#Iain MacGregor

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On October 26th 1911 the Gaelic poet, Sorley MacLean, was born on the island of Raasay.

Sorley (Somhairle MacGill-Eain)was brought up within a family and community immersed in Gaelic language and culture, particularly song. Sorley studied English at Edinburgh University from 1929, taking a first class honours degree and there encountering and finding an affinity with the work of Hugh MacDiarmid, Ezra Pound, and other Modernist poets. Despite this influence, he eventually adopted Gaelic as the medium most appropriate for his poetry. However, it should be noted that MacLean translated much of his own work into English, opening it up to a wider public than the speakers of the Gaelic language.

During the Spanish Civil War, MacLean was torn between family commitments and his desire to fight on behalf of the International Brigades, illustrating his left-wing - even Marxist - political stance. He eventually resigned himself to remaining on Skye. He fought in North Africa during World War Two, before taking up a career in teaching, holding posts on Mull, in Edinburgh and finally as Head Teacher at Plockton High School.

It is often said that what Hugh MacDiarmid did for the Scots language, Sorley MacLean did for Gaelic, sparking a Gaelic renaissance in Scottish literature in line with the earlier ‘Scottish Renaissance’, as evinced in the work of George Campbell Hay, Derick Thomson and Iain Crichton Smith. He was instrumental in preserving and promoting the teaching of Gaelic in Scottish schools. Through the diverse subject matter of his poetry, he demonstrates the capacity of the Gaelic language to express themes from the personal to the political and philosophical.

MacLean’s work was virtually unknown outside Gaelic-speaking circles until the 1970s, when Gordon Wright published Four Points of a Saltire - poems from George Campbell Hay, Stuart MacGregor, William Neill and Sorley MacLean. He also then appeared at the Cambridge Poetry Festival, establishing his fame in England, as well as Scotland and Ireland, where he had become something of a cult figure thanks to a fan base including fellow poet Seamus Heaney. A bilingual Selected Poems of 1977 secured a broader readership and a new generation began to appreciate his work.

Latterly, he wrote and published little, showing his concern with quality and authenticity over quantity. Never a full-time writer, he was also a scholar of the Highlands with a vast knowledge of genealogy, and an avid follower of shinty. Amongst other awards and honours, he received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1990. He passed on in 1996 at the age of 85, and was survived by his wife and two daughters.

I have posted many times about Sorley, and probably overused Martyn Bennet’s Hallaig, but if you haven’t heard it, please go to Youtube and search for it, you won’t regret it.

The Two MacDonalds Sorley MacLean

You big strong warrior, you hero among heroes, you shut the gate of Hougomont. You shut the gate and behind it your brother did the spoiling. He cleared tenants in Glengarry – the few of them left – and he cleared tenants about Kinloch Nevis, and he cleared tenants in Knoydart. He was no better than the laird of Dunvegan. He spoiled Clan Donald.

What did you do then, you big strong hero? I bet you shut no gate in the face of your bitch of a brother.

There was in your time another hero of Clan Donald, the hero of Wagram, Leipsig, Hanau. I have not heard that he cleared one family by the Meuse or by any other river, that he did any spoiling of French or of MacDonalds.

What a pity that he did not come over with Bonaparte! He would not clear tenants for the sake of the gilded sheep, nor would he put a disease in the great valour of Clan Donald. What a pity that he was not Duke of the Land of the Barley And Prince of Caledonia!

What a pity that he did not come over with Bonaparte twenty years before he did, not to listen to flannel from the creeper Walter nor to gather dust from the old ruin but to put the new vigour in the remnant of his kinsmen!

What a pity that he did not come to succour his kinsmen!

Dá Dhómhnallach Somhairle MacGill-Eain

‘Na do ghaisgeach mór láidir; ‘Nad churaidh miosg nan curaidhean, Dhùin thu geata Hougomont. Dhùin thu ‘n geata ‘s air a chùlaibh Rinn do bhráthair an spùilleadh. Thog e tuath an Gleann Garadh – Am beagan a bh’air fhágail dhiubh – Is thog e tuath mu Cheann Loch Nibheis Is thog e tuath an Cnóideart. Cha b’fhearr e na Fear Dhùn-Bheagain: Rinn e milleadh air Cloinn Domhnaill.

