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there'll be nae cries o misery jist the creakin soun o openin doors
- Read these poems and be inspired. In the wake of the 1979
Devolution Referendum, followed by the impact of Thatcherite
policies on Scottish society, many Scottish writers and
intellectuals began articulating the distinctiveness of Scottish
literary, cultural, social and political traditions and outlooks.
Some joined popular political campaigns, from opposing the Poll-Tax
and Trident to the Campaign for a Scottish Assembly, which led to a
Scottish Parliament. Many now look forward to new possibilities for
the future with more confidence in the value and importance of our
country's culture and politics, as these poems reveal. Whatever the
outcome of Scotland's Independence Referendum on 18 September 2014,
a better Scotland is possible. Across every aspect of life in
Scotland - housing, inequality, life expectancy, health, education,
crime, sectarianism, localism and more - we all know that a better
Scotland is possible. And then there's Trident. And the Bedroom
Tax. And the Democratic Deficit. And on it goes.
The Social Work Act of 1968 in Scotland set out to replace
Victorian prisons, lunatic asylums and orphanages, and challenge
the Poor Law mentalities which had built and sustained them for
generations. With the aid of a wide professional career, football
tactics, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Marxism, and wit,
Alistair Findlay reveals the buzz, vitality and inner dynamic of
the frontline of Scottish social work in the first memoir written
by someone who works in the service. His poetry collection, Dancing
With Big Eunice, also inspired by his social work, was acclaimed by
Bob Holman, who said: 'He conveys its sweat, its smell, its
reality. He understands both its trivia and its enormity.'
This is the first collection of Scots poetry devoted entirely to
football. It includes many of 20th century Scotland's best known
poets, from Hugh MacDiarmid to Norman MacCaig, Iain Crichton Smith
to Jackie Kay. Ranging from the historic aspect, in the 1580 poem,
The Bewteis of the Fute-ball, or Stewart Conn's The Barber-Surgeons
to King James IV, to the gleeful thrilling violence of a good
kicking, as in Song of the Sub-Welshian, to the unending
frustration of supporting Scotland, this brilliant collection sums
up the best and the worst of football spirit.
Alistair Findlay's compilation of poems about social work shows the
reader that the world they are living in is often shaped by
poverty. Not much has been written about the stories that fill
social worker's lives, and Findlay offers sad, sometimes absurd,
insights. He creates poems for everyone who wants to know what goes
on behind closed doors.
there’ll be nae cries o misery jist the creakin soun o openin
doors Read these poems and be inspired. In the wake of the 1979
Devolution Referendum, followed by the impact of Thatcherite
policies on Scottish society, many Scottish writers and
intellectuals began articulating the distinctiveness of Scottish
literary, cultural, social and political traditions and outlooks.
Some joined popular political campaigns, from opposing the Poll-Tax
and Trident to the Campaign for a Scottish Assembly, which led to a
Scottish Parliament. Many now look forward to new possibilities for
the future with more confidence in the value and importance of our
country’s culture and politics, as these poems reveal. Whatever
the outcome of Scotland’s Independence Referendum on 18 September
2014, a better Scotland is possible. Across every aspect of life in
Scotland – housing, inequality, life expectancy, health,
education, crime, sectarianism, localism and more – we all know
that a better Scotland is possible. And then there’s Trident. And
the Bedroom Tax. And the Democratic Deficit. And on it goes.
Alistair Findlay, author of the acclaimed Shale Voices, takes a
measured look at those three most important facets of life - sex,
death, and of course football. Football has never been a science so
much as a heartbeat away from a sclaf, an unlucky bobble,
catastrophe - a bit like Sex and Death - and thus a suitable case
for poetry. - ALISTAIR FINDLAY Showing great individuality, energy
and wit, Findlay creates 'elegies - with edge' in this accessible
and uncompromising collection. With his ear for natural human
expression and appetite for life, he succeeds in crafting poetry
teeming with both humanity and humour. His poems bridge the gap
between perceptions of 'high' and popular culture, and tackle with
rare insight the breadth of human experience, both sacred and
profane.
Acclaimed poet Alastair Findlay looks beneath the museum
information card to consider the truth of the object before it came
to be museum-worthy. Juxtaposing his own short poems with
information labels and pictures of some of the most celebrated
artefacts and artworks from museums around Scotland, Findlay gives
these objects a voice.
From local legend, newspaper reports and family history, Alistair
Findlay has pieced together a comprehensive documentary of
Scotland's shale mining industry; of the people, communities and
generations of families involved, and the cultural and political
impact of the industry. Enlivened throughout with numerous
photographs, drawings, poetry and short stories, this incredible
history of human courage, endurance and endeavour will appeal to
any reader with an interest in Scotland's social and cultural
history.
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