THE revamped tea rooms designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh have appointed a new chief executive.
The Willow Tea Rooms Trust has appointed Marcus Kenyon to the position at the Mackintosh at the Willow project.
He has recently worked at Crieff Hydro as general manager and head of creative culture, and has a career for more than 30 years in the hospitality industry.
Mr Kenyon will now be charge of the running of the tea rooms, on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street, and its new visitor centre which is scheduled to open on June 7 this year, the150th anniversary of Mackintosh's birth.
Mr Kenyon said: “I am excited to be leading this iconic project as it moves from the restoration to the operational phase."
It is hoped the Tea Rooms will attract 200,000 visitors a year.
www.willowtearoomstrust.org
THE shortlist for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize features six titles, with five are written by women and four being debuts.
It includes The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris, which celebrates the pioneer of aseptic surgery, Joseph Lister, whose work at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and revolutionary work at Glasgow Royal Infirmary led to the successful introduction of sterilisation in hospitals and transformed surgery.
Other books on the list include Stay With Me by Ay??bámi Adébáy??, published by Canongate Books, With the End in Mind by Kathryn Mannix, To Be a Machine by Mark O’Connell, Mayhem: A memoir by Sigrid Rausing and The Vaccine Race by Meredith Wadman.
Adébáy??’s debut Stay with Me is the only novel shortlisted for the prize.
Mayhem by Sigrid Rausing, uses the author’s own experience to "explore the power of addiction and the impact this has on loved ones."
The list celebrates new voices with four debuts: Stay With Me, The Butchering Art, With the End in Mind and To Be a Machine.
The winner will be revealed at an evening ceremony on 30 April at the Wellcome Collection.
wellcomebookprize.org
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