De rinn thusa ‘n uair sin, A churaidh mhóir láidir? Fiach na dhùin thu aon gheata An aodann do ghalla bráthair?

Bha ann ri d’linn-sa fear eile, Curaidh eile de Chloinn Dhómhnaill, Curaidh Bhágram, Leipsich, Hanau. Cha chuala mi gun do thog esan Aon teaghlach mun Mheuse No mu abhainn eile. Cha d’rinn esan milleadh Air Frangaich no air Dómhnallaich.

Nach bochd nach táinig esan Le Bonaparte a nall. Cha thogadh esan tuath Air sgáth nan caorach óraidh, ‘S cha mhó chuireadh esan gaiseadh Ann an gaisge mhóir Chloinn Dómhnaill. Nach bochd nach rodh esan ‘Na dhiuc air tir an Eórna Is ‘na phrionns air Albainn.

Nach bochd nach táinig esan Le Bonaparte a nall Fichead bliadhna mun táinig, Cha b’ann a dh’èisteachd sodail O’n t-sliomaire sin Bhátar No a chruinneachadh na h-ùrach As an t-seann láraich, Ach a chur an spionnaidh ùrair Ann am fuidheall a cháirdean.

Nach bochd nach táinig esan Gu cobhair air a cháirdean.

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C.R.C / W.W.L: The Ogres (2020)

King & Queen:

Rhodri Rhydderch [77, Ogre King, owns 1/8 of C.R.C]

Grania Rhydderch (Née Kavanaugh) [78, Queen]

Princes & Princesses:

Fionn Rhydderch [47, Prince]

Aisling O'Hannigan (Née Rhydderch) [44, Princess]

Caoimhe O'Hannegan (Née Rhydderch) [41, Princess]

Uilliam Rhydderch [38, Prince]

Ivor Rhydderch [35, Prince]

Eithne O'Hannagan (Née Rhydderch) [32, Princess]

Dukes & Duchesses:

Rachel Mac Gregor (Née Rhydderch [27, Duchess]

Queen MacEntire (Née Rhydderch) [24, Duchess]

Pace Rhydderch [21, Duke]

Odin Rhydderch [18, Duke]

Naomh Rhydderch [15, Duchess]

Macy Rhydderch [12, Duchess]

Comhghall Rhydderch [9, Duke]

Kaiser Rhydderch [6, Duke]

Jacinth Rhydderch [3, Duchess]

Ida Scott (Née Scott) [24, Duchess]

Hale O'Hannigan [21, Duke]

Gabriel O'Hannigan [18, Duke]

Faith O'Hannigan [15, Duchess]

Eartha O'Hannigan [12, Duchess]

Dagda O'Hannigan [9, Duke]

Cade O'Hannigan [6, Duke]

Bambi O'Hannigan [3, Duchess]

Aaliyah Wallace (Née O'Hannegan) [21, Duchess]

Zayden O'Hannegan [18, Duke]

Yorick O'Hannegan [15, Duke]

Xavia O'Hannegan [12, Duchess]

Wednesday O'Hannegan [9, Duchess]

Vance O'Hannegan [6, Duke]

Uhtric O'Hannegan [3, Duke]

Tacey Rhydderch [18, Duchess]

Sadb Rhydderch [15, Duchess]

Raeburn Rhydderch [12, Duke]

Quirinus Rhydderch [9, Duke]

Paisley Rhydderch [6, Duchess]

Olive Rhydderch [3, Duchess]

Napoleon Rhydderch [15, Duke]

Macdara Rhydderch [12, Duke]

Lalla Rhydderch [9, Duchess]

Kayleen Rhydderch [6, Duchess]

James Rhydderch [3, Duke]

Iain O'Hannagan [12, Duke]

Haidee O'Hannagan [9, Duchess]

Garnet O'Hannagan [6, Duchess]

Fabius O'Hannagan [3, Duke]

Marquesses & Marchionesses:

Craig MacGregor [7, Marquess]

Ceinwen MacGregor [4, Marchioness]

Ceridwen MacGregor [1, Marchioness]

Donald MacEntire [4, Marquess]

Dougal MacEntire [1, Marquess]

Vilija Rhydderch [1, Marchioness]

Commgán Scott [4, Marquess]

Alexandria Scott [1, Marchioness]

Orlagh O'Hannigan [1, Marchioness]

Gwilym Wallace [1, Marquess]

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David says: I really enjoy a good "truth behind the legend" book and Iain Macgregor knocked it out of the park with this one. Lots of really great information about the Battle of Stalingrad, the people involved, and how it influenced the war. 

