Linda McCartney Racing Team Linda McCartney Racing Team The Linda McCartney Racing Team was a British professional road bicycle racing team. The team began in 1998 with Linda McCartney Foods, maker of vegetarian food, sponsoring vegetarian riders and staff. The company was started by Sir Paul McCartney's wife, Linda. Team success would promote vegetarianism and Linda McCartney Foods. The team was to compete in Britain before expanding to international events. It was initially composed of British riders with more experienced riders joining later to improve credentials for the UCI World Cup and the Grand Tours. It was the first British team to ride the
Catherine Teresa Cookson Catherine Teresa Cookson Catherine Teresa Cookson or Mrs James Cookson (née Murray) ("fl." 1830s) was an Irish botanical artist, who documented some of the botany of India. Catherine Teresa Murray, appears to have been from County Wicklow, was the daughter of a P. Murray. Little is known of her life, but it has been assumed that she is the wife of George James Cookson (1805-1838), a member of the Bengal Artillery, whom she married on 8 June 1832. Her husband died of smallpox on 20 January 1838. The work that she is known for is "Flowers Drawn and Painted in