BBC SCOTLAND director Donalda MacKinnon will deliver this year’s Angus Macleod Memorial Lecture on Thursday November 2 at e-Sgoil, Frances Street, Stornoway.
The lecture is aimed at continuing Angus Macleod’s legacy as well as drawing further attention to the rich store of materials bequeathed by his family and now available at the museum and archive at Ravenspoint. Donnie Morrison, of Comunn Eachdraidh na Pàirc, which has organised the annual lecture for the last 13 years in conjunction with the Islands Book Trust and the family of Angus ‘Ease’ Macleod MBE, added: ‘I am delighted Donalda MacKinnon has found time in her busy schedule to give this year’s memorial lecture. She is an excellent speaker with an intimate knowledge of the islands.