Call number: 940.542 MAC

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Book 24 of the 50 book challenge. Checkpoint Charlie by Iain MacGregor. This is the story of the Berlin Wall from 1961 until the wall came down on November 9th 1989. It’s fascinating because you get information from the French, British, American, West German, East German and Russians who were there. I really enjoyed reading it and learning about the wall. My mom went through Checkpoint Charlie in the summer of 1966 as 20 something for the day while traveling through Europe. I highly recommend it.

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Clan MacGregor | Royal is my Race

The Clan Gregor held lands in Glen Orchy, Glenlochy and Glenstrae. According to Iain Moncreiffe the MacGregors were descended from an ancient Celtic royal family, through the Abbots of Glendochart. This is alluded to in the clan's motto: "Royal is my race".

The clan of famous Highland outlaw Rob Roy, Clan MacGregor (and its tartan) most accurately represent Vega and the rest of the Nero family. Considering herself above others, like a royal, and the Nero family so entrenched in secret activities beyond the Capitol’s control, Vega would sport this classic tartan pattern. 

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 To the Soviet Union, the sacrifices that enabled the country to defeat Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-45 are quite rightly sacrosanct. The battle for the city of Stalingrad between September 1942 to the beginning of February 1943 is a pivotal landmark of this sacrifice. It was the most decisive of the Second World War with over two million combatants killed, wounded or captured. It was also the bloodiest in history. July 2022 will mark the eightieth anniversary of the start of the campaign in Southern Russia ('Case Blue') that Adolf Hitler predicted would knock the Soviets out of the war. The culmination of this campaign would end in the showpiece city's ruins that stretched along the mighty Volga river as German and Soviet armies battled for its occupancy in brutal house-to-house fighting which lasted five months.Within this deadly struggle Soviet war correspondents such as Vasily Grossman lauded the fight for a key strategic building in the heart of the city,

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To the Soviet Union, the sacrifices that enabled the country to defeat Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-45 are quite rightly sacrosanct. The battle for the city of Stalingrad between September 1942 to the beginning of February 1943 is a pivotal landmark of this sacrifice. It was the most decisive of the Second World War with over two million combatants killed, wounded or captured. It was also the bloodiest in history. July 2022 will mark the eightieth anniversary of the start of the campaign in Southern Russia ('Case Blue') that Adolf Hitler predicted would knock the Soviets out of the war. The culmination of this campaign would end in the showpiece city's ruins that stretched along the mighty Volga river as German and Soviet armies battled for its occupancy in brutal house-to-house fighting which lasted five months.Within this deadly struggle Soviet war correspondents such as Vasily Grossman lauded the fight for a key strategic building in the heart of the city,

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On October 26th 1911 the Gaelic poet, Sorley MacLean, was born on the island of Raasay.

He was brought up within a family and community immersed in Gaelic language and culture, particularly song. Sorley studied English at Edinburgh University from 1929, taking a first class honours degree and there encountering and finding an affinity with the work of Hugh MacDiarmid, Ezra Pound, and other Modernist poets. Despite this influence, he eventually adopted Gaelic as the medium most appropriate for his poetry. However, it should be noted that MacLean translated much of his own work into English, opening it up to a wider public than the speakers of the Gaelic language.

During the Spanish Civil War, MacLean was torn between family commitments and his desire to fight on behalf of the International Brigades, illustrating his left-wing - even Marxist - political stance. He eventually resigned himself to remaining on Skye. He fought in North Africa during World War Two, before taking up a career in teaching, holding posts on Mull, in Edinburgh and finally as Head Teacher at Plockton High School.

