing numbers of visitors have been stranded in waterlogged vehicles on the mile-long roadway that leads to Holy Island, also known as Lindisfarne. A safety hut on the causeway between the mainland and Holy Island. 3 Some manage to escape their cars and scramble up steps to a safety hut perched above sea level, while others seek shelter from the chilly rising waters of the North Sea by clambering onto the roofs of their vehicles. Most feel a little foolish having driven past a variety of signs, including one with a warning – “This could be you” – beneath a picture of a half-submerged SUV. 4 While no one has drowned in recent memory, the increasing number of emergencies is alarming to those who respond to the rescue calls. It is also a point of frustration. “It’s so predictable: Lindisfarne The rising high tide begins to cover the causeway that connects Holy Island to the English mainland. Tourists at Lindisfarne Priory on Holy Island. | Photos: Andrew Testa/The New York Times If you have got a high tide midto late afternoon – particularly if it’s a big tide – you can almost set your watch by the time when your bleeper is going to go off, asking you to go and fish someone out,” Clayton said, standing outside the lifeboat station at the fishing village of Seahouses on the mainland and referring to the paging device that alerts him to emergencies. 5 In addition to the off-duty police officer rescued several years ago, others who have been saved from the causeway tide, Clayton said, have included a Buddhist monk, a top executive from a Korean car company, a family with a newborn baby, and the driver of a (fortunately empty) horse trailer. The one thing they all had in common was their desire to visit a scenic island regarded as the cradle of Christianity in northern England. 6 Irish monks settled here in A.D. 635, and the eighth-century Lindisfarne Gospels – the most important surviving illuminated manuscript from Anglo-Saxon England, which is now in the British Library – were produced here. The ruins of a priory, with its dramatic rainbow arch, still stand, as does a Tudor castle whose imposing silhouette dominates the landscape. When the sea recedes, birds forage the soaking wetlands, and hundreds of seals can be seen congregating on a sandbank. 7 Until the causeway was built in 1954, no road connected Holy Island to the mainland. While there are few statistics on the numbers of incidents (or the rescue costs), Clayton said that “this year we have seen more” – with three cases in a recent seven-day period. He thinks that the increase reflects more vacationers staying in Britain to avoid disrupted foreign travel. Many live inland and are unfamiliar with tidal waters. 8 At low tide, the causeway stretches ahead like a normal roadway set well back from the waves, but, twice a day, the tarmac disappears rapidly under a solid sheet of water. “The risk seems really low because you can see where you are going,” said Ryan Douglas, the senior coastal operations officer in Northumberland for Britain’s Coast Guard, which is in charge of maritime search and rescue and often calls on the Royal National Lifeboat Institution crew with its inflatable boat to assist. “The water looks shallow,” he said, “but as you cross to about a quarter of a mile, it gets deeper and deeper.” … 9 According to Robert Coombes, chair of the Holy Island Parish Council, the lowest tier of Britain’s local government, there was talk about constructing a bridge or even a tunnel, although the cost, he said, “would be astronomical.” Cheaper solutions have been discussed, including barriers across the causeway. But those living on the island worry that barriers could stop emergency vehicles when they might still be able to make a safe crossing. 10 So island life remains ruled by the tides, which dictate when people can leave, said Coombes, who arrived here planning to become a Franciscan monk but changed course when he met his wife. “You are prisoner for part of the day,” he conceded. … © 2022 The New York Times Company This article originally appeared in The New York Times. 