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William McIlvanney | The Herald

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Lecturas de junio. Cuarta semana

Sólo la oscuridad / William McIlvanney, Ian Rankin. Editorial Salamandra, 2023 Al joven agente Jack Laidlaw no le gusta trabajar en equipo, pero tiene un sexto sentido para lo que ocurre en las calles. Su jefe atribuye la violencia a las rivalidades de siempre, pero ¿es así de sencillo? Cuando se inicia la guerra entre dos bandas de Glasgow, Laidlaw necesita averiguar quién eliminó al abogado…

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The Scottish actor Phil McCall was born on 26th November 1925 in Glasgow.

It’s always with a tinge of sadness that I watch the video attached to this post, read on and you will know why.

Phil, the son of a Labourer attended St Mungo’s Academy in Glasgow and trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Although not a household name he appeared in repertory theatre in Scotland and England and made a decent living as an actor, appearing in numerous TV shows over his career including the recurring role of Sgt. Dickson in Charles Endell Esq, Coronation Street, Brookside, Casualty, Rab C Nesbit and Minder.

McCall was a favourite of the stage, particularly in Glasgow. His name is ranked high in the list of old- time showmen and panto stalwarts such as Stanley Baxter, Jack Milroy, Rikki Fulton, Jimmy Logan, Johnnie Beattie and Walter Carr.

McCall and his wife, a television and theatre director, both served as head of Scottish Equity. He was chairman for 17 years

In Monarch of the Glen, McCall played the cantankerous old man who had returned to Glenbogle to reclaim his cottage.

In 1997 he joined Gregor Fisher, Juliet Cadzow and two of yesterday’s posts subjects Blythe Duff and William McIlvanney in a public protest in an effort to save the threatened Wildcat Theatre.

Arguably though Phil has went down in history for the immortal words “Pea and ham soup from a chicken, now that’s clever”.

Sadly Phil’s wife found him hanged at their home in Glasgow on 29 January 2002, he was about to open in a play , Fermentation, that night at The Briggait Theatre in Glasgow.

Depression is a killer no matter what age you are, Phil was 76.

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Alredered Remembers William McIlvanney, Scottish author, on his birthday.

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Holidays 11.25

Holidays

Blasé Day

Carers Rights Day (UK)

Catterntide

CNSO Day (India)

Common Butterbur

Day Against Domestic Violence (EU)

Don’t Utter a Word Day

Evacuation Day (NYC)

Family Day (Palau)

Global Family Business Day

Hari Guru (a.k.a. Teacher's Day; Indonesia)

Homeland Security Day

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (UN)

International Hat Day

Kadripäev (Estonia)

Meh Day

Military Peacekeepers Day (Russia)

Monkey Buffet Festival (Thailand)

Mousetrap Day

National Day (Myanmar)

National Don't Utter a Word Day

National Lap Dance Day

National Natural Fibers Day

National Play with Dad

National Rugby Day

National Teachers’ Day (Indonesia)

National Twin Day (Japan)

Pig Day (French Republic)

Primary Education Day (Thailand)

Public Health Thank You Day

Roses Revolution Day

SAK Meatless Day

Shopping Reminder Day [1 Month 'till Xmas]

Type 1 Diabetes Day (New Jersey)

Vajiravudh Memorial Day (Thailand)

White Ribbon Day (Australia, UK)

Women's Merrymaking Day

World Safari Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Egg Fried Rice Day (China)

National “Eat with a Friend” Day

National Parfait Day

Independence & Related Days

Duaktoserija (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Moquegua City Foundation Day (Peru)

Ongal (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Statehood Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Suriname (a.k.a. Srefidensi; from the Netherlands, 1975)

4th & Last Monday in November

Anchor Christmas Ale Day [Monday before Thanksgiving]

Day of National Sovereignty (Argentina) [4th Monday]

Learn When to Start Thawing the Turkey Day [Monday before Thanksgiving]

Meatless Monday [Last Monday of Each Month]

Meditation Monday [Every Monday]

Mellow Monday [4th Monday of Each Month]

Moody Monday [Last Monday of Each Month]

Memorial Day (Antarctica) [Last Monday]

Monday Musings [Every Monday]

Motivation Monday [Every Monday]

Mushroom Monday [4th Monday of Each Month]

National Brand Day [4th Monday]

National Day of the Bible [Monday before Thanksgiving]

National Military Families Recognition Day [Monday before Thanksgiving]

Zibelemarit (Onion Market Day; Berne, Switzerland) [4th Monday]

Weekly Holidays beginning November 25 (4th Full Week of November)

Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (thru 12.10)

Festivals Beginning November 25, 2024

Bremen Christmas Fair (Bremen, Germany) [thru 12.23]

Christmas Market in Gendarmenmarkt (Berlin, Germany) [thru 12.31]

Frankfurt Christmas Market (Frankfurt, Germany) [thru 12.22]

Hamburg Christmas Market (Hamburg, Germany) [thru 12.23]

Munich Christmas Market (Munich, Germany) [thru 12.24]

Zibelemärit [Bern Onion Market] (Bern, Switzerland)

Feast Days

Albert Henry Krehbiel (Artology)

Bitterness Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Candle Flame Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Catherine Labouré (Christian; Saint)

Catherine of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Cat-Nipping Convention (Shamanism)

Elizabeth of Reute (Christian; Saint)

Erasmus (a.k.a. Elme; Christian; Saint)

Gazpacho Soup Day (Pastafarian)

Isaac Watts (Lutheran Church and Church of England)

James Otis Sargent Huntington (Episcopal Church)

Lucy the Australopithecine Discovery Day (Pastafarian)

Mangé Yam (Yam Festival; Haiti)

Maurice Denis (Artology)

Media Autumnus IV (Pagan)

Patrick Nagel (Artology)

P. D. Eastman (Artology)

Persephone (a.k.a. Kore; celebration for the Goddess of Vegetation; Ancient Greece)

Poul Anderson (Writerism)

Richelieu (Positivist; Saint)

Roelof Frankot (Artology)

Three Hooded Ones Book of Days)

Tom Turkey (Muppetism)

William McIlvanney (Writerism)

Windmill Blessing Day (Everyday Wicca)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Premieres

Aladdin (Animated Disney Film; 1992)

Anticipation, by Carly Simon (Song; 1971)

The Artist (Film; 2011)

The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1972)

The Beatles: Get Back (Documentary Series; 2021)

The Bodyguard (Film; 1992)

Brooklyn (Film; 2015)

A Bug’s Life (Animated Pixar Film; 1998)

Caveman Inki (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)

Cellbound, featuring Butch (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1955)

Creed (Film; 2015)

The Croods: A New Age (Animated Film; 2020)

Cue Ball Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1950)

Ferdinand the Bull (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies (Novel; 1970)

Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Album; 2013)

Gentlemen Jim (Film; 1942)

Geri’s Game (Pixar Cartoon; 1998)

Giantland (Disney Cartoon; 1933)

The Good Dinosaur (Animated Film; 2015)

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (TV Special; 2022)

Jack and the Beanstalk (ComiColor Cartoon; 1933)

Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne (Novel; 1864)

Knock Knock (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1940) [1st Woody cartoon]

The Last Waltz (Concert Film; 1976)

Lego Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror (WB Animated Film; 2015)

Let It Go, by Idina Menzel (Song; 2013)

Merlin Brando (Super Chicken Cartoon; 1967) [#1]2

New Wave Hookers (Adult Film; 1985)

Pink Quackers (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)

Pink and Shovel (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (Film; 1987)

The Princess and the Frog (Animated Disney Film; 2009)

Rescue Is My Business (George of the Jungle Cartoon; 1967) [#12]

The Saint Steps In, by Leslie Charteris (Novel; 1943) [Saint #25]

Sevens, by Garth Brooks (Album; 1997)

Simon Says, No Thanksgiving, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S2, Eps. 37 & 38; 1965)

Slide, Donald, Slide (Disney Cartoon; 1949)

Snow Use (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

Spotlight (Film; 2015)

Three Men and a Baby (Film; 1987)

Tintin in Tibet, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1960) [Tintin #20]

Walter Woolfe, or the Doom of the Drinker, by Thomas Dunn English (Novel; 1842)

You Always Hurt the One You Love, by The Mills Brothers (Song; 1944)

Today’s Name Days

Katharina, Kathrin, Katja (Austria)

Kliment, Klimentina (Bulgaria)

Erazmo, Katarina (Croatia)

Kateřina (Czech Republic)

Catharina (Denmark)

Kaarin, Kadi, Kadri, Kadrin, Karin, Katariina, Kati, Katre, Katri, Katrin, Triin, Triina, Triinu (Estonia)

Kaarina, Kaija, Kaisa, Kaisu, Katariina, Kati, Katja, Katri, Katriina, Riina (Finland)

Catherine (France)

Katharina, Kathrin, Katja, Jasmin (Germany)

Aikaterine, Aikaterini, Katerina, Merkourios (Greece)

Katalin (Hungary)

