Made in Scotland : my grand adventures in a wee country
Connolly, Billy2018
Books, Manuscripts
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 didnae 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 didnae come from nothing: I come from Scotland. And this book is about why I will always be happy and proud that I do.
Main title:
Made in Scotland : my grand adventures in a wee country / Billy Connolly ; with Ian Gittins.
Author:
Connolly, Billy, authorGittins, Ian, author
Imprint:
London : BBC Books, 2018.©2018
Collation:
282 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
"This book is published to accompany the television series entitled Made in Scotland first broadcast on BBC in 2018"--Title page verso.Includes index.
ISBN:
97817859437379781785943737 (paperback)
Dewey class:
792.7028092B927.9223
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
238185