For many of you, Hugh MacLeod will need no introduction. Others will be intrigued to discover a creative entrepreneur who has built an unlikely and utterly idiosyncratic business based on “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards”.
via An Interview with Hugh MacLeod, Cartoonist | Lateral Action.
Read moreRead moreLive recording of P/M Donald MacLeod’s farewell public performance in the Dorchester Hotel, Glasgow November 1977 with Duncan Johnstone as guest piper. You can hear from the reception that the audience obviously had a great affection for PM MacLeod. Duncan Johnstone’s piping on the first half of the CD is stunning! There are also two Gaelic songs sung by Donald Ross and Archie MacTaggart. Recorded with the support of the Scottish Pipers’ Association. £11.25 (£12.50 for first time customers).
Superb 15 bedroom island country hotel in NW Lewis close to renowned archaeological sites – Callanish Standing Stones. Includes private flat and fishing on adjacent loch. Excellent profits on well established business. A glance at a map to see the location of the Doune Braes Hotel may suggest to some an element of isolation with the hotel’s position in the North West corner of the Isle of Lewis and only a short distance from the Atlantic Ocean – beyond which is Canada! But this is far from the truth.
via Buy a Doune Braes Hotel For Sale business for sale on Businesses For Sale .com.
For any MacLeod of Lewis… offers in the region of £615k.
Read moreRead moreAlso returning to the craft fair this year are Kim Beukeveld and Sandy MacLeod from Bailey’s Dog Bakery.
They sell their all-natural dog treats each week at the Dieppe and Moncton markets, but think the fair offers something different.
“I find a lot of people buy gifts here, where at the markets they’re buying everyday stuff for themselves,” MacLeod says.
History professor James MacLeod, 43, is hoping his tongue-in-cheek approach to climate change will land him the coveted prize of science’s most socially conscious, and not to mention wittiest, doodler.
via Scots cartoonist draws his own conclusions on US politics « Deadline Press & Picture Agency.
Read moreBut the event — for which participants pay a £35 entry fee — will go ahead without the blessing of Applecross Community Council which has described the alleged incident at a similar gathering in May this year as “the last straw”.
Community councillor Alison Macleod said local concerns about organisation of the event had been building prior to the flashpoint at which it is claimed a substantial number of cyclists failed to give way to an ambulance called out to attend a participant who it was thought has suffered a heart attack.
via Spoke in the wheel as top cycle event is snubbed – Ross-shire Journal.
Read moreAdam Macleod, 90, has voted for the Gosport MP over the past three decades.
But he says he is now disillusioned with the man who tried to claim £1,645 for a duck house.
He has written to Tory leader David Cameron questioning why Sir Peter only has to pay back £10,000, despite claiming £30,000 for gardening expenses for his former Titchfield mansion. The claims included 28 tons of manure.
via ‘Expenses row MP should be forced to pay up’ – Portsmouth Today.
Read moreIt’s interesting to read the reaction to the MacLeod Review (‘MacLeod Review struggles to engage top HR professionals’, Personnel Today, 21 July).
via MacLeod Review must be followed up with practical tools.
Read moreCity Council is setting up a committee to look at utility rates as water and sewer flow continue to decline due to the soft tourism market.
A decline in tourism during 2008 led to a hike in utility rates earlier this year, and the problem has continued. City Manager Bruce MacLeod said water use is down by about 8 million gallons so far this year, while declines have been registered by other users the city supplies, including Cape May Point, West Cape May and the U.S. Coast Guard base.
via Cape May water fees may rise after use declines – pressofAtlanticCity.com : Cape May County.
Read moreNorman Magnus returned home in 1880 and, upon the death of his father in 1885, became the 26th Chief of MacLeod. With all due respect to Norman MacLeod, 25th Chief, Norman Magnus appears to have been much more effective in restoring the fortunes, not only of Dunvegan and the estate, but also of the Highlands and Islands in general.
via Norman Magnus MacLeod, Soldier and Chief (Everyday Citizen).
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