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Made in Scotland : my grand adventures in a wee country Cover Image Book Book

Made in Scotland : my grand adventures in a wee country / Billy Connolly ; with Ian Gittins.

Connolly, Billy, (author.). Gittins, Ian, (author.).

Summary:

"After my knighthood was announced, a woman from the BBC came to Glasgow to interview me. We sat down in a lovely hotel in a nice part of town, and she hit me with her first question- "This must mean a lot to you, with you coming from nothing?" I looked at her, and I laughed. "I did'nae come from nothing, "I told her. "I come from something." I grew up in the tenements of post-war Glasgow. I am very proud to be working class, and especially a working-class Glaswegian who has worked in the shipyards. I come from the working class. And, most of all, I come from Scotland. Scotland is a unique and wonderful place. Its national motto says a lot about it - Nemo me impunelacessit. A decent translation might be- 'By all means punch me in the nose but prepare yourself for a kick in the arse.' I did'nae come from nothing - I come from Scotland. And this book is about why I will always be happy and proud that I do."

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781785943706 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 282 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: London : BBC Books, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, 2018.

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Includes index.

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Subject: Connolly, Billy.
Comedians > Scotland > Biography.
Musicians > Scotland > Biography.
Actors > Scotland > Biography.
Scotland > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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    We sat down in a lovely hotel in a nice part of town, and she hit me with her first question: "This must mean a lot to you, with you coming from nothing?" I looked at her, and I laughed. A decent translation might be: `By all means punch me in the nose but prepare yourself for a kick in the arse.' I did'nae come from nothing: I come from Scotland.
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    All roads lead home.

    ‘After my knighthood was announced, a woman from the BBC came to Glasgow to interview me. We sat down in a lovely hotel in a nice part of town, and she hit me with her first question: “This must mean a lot to you, with you coming from nothing?” I looked at her, and I laughed.

    “I did’nae come from nothing,” I told her. “I come from something.”

    I grew up in the tenements of post-war Glasgow. I am very proud to be working class, and especially a working-class Glaswegian who has worked in the shipyards. I come from the working class. And, most of all, I come from Scotland.

    Scotland is a unique and wonderful place. Its national motto says a lot about it: Nemo me impune lacessit. A decent translation might be: ‘By all means punch me in the nose but prepare yourself for a kick in the arse.’

    I did’nae come from nothing: I come from Scotland. And this book is about why I will always be happy and proud that I do.’

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