Being Scottish in Italy
Being Scottish in Italy

Author: Fraser Lauchlan

Publisher:

Published: 2018-12-18

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781790443413

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Everybody loves Italy. Well, ok, maybe not everyone. But a lot of people do. Including me. After 12 years of living in Scotland, my Italian wife abruptly announced to me on a cold, grey November morning that she wanted to move back home. Home being the beautiful Italian island of Sardinia, slap bang in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. After having lived almost all of my life in Scotland, I suddenly found myself facing the reality of moving to a different country, a different climate and a different language to all that I had known. A lot of it was good. A lot of it wasn't so good. But most of the time, I tried to see the funny side. This is the story of someone coping with Being Scottish in Italy.

Experiencing war as the 'enemy other'
Experiencing war as the 'enemy other'

Author: Wendy Ugolini

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2017-10-03

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1526126311

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Italy’s declaration of war on Britain in June 1940 had devastating consequences for Italian immigrant families living in Scotland signalling their traumatic construction as the ‘enemy other’. Through an analysis of personal testimonies and previously unpublished archival material, this book takes a case study of a long-established immigrant group and explores how notions of belonging and citizenship are undermined at a time of war. Overall, this book considers how wartime events affected the construction or Italian identity in Britain. It makes a groundbreaking and original contribution to the social and cultural history of Britain during World War Two as well as the wider literature on war, memory and ethnicity. It will appeal to scholars and students of British and Scottish cultural and social history and the history of World War II.

Sicily and Scotland
Sicily and Scotland

Author: Graham Tulloch

Publisher: Troubador Publishing

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781783062386

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What can two countries at the edge of Europe with very different histories, people and climates have in common? When brought together as they are in this book, probably for the first time, Sicily and Scotland prove to have some surprising similarities as well as more predictable differences. Both once independent nations, they are now part of larger nation states, but each still retains a deep sense of independent cultural and political identity rooted in its separate history and language which is explored in literature and film. Both favoured destinations of tourists, they have proved immensely attractive to travel writers, here represented by studies of Scottish travellers writing about Sicily. Finally they have both been great emigrant nations, sending their people across the globe to settle in faraway places, although their experiences in their new nations were very different. This book focuses on these three major strands of comparison and contrast: literature and film, travel writing and emigration. It explores the work of some of each nation's most famous writers (Sciascia, Lampedusa, Scott and Stevenson) and some well known and acclaimed films by directors of the stature of Visconti, Tornatore, Forsyth and Loach. It considers the string of Scots who, before it was discovered by tourists, made the long and unfamiliar journey to Sicily culminating in Patrick Brydone's Tour Through Sicily and Malta which proved to be immensely popular and went through many editions after its first appearance in 1773. Finally it provides a comparison of the experience of Sicilian and Scottish emigrants through a general survey of Scottish migration, the particular case study of Sicilians in Australia, and one man's personal account of the lives of his Sicilian and Scottish ancestors in America. The writers of this book present a fascinating comparison of these two places which have been much studied but almost never brought together before.

Being Scottish
Being Scottish

Author: Tom M. Devine

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2019-07-29

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 0748674470

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100 short essays offer an opportunity to penetrate behind the statistical surveys and explore the rich complexity of changing identity from a varied range of opinion.

The Ultimate Guide to Being Scottish
The Ultimate Guide to Being Scottish

Author: Clark McGinn

Publisher: Luath Press Ltd

Published: 2013-07-22

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1909912344

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What makes the Ultimate Scot? Is it the ability to identify a tartan pattern from 50 yards? Maybe it's being able to recite the two forgotten verses of Auld Lang Syne? Or perhaps it's knowing your single malt from a double malt? The Ultimate Guide to Being Scottish examines in hilarious detail the history, politics and traditions that make Scots great. Exploring the best of scottish culture, this book focuses on the celebrations that Scots have made their own, from Hogmanay to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Mixing fact and practical hints (like the ideal recipe for boiled sheep's head) with witty banter, The Ultimate Guide to Being Scottish is perfect for injecting Scotland's unique and beloved brand of merriment into life.

The Careful Use of Compliments
The Careful Use of Compliments

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Publisher: Vintage Canada

Published: 2009-02-24

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0307371719

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Full-time philosopher and occasional sleuth Isabel Dalhousie, now the mother of a baby boy, is getting used to the new rhythms of her life, caring for little Charlie with the sometimes unsettling aid of her forthright housekeeper, Grace, having dinners with Charlie’s father, Jamie, and tending as usual to submissions to the Review of Applied Ethics. But Isabel is deeply unsettled when she receives a letter telling her that she is soon to be replaced as editor of the Review by Christopher Dove, an ambitious academic at a London university, and she considers a variety of ways of dealing with this unwelcome news. And her niece, Cat, who a couple of years before had rejected Jamie and broken his heart, is now furious at Isabel for having stolen him away. Isabel’s insatiable curiosity—or what Jamie sees as her tendency toward meddling—is peaked when she learns some odd details regarding two paintings by a Scottish artist that have come onto the auction market, and she begins to think that the paintings might be forgeries. Her investigation takes her to the beautiful Isle of Jura, where she finds some recent traces of the painter and learns of his apparent suicide in the fabled whirlpool called the Corryvreckan. A visit to the painter’s widow brings a surprising realization, one that contributes to her musings throughout the story on mothers, fathers, and sons.