Caterina (Italy)

Kate, Katrīna, Trīne (Latvia)

Germilė, Kotryna, Santautas (Lithuania)

Kari, Katarina, Katrine (Norway)

Erazm, Jozafat, Katarzyna, Tęgomir (Poland)

Ecaterina (Romania)

Katarína (Slovakia)

Catalina (Spain)

Katarina, Katja (Sweden)

Caitlin, Caitlyn, Carina, Caryn, Catherine, Cathleen, Cathy Kaitlin, Kaitlynn, Kara, Karen, Kari, Karina, Kate, Katelyn, Katelynn, Katharine, Katherine, Kathleen, Kathryn, Kathy, Katie, Katrina, Treena, Trina, Trinity (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 330 of 2024; 36 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of Week 48 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 2 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 25 (Guide-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 24 Heshvan 5785

Islamic: 23 Jumada I 1446

J Cal: 30 Wood; Lastday [30 of 30]

Julian: 12 November 2024

Moon: 26%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 22 Frederic (12th Month) [Lambert / Sidney]

Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 64 of 90)

Week: 4th Full Week of November

Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 4 of 30)

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Holidays 11.25

Holidays

Blasé Day

Carers Rights Day (UK)

Catterntide

CNSO Day (India)

Common Butterbur

Day Against Domestic Violence (EU)

Don’t Utter a Word Day

Evacuation Day (NYC)

Family Day (Palau)

Global Family Business Day

Hari Guru (a.k.a. Teacher's Day; Indonesia)

Homeland Security Day

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (UN)

International Hat Day

Kadripäev (Estonia)

Meh Day

Military Peacekeepers Day (Russia)

Monkey Buffet Festival (Thailand)

Mousetrap Day

National Day (Myanmar)

National Don't Utter a Word Day

National Lap Dance Day

National Natural Fibers Day

National Play with Dad

National Rugby Day

National Teachers’ Day (Indonesia)

National Twin Day (Japan)

Pig Day (French Republic)

Primary Education Day (Thailand)

Public Health Thank You Day

Roses Revolution Day

SAK Meatless Day

Shopping Reminder Day [1 Month 'till Xmas]

Type 1 Diabetes Day (New Jersey)

Vajiravudh Memorial Day (Thailand)

White Ribbon Day (Australia, UK)

Women's Merrymaking Day

World Safari Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Egg Fried Rice Day (China)

National “Eat with a Friend” Day

National Parfait Day

Independence & Related Days

Duaktoserija (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Moquegua City Foundation Day (Peru)

Ongal (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Statehood Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Suriname (a.k.a. Srefidensi; from the Netherlands, 1975)

4th & Last Monday in November

Anchor Christmas Ale Day [Monday before Thanksgiving]

Day of National Sovereignty (Argentina) [4th Monday]

Learn When to Start Thawing the Turkey Day [Monday before Thanksgiving]

Meatless Monday [Last Monday of Each Month]

Meditation Monday [Every Monday]

Mellow Monday [4th Monday of Each Month]

Moody Monday [Last Monday of Each Month]

Memorial Day (Antarctica) [Last Monday]

Monday Musings [Every Monday]

Motivation Monday [Every Monday]

Mushroom Monday [4th Monday of Each Month]

National Brand Day [4th Monday]

National Day of the Bible [Monday before Thanksgiving]

National Military Families Recognition Day [Monday before Thanksgiving]

Zibelemarit (Onion Market Day; Berne, Switzerland) [4th Monday]

Weekly Holidays beginning November 25 (4th Full Week of November)

Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (thru 12.10)

Festivals Beginning November 25, 2024

Bremen Christmas Fair (Bremen, Germany) [thru 12.23]

Christmas Market in Gendarmenmarkt (Berlin, Germany) [thru 12.31]

Frankfurt Christmas Market (Frankfurt, Germany) [thru 12.22]

Hamburg Christmas Market (Hamburg, Germany) [thru 12.23]

Munich Christmas Market (Munich, Germany) [thru 12.24]

Zibelemärit [Bern Onion Market] (Bern, Switzerland)

Feast Days

Albert Henry Krehbiel (Artology)

Bitterness Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Candle Flame Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Catherine Labouré (Christian; Saint)

Catherine of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Cat-Nipping Convention (Shamanism)

Elizabeth of Reute (Christian; Saint)

Erasmus (a.k.a. Elme; Christian; Saint)

Gazpacho Soup Day (Pastafarian)

Isaac Watts (Lutheran Church and Church of England)

James Otis Sargent Huntington (Episcopal Church)