0 THE RECKLESSdie Unvorsichtigen — to outrace s.th. schneller als etw. sein — tide Flut — Lindisfarne “"lIndIsfA…n‘ — causeway Damm 1 off-duty nicht im Dienst — confident zuversichtlich — mainland Festland — without incident ohne Zwischenfälle — winch Seilwinde — to scoop h.: hieven — Royal National Lifeboat Institution brit. Seenotrettungsorganisation — nonprofit gemeinnützig — inflatable “In"fleIt´b´l‘ aufblasbar 2 – 3 to cascade (across) “kœs"keId‘ s. ergießen (über) — to sever “"sev´‘ (ab)trennen — waterlogged … … voller Wasser — to scramble up hinaufklettern — safety hut Rettungshütte — to be perched above s.th. s. oberhalb e-r S. befinden — to seek shelter Zuflucht suchen — chilly kühl — to clamber klettern — submerged “s´b"m‰…dZd‘ überschwemmt 4 – 5 bleeper; s.w.u. paging device Piepser (Funkrufempfänger) — to alert s.o. jdn. alarmieren — monk “møNk‘ Mönch — top executive “Ig"zekj´tIv‘ Spitzenmanager(in) — scenic “"si…nIk‘ malerisch — cradle Wiege — Christianity Christentum 6 A.D. n. Chr. — Lindisfarne Gospels Evangeliar von Lindisfarne — illuminated “I"lu…mIneItId‘ illuminiert (mit Buchmalerei versehen) — priory “"praI´ri‘ Kloster — rainbow arch Rundbogen — imposing eindrucksvoll — silhouette “ÆsIlu"et‘ — to recede “rI"si…d‘ s. zurückziehen — to forage s.th. “"fÅrIdZ‘ etw. nach Nahrung absuchen — soaking mit Wasser durchtränkt — wetlands Feuchtgebiet(e) — to congregate “"kÅNgrIgeIt‘ zus.- kommen 7 – 8 vacationer Urlauber(in) — disrupted störanfällig — tidal waters “"taId´l‘ Tidengewässer — low tide Ebbe — tarmac “"tA… mœk‘ Asphalt — solid dicht — sheet of water Wasserschicht — senior coastal operations officer Einsatzleiter(in) für den Bereich Küste — coast guard Küstenwache — maritime search and rescue “"mœrItaIm‘ Seenotrettung — shallow flach 9 – 10 chair Vorsitzende(r) — parish council Gemeinderat — tier “tI´‘ Ebene — to dictate vorgeben — Franciscan monk Franziskanermönch — to concede “k´n"si…d‘ einräumen

World and Press | December 2022 Catholics the biggest religious group in Northern Ireland for first time SOCIETY According to a 2021 census, 42% of respondents identified as Catholic and 37% as Protestant. Britain 7 By Morwenna Coniam 1 CATHOLICSmake up the biggest religious group in Northern Ireland for the first time since the state was formed a little over a century ago, a trend that will likely add fire to a debate over the region’s future in the United Kingdom. A 2021 census released Thursday showed 42% of respondents identified as Catholic and 37% as Protestant or other Christian religions. In 2011, the last time a census was held, 48% identified as Protestant and 45% as Catholic. 2 While the prospect of reuniting the island for the first time since 1921 remains far off, religious identity has historically been a good indicator of attitudes to the region’s union with the U.K. The trend chimes with rising support for nationalist Sinn Féin, which became the biggest party in Northern Ireland’s Assembly for the first time in May. 3 “This is really a historic milestone,” said Mary Murphy, Senior Lecturer in politics at University College Cork. “When you put it all together, it does start to demonstrate a necessity” for Westminster to start thinking about when a vote on reunification might be called, she said. 4 The census also showed a drop to 32% in those who identify as only British, down from 40% in 2011. Brexit, which the biggest unionist party backed when Northern Ireland overall voted against it, has fueled the nationalist cause because of a growing negative view of the British government and dysfunction at the regional administration in Belfast. 5 Under the terms of the Good Friday peace treaty of 1998, which largely ended decades of violence between unionists and nationalists, only the U.K. government can call a vote on Irish reunification, and then only if it appears likely a majority in Northern Ireland would back it. While recent polls have shown growing support for Irish unity in the longer term, surveys consistently show a majority back remaining in the U.K. if a vote were held today. 6 Not all Protestants are in favor of remaining in the U.K., and not all Catholics are nationalists. About 17% of the population identified as having no religion, according to the census. This could point to fatigue over religious “labels” and might show some ambiguity or confusion about the constitutional question, according to Murphy. © 2022 Bloomberg L.P. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. A monstrance, a vessel used in Catholic ceremonies. | Photo: Erik Mok/ Unsplash 0 – 2 CATHOLICS “"kœT´lIks‘ — respondent “-"--‘ Befragte(r) — prospect of “"--‘ Aussicht auf — to reunite wiedervereinen; s.w.u. reunification “Æri…ju…nIfI"keIS´n‘ — to remain far off in weiter Ferne liegen — indicator Gradmesser — to chime with “tSaIm‘ übereinstimmen mit — nationalist e-e Vereinigung mit der Republik Irland befürwortend — assembly Parlament 3 – 4 senior lecturer Dozent(in) — to call a vote e-e Abstimmung ansetzen — drop to Rückgang auf — unionist e-e enge Bindung an GB befürwortend — to back unterstützen — to fuel befeuern — cause Anliegen — dysfunction Probleme 5 – 6 under the terms gemäß — Good Friday peace treaty Karfreitagsabkommen — poll “p´Ul‘ Umfrage — unity Einheit — consistently “k´n"sIst´ntli‘ durchweg — fatigue over “f´"ti…g‘ Müdigkeit in Bezug auf — ambiguity “ÆœmbI"gju…´ti‘ zwiespältige Gefühle; Unklarheit — constitutional “kÅnstI"tSu…S´n´l‘ Verfassungs- Palace staff fear Netflix series may dent boss’s popularity MONARCHY The new season of ‘The Crown’ is set to chronicle the early 1990s. By David Sanderson 1 A DRAMATISATIONof the rift between Charles and Diana is due to be shown on television screens in November, with the new King hoping it will not affect his popularity. Netflix has confirmed that season five of ‘The Crown’, taking the royal family into the 1990s, will be released in a matter of weeks, with a trailer suggesting the focus will be on the marriage travails of the then Prince of Wales. 2 While a YouGov poll conducted in the aftermath of the Queen’s death showed a big increase in popularity of King Charles – with nearly two-thirds of respondents thinking he will make a good monarch – there are fears within the Palace that the depiction of the 1990s could dampen enthusiasm. 3 The official trailer released by Netflix shows Dominic West, who is taking over from Josh O’Connor Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in ‘The Crown’. | Photo: Picture Alliance/AP as the Prince of Wales, and Elizabeth Debicki, who takes over from Emma Corrin as Diana, preparing for television interviews following the breakdown of their marriage. A news bulletin played over the scenes states there is “uproar in Britain after Prince Charles bared his soul to the nation, but the Princess of Wales upstaged her husband, speaking about her marriage, her life, and her future”. The voiceover then states: “This is becoming an allout war.” 4 In 1994, Charles admitted in an interview with Jonathan Dimbleby that he had committed adultery, while Diana the following year conducted her infamous BBC interview with Martin Bashir, in which she referred to her husband’s affair with the then Camilla Parker Bowles by saying there were three people in her marriage. 5 The new season of the Netflix series is set to chronicle the early 1990s, including 1992, which the late Queen described as her “annus horribilis”. During that year, her sons Charles and Andrew separated from their wives while her daughter, Princess Anne, divorced Mark Phillips. Windsor Castle was also badly damaged by fire. 6 The prince’s infidelity and divorce, followed by the death in Paris in 1997 of the Princess of Wales, arguably brought the monarchy to its lowest ebb since the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936. 7 It was reported at the weekend that royal courtiers believe the higher profile of the King and Queen Consort following the death of the Queen will allow them to counter any negativity arising from the portrayal of the 1990s. © The Times, London/News Licensing This article originally appeared in The Times, London. 0 – 1 TO DENTschaden — to be set to do tun werden — to chronicle “"krÅnIk´l‘ erzählen — dramatisation Verfilmung — rift Bruch — marriage travails “"trœveIlz‘ Eheprobleme — the then … der damalige … 2 – 3 poll “p´Ul‘ Umfrage — in the aftermath of nach — respondent “rI"spÅnd´nt‘ Befragte(r) — depiction; s.w.u. portrayal “pO…"treI´l‘ Darstellung — to dampen dämpfen — news bulletin “"bUlItIn‘ Nachrichtenbeitrag — uproar Aufruhr — to bare one’s soul (fig) sein Herz ausschütten — to upstage s.o. (fig) jdm. die Schau stehlen — voiceover Kommentar aus dem Off — all-out regelrecht 4 – 6 to commit adultery “´"dølt´ri‘ Ehebruch begehen — infamous “"Inf´m´s‘ berühmt-berüchtigt — late verstorben — annus horribilis schreckliches Jahr — infidelity “ÆInfI"del´ti‘ Untreue — arguably “"A…gju´b´li‘ wohl — lowest ebb (fig) Tiefpunkt — abdication “ÆœbdI"keIS´n‘ Abdankung 7 royal courtier “"kO…ti´‘ Bedienstete(r) am Hof — higher profile bedeutendere Position in der Öffentlichkeit — Queen Consort “"kÅnsO…t‘ Königin — to counter entgegenwirken — to arise s. ergeben

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