Although most of the interviews conducted by John Niles and his research team on the Isle of Mull in 1993 took place in people's houses, the interview with Jim Halbert, sheep shearer, was an exception. Here one of the members of the team, Diane Budres, is interviewing Halbert in the open air while he calls attention to features of the local history and topography. An external microphone is set up on a mike stand.