Lucy the Australopithecine Discovery Day (Pastafarian)

Mangé Yam (Yam Festival; Haiti)

Maurice Denis (Artology)

Media Autumnus IV (Pagan)

Patrick Nagel (Artology)

P. D. Eastman (Artology)

Persephone (a.k.a. Kore; celebration for the Goddess of Vegetation; Ancient Greece)

Poul Anderson (Writerism)

Richelieu (Positivist; Saint)

Roelof Frankot (Artology)

Three Hooded Ones Book of Days)

Tom Turkey (Muppetism)

William McIlvanney (Writerism)

Windmill Blessing Day (Everyday Wicca)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Premieres

Aladdin (Animated Disney Film; 1992)

Anticipation, by Carly Simon (Song; 1971)

The Artist (Film; 2011)

The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1972)

The Beatles: Get Back (Documentary Series; 2021)

The Bodyguard (Film; 1992)

Brooklyn (Film; 2015)

A Bug’s Life (Animated Pixar Film; 1998)

Caveman Inki (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)

Cellbound, featuring Butch (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1955)

Creed (Film; 2015)

The Croods: A New Age (Animated Film; 2020)

Cue Ball Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1950)

Ferdinand the Bull (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies (Novel; 1970)

Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Album; 2013)

Gentlemen Jim (Film; 1942)

Geri’s Game (Pixar Cartoon; 1998)

Giantland (Disney Cartoon; 1933)

The Good Dinosaur (Animated Film; 2015)

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (TV Special; 2022)

Jack and the Beanstalk (ComiColor Cartoon; 1933)

Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne (Novel; 1864)

Knock Knock (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1940) [1st Woody cartoon]

The Last Waltz (Concert Film; 1976)

Lego Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror (WB Animated Film; 2015)

Let It Go, by Idina Menzel (Song; 2013)

Merlin Brando (Super Chicken Cartoon; 1967) [#1]2

New Wave Hookers (Adult Film; 1985)

Pink Quackers (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)

Pink and Shovel (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (Film; 1987)

The Princess and the Frog (Animated Disney Film; 2009)

Rescue Is My Business (George of the Jungle Cartoon; 1967) [#12]

The Saint Steps In, by Leslie Charteris (Novel; 1943) [Saint #25]

Sevens, by Garth Brooks (Album; 1997)

Simon Says, No Thanksgiving, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S2, Eps. 37 & 38; 1965)

Slide, Donald, Slide (Disney Cartoon; 1949)

Snow Use (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

Spotlight (Film; 2015)

Three Men and a Baby (Film; 1987)

Tintin in Tibet, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1960) [Tintin #20]

Walter Woolfe, or the Doom of the Drinker, by Thomas Dunn English (Novel; 1842)

You Always Hurt the One You Love, by The Mills Brothers (Song; 1944)

Today’s Name Days

Katharina, Kathrin, Katja (Austria)

Kliment, Klimentina (Bulgaria)

Erazmo, Katarina (Croatia)

Kateřina (Czech Republic)

Catharina (Denmark)

Kaarin, Kadi, Kadri, Kadrin, Karin, Katariina, Kati, Katre, Katri, Katrin, Triin, Triina, Triinu (Estonia)

Kaarina, Kaija, Kaisa, Kaisu, Katariina, Kati, Katja, Katri, Katriina, Riina (Finland)

Catherine (France)

Katharina, Kathrin, Katja, Jasmin (Germany)

Aikaterine, Aikaterini, Katerina, Merkourios (Greece)

Katalin (Hungary)

Caterina (Italy)

Kate, Katrīna, Trīne (Latvia)

Germilė, Kotryna, Santautas (Lithuania)

Kari, Katarina, Katrine (Norway)

Erazm, Jozafat, Katarzyna, Tęgomir (Poland)

Ecaterina (Romania)

Katarína (Slovakia)

Catalina (Spain)

Katarina, Katja (Sweden)

Caitlin, Caitlyn, Carina, Caryn, Catherine, Cathleen, Cathy Kaitlin, Kaitlynn, Kara, Karen, Kari, Karina, Kate, Katelyn, Katelynn, Katharine, Katherine, Kathleen, Kathryn, Kathy, Katie, Katrina, Treena, Trina, Trinity (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 330 of 2024; 36 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of Week 48 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 2 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 25 (Guide-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 24 Heshvan 5785

Islamic: 23 Jumada I 1446

J Cal: 30 Wood; Lastday [30 of 30]

Julian: 12 November 2024

Moon: 26%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 22 Frederic (12th Month) [Lambert / Sidney]

Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 64 of 90)

Week: 4th Full Week of November

Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 4 of 30)

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Étranges loyautés de William McIlvanney 

https://cafenoiretpolarsgourmands.home.blog/2023/08/10/etranges-loyautes/#like-3253

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William McIlvanney Said

William McIlvanney Said

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The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin 

US: https://amzn.to/3ESoQdH

UK: https://amzn.to/3CR5R1B

https://bookshop.org/a/17891/9781609457198

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Quotable – William McIlvanney

Read more about the author here

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A farsi troppe domande sull'anagrafe del morto e dell'omicida rischi di dimenticare che ci sono in ballo una vittima e un assassino.

