Leaders of British Governments were called First Lord of the Treasury, a title they still also hold, until the election of Glaswegian Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in December 1905. Five days after assuming office, he took the superior title Prime Minister.
Born Henry…
Tina Marshall, who works for Argyll and Bute Council, was made Personal Safety Champion at the National Personal Safety Awards, presented at a fundraising ball for the Suzy Lamplugh Trust in London’s Riverside Park Plaza Hotel. The event was hosted by…
For Argyll reported earlier this week that Argyll’s landscape artist, John Lowrie Morrison, aka JoLoMo, was being presneted with an Honorary Doctorate at the University of the West of Scotland at Paisley.
The University’s Vice Principal (Teaching and Learning), Dr Judith Vincent, delivered the…
The University of the West of Scotland is to confer an honorary doctorate on John Lowrie Morrison - aka Jolomo, the eminent landscape colourist and philanthropist from Tayvallich in Argyll.
The ceremony will take place at the University’s main campus in…
Tobermory seems destined for celebrity. It has just seen the dwindling of the long and massive tourist boost with the popularity of the BBC children’s TV series, Balamory based on the brightly coloured port on the Isle of Mull. Now…
There must be something in the water in Rothesay. A Rothesay woman recently won the reality show, The Hirer and now the dark haired bridesmaid in Mamma Mia, turns out to have been played by an actress from the Bute…
An official 60th birthday photo-portrait of Prince Charles has been released - in full dress uniform as Colonel of the Welsh Guards, glittering with medals. For those wondering just what these medals are for, research tells that, beyond the various…
John Macaulay, a Glasgow lawyer, has lodged papers with the Scottish Criminal Case Review Commission, asking that it should review a 250 year-old case known as ‘the Appin murder‘. Macaulay has done extensive research into the case and is asking for…
Joanne Howdle, the energetic curator of Auchindrain Township Museum is moving to Thurso. She is to be Curator of a new flagship museum there, Caithness Horizons. It is already all but finished, is currently being fitted out and will open…
Niall Iain McLean, who was a Guide at Inveraray Castle in 1997 and became Head Guide in 1998, has retired after ten years in the job. In fact he has also just moved house, leaving Stronshira on the Argyll Estate…
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