It is often said that what Hugh MacDiarmid did for the Scots language, Sorley MacLean did for Gaelic, sparking a Gaelic renaissance in Scottish literature in line with the earlier ‘Scottish Renaissance’, as evinced in the work of George Campbell Hay, Derick Thomson and Iain Crichton Smith. He was instrumental in preserving and promoting the teaching of Gaelic in Scottish schools. Through the diverse subject matter of his poetry, he demonstrates the capacity of the Gaelic language to express themes from the personal to the political and philosophical.

MacLean’s work was virtually unknown outside Gaelic-speaking circles until the 1970s, when Gordon Wright published Four Points of a Saltire - poems from George Campbell Hay, Stuart MacGregor, William Neill and Sorley MacLean. He also then appeared at the Cambridge Poetry Festival, establishing his fame in England, as well as Scotland and Ireland, where he had become something of a cult figure thanks to a fan base including fellow poet Seamus Heaney. A bilingual Selected Poems of 1977 secured a broader readership and a new generation began to appreciate his work.

Latterly, he wrote and published little, showing his concern with quality and authenticity over quantity. Never a full-time writer, he was also a scholar of the Highlands with a vast knowledge of genealogy, and an avid follower of shinty. Amongst other awards and honours, he received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1990. He passed on in 1996 at the age of 85, and was survived by his wife and two daughters.

I have posted many times about Sorley, and probably overused Martyn Bennet’s Hallaig, but if you haven’t heard it, please go to Youtube and search for it, you won’t regret it.

Todays poem is Tràighean/ Shores, the Gaelic version first, followed by the verse translated by his fellow bi-lingual poet, Iain Crichton Smith.

Nan robh sinn an Talasgar air an tràigh

far a bheil am beul mòr bàn

a’ fosgladh eadar dà ghiall chruaidh,

Rubha nan Clach `s am Bioda Ruadh,

sheasainn-sa ri taobhn na mara

ag ùrachadh gaoil ‘nam anam

fhad ‘s a bhiodh an cuan a’lìonadh

camas Thalasgair gu sìorraidh:

sheasainn an siud air lom na tràghad

gu `n cromadh Priseal a cheann àigich.

Agus nan robh sinn ciudeachd

air tràigh Chalgaraidh am Muile,

eadar Alba is Tiriodh,

eadar an saoghal `s a’bhiothbhuan,

dh’fhuirichinn an siud gu luan

a’ tomhas gainmhich bruan air bhruan.

Agus an Uibhist air tràigh Hòmhstadh

fa chomhair farsaingeachd na h-ònrachd,

dh’fheithinn-sa an siud gu sìorraidh

braon air bhraon an cuan a’ sìoladh.

Agus nan robh mi air tràigh Mhùideart

còmhla riut, a nodhachd ùidhe,

chuirinn suas an co-chur gaoil dhut

an cuan ’s a’ ghaineamh, bruan air bhraon dhiubh.

’S nan robh sinn air Mol Steinnseil Stamhain

’s an fhairge neo-aoibhneach a’ tarraing

nan ulbhag is gan tilgeil tharainn,

thogainn-sa am balla daingeann

ro shìorraidheachd choimhich ’s i framhach.

If we were in Talisker on the shore

where the great white foaming mouth of water

opens between two jaws as hard as flint –

the Headland of Stones and the Red Point –

I’d stand forever by the waves

renewing love out of their crumpling graves

as long as the sea would be going over

the Bay of Talisker for ever;

I would stand thee by the filling tide

till Preshal bowed his stallion head.

And if the two of us were together

on the shores of Calgary in Mull

between Scotland and Tiree,

between this world and eternity,

I’d stand there till time was done

counting the sands grain by grain.

And also on Uist, on Hosta’s shore,

in the face of solitude’s fierce stare,

I’d remain standing, without sleep,

while sea were ebbing, drop by drop.

And if I were on Moidart’s shore

With you, my novelty of desire,

I’d offer this synthesis of love,

grain and water, sand and wave.

And were we by the shelves of Staffin

where the huge joyless sea is coughing

stones and boulders from its throat,

I’d build a fortified wall

Against eternity’s savage howl.