William McIlvanney

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The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin

Today I am delighted to join the blog tour for the paperback release of The Dark Remains by Ian Rankin and William McIlvanney @Beathhigh @RandomTTours @Tr4cyF3nt0n @canongatebooks #books #booktwt #booktwitter #blogtour

I first read and reviewed this book last year when the hardback was released. I absolutely loved it, so much so I went out and bought the first three Laidlaw books by William McIlvanney. There is no wonder in my mind why this is an award winning book having recently scooped the Crime and Thriller Fiction gong at the Booksellers 2022 awards aka The Nibbies. It was also a no-brainer #bookvent pick…

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Happy Birthday world renowned photographer Harry Benson, born in Glasgow December 2nd 1929, making 93 today!

And yet another with nothing online about his early life,  Harry left school aged thirteen and began working for a local paper, the Hamilton Advertiser. In 1958 he graduated to the cut-throat centre of the tabloid press on London’s Fleet Street, working for the Daily Sketch and then the Daily Express. 

On an assignment for the Daily Express, Benson travelled with the Beatles to America in 1964. Continuing to live and work in the US ever since, Benson’s photographs have graced the pages of the most influential magazines and newspapers of the twentieth century. 

This guy has been around during some of the worlds most famous events, he was feet away when Bobby Kennedy was assassinated; in the room when Nixon resigned; with Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Meredith march; and with Coretta Scott King at her husband’s funeral. Benson chronicled the building of the Berlin wall and its fall, and covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Celebrities Benson has photographed include Bobby Fischer, Elizabeth Taylor, Muhammad Ali  and Michael Jackson, hi pics have graced the pages of the top magazines including Life, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and was the subject of a BBC Scotland documentary, called Photography: Harry Benson which was written by William McIlvanney.

Benson has taken over one-hundred cover shots for People Magazine, and his photography has been featured in Architectural Digest and Newsweek. He has had more than forty solo gallery exhibitions and has had fifteen books of his photography published.

Harry Benson’s photography is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. Both museums exhibited the 2006-2007 exhibition, Harry Benson: Being There, and the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow held a major retrospective of the photographer in 2008.

Benson was honoured with a Doctor of Letters from the Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow University in 2007 and has too many awards to his name than I have room to post here! He lives in Wellington, Florida with his wife, Gigi, who works with him on his book and exhibition projects.

Pics are of the man himself ,then three in Glasgow, the fountain one is from the 50's the 70's and third Diane 1992. Dolly Parton next, then the Beatles twice, the second with Ali, James Brown trying to do the splits is the final photo.

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Lecturas de mayo. Tercera semana

Lecturas de mayo. Tercera semana

Los papeles de Tony Veitch / William McIlvanney. Editorial Salamandra, 2021 Los papeles de Tony Veitch, segunda entrega de la renombrada trilogía de Glasgow que William McIlvanney empezó a finales de los años setenta, es un reencuentro con el inspector Jack Laidlaw, un lobo solitario atormentado que, tras su aparente dureza, esconde una gran humanidad y una aguda inteligencia. Eck Adamson, un…

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"Los papeles de Tony Veitch", de William McIlvanney

“Los papeles de Tony Veitch”, de William McIlvanney

♦♦Ganadora del Dagger Award♦♦ «Un vibrante recorrido por las calles y el alma de Glasgow que pone al descubierto una sociedad escocesa marcada por la violencia y la corrupción» La primera novela de William McIlvanney, Remedy is None , ganó el Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize y con Docherty ganó el Whitbread Award for Fiction. Laidlaw y The Papers of Tony Veitch , los dos primeros libros de la…

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I knew there was in me a recurrent tendency to think back to the excitement of new beginnings and regret the ends they've come to. The bitterness that can give rise to is bearing false witness to life. I thought that the essence of life lies not in the defeat of our expectations but in the joy that they were ever there at all.

-- William McIlvanney, Strange Loyalties