The Sound of the Hours
The Sound of the Hours

Author: Karen Campbell

Publisher:

Published: 2020-07-09

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 1408857359

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'Moving, complex, romantic, and beautifully written, Karen Campbell's saga is a triumph' Allan Massie, Scotsman Divided by loyalties, brought together by war September, 1943. Tuscany, Italy. In the hilltop town of Barga, everyone holds their breath. Even the bells fall silent. Everything Vittoria Guidi knows and loves is at risk. German troops occupy the mountains around her home, as America's Buffalo Soldiers prepare to invade. As Vittoria's country is torn in two, so is her conscience. Should she side with her Scots-Italian father or her Fascist mother? Should she do what she is told o or what she believes in? Frank Chapel, a young, black American soldier fighting with the Buffalo soldiers for a country that refuses him the vote, is unlike anyone Vittoria has ever met. In the chaos, they find each other o but can their growing love overcome prejudice and war?

Still Being Scottish in Italy
Still Being Scottish in Italy

Author: Fraser Lauchlan

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2023-04-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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After the success of Being Scottish in Italy, Fraser Lauchlan continues his Sardinian adventures in this sequel, where he describes more stories, anecdotes and unique experiences of how he copes with being Scottish living on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia with his Italian wife and family. We learn about what a 'passo carrabile' is exactly, and why they don't exist in Scotland, how scandalous it is to want a bit of cheese on your fish-based pasta, and the essential differences between ice-cream and gelato. Praise for Being Scottish in Italy... "Insightful and hilarious"; "Many laugh out loud moments - I woke up two family members laughing loudly on two separate occasions"; "This is a fantastic book. Insightful, humorous and enjoyable insight into the challenges faced by a family moving abroad"; "Accurate, hilarious and sensitive account of the pros and cons of living in Italy"; "I read this exceptional book all in one breath: entertaining and instructive at the same time"; "Extremely amusing account of the author's experiences of moving with his Italian wife and children to Sardinia"; "This is a must read, I found myself laughing out loud so many times"; "A book to lift your spirits"; "This book is a little treat for yourself. It's a comforting book that warms you like a conversation with a good pal"; "Amusing and informative read - you'll laugh out loud"; "Anyone from anywhere will feel uplifted by this refreshingly witty account"; "A really good read. Very funny and shows the cultural differences between Scotland and Italy. The writer uses humour very well. Impressive first book", "Funny, poignant and right on target"; "This is a super book, engaging from start to end. Very funny"; "Hilarious, entertaining, interesting and enlightening. I could not put this down and I finished it in one day"

Orkney's Italian Chapel
Orkney's Italian Chapel

Author: Philip Paris

Publisher: Black & White Publishing

Published: 2010-05-27

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1845026144

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Orkney's Italian Chapel was built by Italian POWs held on the island during the Second World War. In the sixty-five years since it was built it has become an enduring symbol of peace and hope around the world. The story of who built the chapel and how it came into existence and survived against all the odds is both fascinating and inspiring. Author Philip Paris's extensive research into the creation of the Italian Chapel has uncovered many new facts, and this comprehensive new book is the definitive account of the chapel and those who built it. It is a book that has waited to be written for sixty-five years.

The Scottish Heart
The Scottish Heart

Author: Jim Ellis

Publisher: Next Chapter

Published: 2023-04-18

Total Pages: 864

ISBN-13:

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A collection of three novels by Jim Ellis, now available in one volume! One Summer: In mid-20th century Scotland, Nathan Forrest, a gifted jazz trumpeter and devout Catholic, falls in love with Dorothy, a Protestant girl from a middle-class family. Against the backdrop of Westburn's doomed shipyards, they must confront the prejudices and hate of their society in order to be together. But will their love be enough to overcome the religious and social conflicts that threaten to tear them apart? The Music Room: Set in 1950's Scotland, Tim Ronsard is a student at St. Mary's School, feeling unfulfilled and ready to leave. That is until music teacher Isobel Clieshman arrives, a Protestant in a Catholic school. Despite the age gap, Tim falls for her, but it isn't until five years later when they meet again that their romance blossoms. However, with societal prejudices and personal struggles to overcome, their journey towards happiness is a challenging one. Westburn Blues: Dante Rinaldi, the son of Italian immigrants in Scotland, becomes entrenched in his family's homeland during a stranded summer with his grandfather in World War II Italy. As a young adult, Dante fights with a band of mountain partisans against the fascists. His experiences, including a delayed young love and post-war struggles in Scotland, lead him to cross paths with neglected adolescent Chris McCoull, who finds his own romance and purpose while working for a Greek-owned shipping line. This carefully researched and historically detailed novel depicts the Scottish-Italian experience with a cast of colorful characters, from sympathetic to truly evil.