As well as Hallaig I enjoy listening to Somhairle by Niteworks, an Electronic Celtic fusion band from the Isle of Skye who put some of Sorley’s words to music. Listen to it below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PgWqrxa_-Y

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CONNECTED 2003 Artist: Merilyn Fairskye 1. SD single-channel video, stereo/surround sound, 25:00 2. 3-channel video installation, surround sound, 25:00 loop Alice Springs is one of the most isolated towns in Australia. In December 1966 an agreement was signed that allowed the construction of Pine Gap, a US-Australian Joint Defence Space Research facility, as a base for global satellite technology and one of the largest ground control centres in the world, just 17 kilometres outside of Alice. The base connected the world to Pine Gap. This work considers how disembodied and shadowy the experience of being constantly connected can be. The work adopts a Pine Gap modus operandi. Sites are monitored, from the air and from the ground - Anzac Hill; the airport; the Pine Gap exit; Ormiston Gorge; Hermannsburg Mission; Kata Tjuta - to create a sense of a town and a landscape inhabited by shadows, mirages, and reflections. People inhabit this space tenuously. You never get to see them. You hear from them, or about them. Every one around Alice Springs has a story, or a friend with a story, that connects to the base. These anecdotes interweave with intercepts from recent news reports; ambient sounds; static; Morse code from Telegraph Station, the roar of road trains speeding down the Stuart Highway; a lone didgeridoo. CREDITS MERILYN FAIRSKYE 2003 Post production: GREG FERRIS@MSV Voices: William Beattie, Frank Chien, Michiel Dolk, Neville Field, Russell Goldflam, Patrick Hayes, Rose Landes, Pamela Lofts, Pip Mc McManus, Lesley Savage, Lisa Stefanoff, Bill van Dijk, Trish van Dijk, Michael Watts, Mandy Webb Pine Gap protest stills, 2002: Mandy Webb, Trish van Dijk Dingoes audio - courtesy of Listening Earth Satellite images - Australia, Afghanistan, China, India, Korea, Pakistan: images courtesy Jacques Descloitres and Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC Iraq: Image provided by the USGS EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch Thanks to Alice Springs Art Foundation, Araluen Arts Centre, Aurora Resorts, Robert Hindley, Beth McRae, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Rod Moss, Ognian Pishev, Trish and Bill van Dijk, Michael Watts, Mandy Webb, Iain Campbell, and Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney Merilyn Fairskye acknowledges Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park as a World Heritage Area and Living Cultural Landscape, and Anangu culture and ownership of this Park. Produced in association with the Australian Film Commission (c) Merilyn Fairskye and the Australian Film Commission 2003 Three-channel production assisted by the Australia Council for the Arts CONNECTED 3-CHANNEL VIDEO INSTALLATION THE EXPERIENCE Two side projections show a range of apparently unedited scenes and outtakes that appear to assemble and disassemble the images on the centre screen, which is the core program of the 25-minute single-channel digital video of Connected. As people enter the space, their shadows interrupt/intercept the images on Screens 1 and 3 in a simple gesture of low tech interactivity. Technical A digital video/database installation, 3 channels, surround sound. Duration: 25-minute loop.

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Hearts sign Mulraney, Beith goes to ICT; Vigurs to County

Jake Mulraney has joined Hearts from Inverness Caledonian Thistle, with Angus Beith going in the other direction.

Irishman Mulraney, 22, leaves Caley Thistle after making more than 60 appearances for the club.

Fellow midfielder Beith, 22, played twice for Hearts last season and has been loaned to Stirling Albion, Stenhousemuir and Stranraer.

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Meanwhile, Caley Thistle say Iain Vigurs, 30, will return to Ross County.

Highland teams County & ICT ‘will rise again’[1]

Highland clubs ‘complacent’ – MacGregor[2]

The club tweeted to say the midfielder will join County on a three-year deal, having previously made the same move earlier in his career in 2009, with a two-year spell at Motherwell in between.

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County will join their Highland rivals in the Championship next season after being relegated on Saturday.[3]

Caley Thistle went down a year ago and finished fifth in the second tier this term, just missing out on the play-offs.

