Lews Castle on the Hebridean island of Lewis has associations with the industrialist, colonialist, politician and philanthropist William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (most famous for creating Lever Brothers and founding the model industrial village of Port Sunlight), in the recent Context – on the Scottish Highlands and Islands Susan Rabé explores his endeavours as proprietor of Lewis and Harris between 1918 and his death in 1925, and their modern implications for the island.
image: Context 158, p25 – Susan Rabé
But How do you “rescue” an iconic building at risk, which has huge historical and entrepreneurial importance to a community? What is the link between Liverpool and the Hebrides?
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