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

by Connolly, Billy.

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BBC Books, 2018.

792.76028 C752m

Connolly, Billy.

Comedians -- Scotland -- Biography.

Actors and actresses -- Scotland -- Biography.

Scotland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.

9781785943737 (trade pbk)

9781785943706 (hc)

282 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

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 Glasw'egian 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.'

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