Republic of Ireland Under-21 cap Mulraney, who scored three goals for Inverness, follows strikers Uche Ikpeazu[4] and Steven MacLean[5] in joining Hearts for next season.

References

^ Highland teams County & ICT ‘will rise again’ (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ Highland clubs ‘complacent’ – MacGregor (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ relegated on Saturday. (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ Uche Ikpeazu (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ Steven MacLean (www.bbc.co.uk)

BBC Sport – Scottish

Hearts sign Mulraney, Beith goes to ICT; Vigurs to County was originally published on 365 Football

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To Hell on a Bike: Riding Paris-Roubaix: The Toughest Race in Cycling Bookmaker comparatif 2017

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‘Paris-Roubaix is the best race in the world and knocks spots off the Tour de France.’ Sir Bradley Wiggins.

Paris-Roubaix. The Hell of the North. The ultimate monument in cycling’s Classics. More than 150 miles across dusty or muddy roads, much of it puncture-inducing and bone-breaking cobblestones. Even professional riders blanche at the very mention of it. Tour de France winners (with the notable exception of Wiggins in 2014) make their excuses from it. So why on earth would an amateur even dare to attempt it?

In To Hell on a Bike, Iain MacGregor does just that and as he prepares for the ride of his life, he explores the history and culture of this extraordinary race. With insights from legends of the sport, trainers, mechanics and fellow writers, as well as those who have maintained the traditions of Paris-Roubaix since its inception over a century ago, it is the ultimate story of the ultimate cycling challenge. B00PI0P0SY

To Hell on a Bike: Riding Paris-Roubaix: The Toughest Race in Cycling

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'The hell of the North'

"The hell of the North." Paris-Roubaix and the end of the Great War, 1919. New post, Around The Edges. https://aroundtheedges.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/the-hell-of-the-north/

Inside the velodrome: Paris-Roubaix 2015. Source: Andrew Curry. CC BY-NC-SA

I recently spent a few days in Lille so I could watch Paris-Roubaix, which is for me one of the great one day cycle races, run over sections of cobbles, starting these days from Compiègne, and finishing as it did in the very first race in the velodrome at Roubaix, close to the Belgian border. Since we were there anyway,…

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Herald Sun sorry for caddie cartoon

EXCLUSIVE

The Herald Sun newspaper which mocked the death of caddie Iain MacGregor in a cartoon has told bunkered.co.uk it ‘had no intent to offend’ with the insensitive sketch.

The Melbourne-based title was widely condemned after publishing a cartoon depicting a stricken caddie lying between the hole and two golfers, one of whom was captioned saying to other: “Remember, you have to play it where it lies.”

The cartoon was included in the newspaper alongside a story reporting on the tragic passing of 52-year-old Zimbabwean MacGregor. He died after having a heat attack on the ninth fairway during the final round of the Madeira Islands Open to the shock and anguish of his fellow caddies, above.

In an email exchange with bunkered, the Herald Sun justified their decision to publish the cartoon. Their reply to our initial email (which, incidentally, took them a week to compose) is as follows:

“Thank you for your email regarding the recent article and cartoon in the Herald Sun.

We agree that the death of Mr Iain McGregor was a very sad event for his family and the golfing world.

Our cartoonists try to present an issue of the day with sharp wit and humour and usually elicit a strong response from readers with this visual form of social commentary. On occasions, cartoons can generate a stronger response than even a cartoonist intended.

In this case, our cartoonist intended to convey the ridiculous situation in which the golfers continued to play after Mr McGregor died.

We have contacted members of the European Tour Caddies Association and have conveyed our respects.

We are sorry that you were upset by this particular cartoon and can assure you that there was no intent to offend on the part of the Herald Sun.”

As a mark of respect to MacGregor, the European Tour Caddies Association has organised for today’s opening round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth to be ‘Black For Mac’, where players and caddies have been encouraged to wear black to honour the veteran bagman.

Herald Sun apology: Your thoughts

What do you make of the Herald Sun’s apology for its ‘caddie cartoon’? Leave your thoughts in our ‘Comments’ section below.