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“Class-conscious we are, and class-conscious wull be
Till our fit’s on the neck o’ the Boorjoyzee”
—Dougal, chief of the Gorbals Die-Hards, in John Buchan’s 1922 novel HUNTINGTOWER

Buchan’s father was minister at the John Knox Free Church in the Gorbals, Glasgow

4/9

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17491019.gorbals-39-steps---can-learn-love-john-buchan/?ref=li

#Scottish #literature #JohnBuchan #20thcentury #Glasgow #Gorbals

“Class-conscious we are, and class-conscious wull be
Till our fit’s on the neck o’ the Boorjoyzee”
—Dougal, chief of the Gorbals Die-Hards, in John Buchan’s 1922 novel HUNTINGTOWER

Buchan’s father was minister at the John Knox Free Church in the Gorbals, Glasgow

4/9

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17491019.gorbals-39-steps---can-learn-love-john-buchan/?ref=li

#Scottish #literature #JohnBuchan #20thcentury #Glasgow #Gorbals

“Class-conscious we are, and class-conscious wull be
Till our fit’s on the neck o’ the Boorjoyzee”
—Dougal, chief of the Gorbals Die-Hards, in John Buchan’s 1922 novel HUNTINGTOWER

Buchan’s father was minister at the John Knox Free Church in the Gorbals, Glasgow

4/9

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17491019.gorbals-39-steps---can-learn-love-john-buchan/?ref=li

#Scottish #literature #JohnBuchan #20thcentury #Glasgow #Gorbals

“Class-conscious we are, and class-conscious wull be
Till our fit’s on the neck o’ the Boorjoyzee”
—Dougal, chief of the Gorbals Die-Hards, in John Buchan’s 1922 novel HUNTINGTOWER

Buchan’s father was minister at the John Knox Free Church in the Gorbals, Glasgow

4/9

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17491019.gorbals-39-steps---can-learn-love-john-buchan/?ref=li

#Scottish #literature #JohnBuchan #20thcentury #Glasgow #Gorbals

“Class-conscious we are, and class-conscious wull be
Till our fit’s on the neck o’ the Boorjoyzee”
—Dougal, chief of the Gorbals Die-Hards, in John Buchan’s 1922 novel HUNTINGTOWER

Buchan’s father was minister at the John Knox Free Church in the Gorbals, Glasgow

4/9

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17491019.gorbals-39-steps---can-learn-love-john-buchan/?ref=li

#Scottish #literature #JohnBuchan #20thcentury #Glasgow #Gorbals

Maud Sulter was born in Glasgow, of Scots & Ghanaian descent: her poem “Circa 1930” argues that these two cultures “are not as disparate as they might / at first seem. Clan-based societies / With long memories and global diasporas.”

3/9

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/maud-sulter/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poet #poetry #photography #MaudSulter #BPOC #Blackwriters #womenwriters #Scotland #Ghana #Glasgow #Gorbals

Maud Sulter was born in Glasgow, of Scots & Ghanaian descent: her poem “Circa 1930” argues that these two cultures “are not as disparate as they might / at first seem. Clan-based societies / With long memories and global diasporas.”

3/9

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/maud-sulter/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poet #poetry #photography #MaudSulter #BPOC #Blackwriters #womenwriters #Scotland #Ghana #Glasgow #Gorbals

Maud Sulter was born in Glasgow, of Scots & Ghanaian descent: her poem “Circa 1930” argues that these two cultures “are not as disparate as they might / at first seem. Clan-based societies / With long memories and global diasporas.”

3/9

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/maud-sulter/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poet #poetry #photography #MaudSulter #BPOC #Blackwriters #womenwriters #Scotland #Ghana #Glasgow #Gorbals

Maud Sulter was born in Glasgow, of Scots & Ghanaian descent: her poem “Circa 1930” argues that these two cultures “are not as disparate as they might / at first seem. Clan-based societies / With long memories and global diasporas.”

3/9

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/maud-sulter/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poet #poetry #photography #MaudSulter #BPOC #Blackwriters #womenwriters #Scotland #Ghana #Glasgow #Gorbals

Maud Sulter was born in Glasgow, of Scots & Ghanaian descent: her poem “Circa 1930” argues that these two cultures “are not as disparate as they might / at first seem. Clan-based societies / With long memories and global diasporas.”

3/9

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/maud-sulter/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poet #poetry #photography #MaudSulter #BPOC #Blackwriters #womenwriters #Scotland #Ghana #Glasgow #Gorbals

“Class-conscious we are, and class-conscious wull be
Till our fit’s on the neck o’ the Boorjoyzee.”

—Dougal, chief of the Gorbals Die-Hards, in John Buchan’s HUNTINGTOWER. Buchan’s father was a minister at the John Knox Free Church in the Gorbals

3/8

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17491019.gorbals-39-steps---can-learn-love-john-buchan/?ref=li

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #JohnBuchan #Glasgow #Gorbals

“Class-conscious we are, and class-conscious wull be
Till our fit’s on the neck o’ the Boorjoyzee.”

—Dougal, chief of the Gorbals Die-Hards, in John Buchan’s HUNTINGTOWER. Buchan’s father was a minister at the John Knox Free Church in the Gorbals

3/8

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17491019.gorbals-39-steps---can-learn-love-john-buchan/?ref=li

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #JohnBuchan #Glasgow #Gorbals

“Class-conscious we are, and class-conscious wull be
Till our fit’s on the neck o’ the Boorjoyzee.”

—Dougal, chief of the Gorbals Die-Hards, in John Buchan’s HUNTINGTOWER. Buchan’s father was a minister at the John Knox Free Church in the Gorbals

3/8

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17491019.gorbals-39-steps---can-learn-love-john-buchan/?ref=li

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #JohnBuchan #Glasgow #Gorbals

“Class-conscious we are, and class-conscious wull be
Till our fit’s on the neck o’ the Boorjoyzee.”

—Dougal, chief of the Gorbals Die-Hards, in John Buchan’s HUNTINGTOWER. Buchan’s father was a minister at the John Knox Free Church in the Gorbals

3/8

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17491019.gorbals-39-steps---can-learn-love-john-buchan/?ref=li

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #JohnBuchan #Glasgow #Gorbals

“Class-conscious we are, and class-conscious wull be
Till our fit’s on the neck o’ the Boorjoyzee.”

—Dougal, chief of the Gorbals Die-Hards, in John Buchan’s HUNTINGTOWER. Buchan’s father was a minister at the John Knox Free Church in the Gorbals

3/8

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17491019.gorbals-39-steps---can-learn-love-john-buchan/?ref=li

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #JohnBuchan #Glasgow #Gorbals