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Harris Tweed (other)
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Harris Tweed is a textile, made on Harris, Western Isles, Scotland. Harris Tweed may also refer to: *Harris Tweed (character), a character in ''The Eagle'' comic *Harris Tweed, a character in ''The Well of Lost Plots'' by Jasper Fforde *The former name of the South African music group Dear Reader See also *Tweed (other) *Twill Twill is a type of textile weave with a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs. It is one of three fundamental types of textile weaves along with plain weave and satin. It is made by passing the weft thread over one or more warp threads then under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harris Tweed
Harris Tweed, (''Clò Mór'' or ''Clò Hearach'' in Gaelic) is a tweed (cloth), tweed cloth that is Weaving, handwoven by islanders at their homes in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, finished in the Outer Hebrides, and made from pure virgin wool dyed and Spinning (textiles), spun in the Outer Hebrides. This definition, quality standards and protection of the Harris Tweed name are enshrined in the Harris Tweed Act 1993. Etymology The original name of tweed fabric was ''"tweel"'', the Scots language, Scots word for twill, as the fabric was woven in a twill weave rather than a plain (or tabby) weave. A number of theories exist as to how and why ''"tweel"'' became corrupted into "tweed"; in one, a London merchant in the 1830s, upon receiving a letter from a Hawick firm inquiring after ''"tweels"'', misinterpreted the spelling as a trade name taken from the River Tweed, which flows through the Scottish Borders. Subsequently, the goods were advertised as "tweed", the name used ever sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harris Tweed (character)
Harris Tweed was a British comic strip series, fully named ''Harris Tweed, Special Agent'', later retitled ''Harris Tweed – Super Sleuth'', which appeared in the British comic strip magazine ''The Eagle'' (1950–1962). The strip was drawn by John Ryan and centered on a monocled, rotund, bumbling secret agent, Harris Tweed, who, along with his far more capable boy sidekick A sidekick is a slang expression for a close companion or colleague (not necessarily in fiction) who is, or is generally regarded as, subordinate to the one they accompany. Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, ..., simply known as "Boy", managed to get into all manner of scrapes, somehow always managing to make good in the end. References 1950 comics debuts 1962 comics endings Spy comics Humor comics Eagle comic strips {{UK-comics-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characters In The Thursday Next Series
The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde currently consists of the novels ''The Eyre Affair'', ''Lost in a Good Book'', ''The Well of Lost Plots'', ''Something Rotten'', ''First Among Sequels'', '' One of Our Thursdays Is Missing'' and ''The Woman Who Died a Lot''. ''The Eyre Affair'' Victor Analogy In his seventies, Analogy is the head of the Swindon branch of SO-27, the LiteraTecs, and is therefore Thursday's immediate superior. Bowden Cable An operative for SO-27, the LiteraTecs, assigned to the Swindon branch, and Thursday's partner after her transfer. In his thirties and with a slightly fussy, nervous edge to him, Bowden is intelligent and, at times, quite sly and cunning. He was responsible for thwarting the plans of Jack Schitt and the Goliath Corporation when he substituted a copy of Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" in place of the weapons manual that Schitt thought he was accessing. He shares his name with the braking cable on bicycles. Another character is called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear Reader
Dear Reader is an alternative/pop band from Johannesburg, South Africa. The band was founded in 2008 by singer-songwriter Cherilyn MacNeil and producer/bass player, Darryl Torr. Dear Reader is now the solo project of Cherilyn MacNeil and is based in Berlin, Germany. History Prior to 2008, MacNeil and Torr performed under the name Harris Tweed. Under this name the band had commercial success and won awards in South Africa. The duo changed their name to Dear Reader after receiving legal threats from the Harris Tweed Authority. In 2008 they recorded their first album as Dear Reader called, ''Replace Why with Funny''. The album was produced by Brent Knopf, of Menomena/Ramona Falls (band). Soon after, they signed a licensing deal with Berlin-based indie label, City Slang, and the album was released in February 2009 – in Europe by City Slang, and in South Africa by Just Music. In 2010 'Replace Why with Funny' won the award for Best English Adult contemporary Album at the South A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tweed (other)
Tweed is a woollen fabric. Tweed may also refer to: Places * Tweed, Ontario, Canada ** Tweed, Ontario (village) * Tweed, Georgia, U.S. * Tweed New Haven Airport in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. * Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia * Tweed Shire, New South Wales, Australia * River Tweed, Scotland * Tweed River (New South Wales) * Tweed River (New Zealand) People * Charles Austin Tweed (1813–1887), American politician and jurist * Charles H. Tweed (1895–1970), American orthodontist * David Tweed (fl. from 2000s), Australian businessman * Davy Tweed (1959–2021), Irish rugby player * George Ray Tweed (1902–1989), US Navy Radioman, holdout in Japan-occupied Guam * Harrison Tweed (1885–1969), American lawyer and civic leader * Heather Tweed (born 1959), British visual artist * Karen Tweed (born 1963), British piano accordionist * Martin Tweed (1890–1974), New Zealand rugby player and physician * Merv Tweed (born 1955), Canadian politician * Paul Tweed (born 1955) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
