My family’s Portuguese team is Benfica so we’re watching them against Olympique de Marseille. Every time I see l’OM mentioned though, I think of their supporter in probably the funniest film I’ve ever seen - Le Dîner de Cons.

Thinking of my beautiful sister Janette whose birthday fell on April 18th. She passed away over a year ago and we all miss her terribly.

One of my mum's earliest memories was being taught The Red Flag by her uncles in Bowhill during the 1926. strike. Mining culture was one of the bedrocks of our identity, so look forward to speaking about that, language, fey happenings & more a week today. onfife.com/event/billy-ka…

One of my mum's earliest memories was being taught The Red Flag by her uncles in Bowhill during the 1926. strike. Mining culture was one of the bedrocks of our identity, so look forward to speaking about that, language, fey happenings & more a week today. onfife.com/event/billy-ka…

This. Badenoch is a liar.

I’ve been living in Scotland for 4 decades. Scotland has to be a normal, independent country. Needs to make its own decisions & control its resources like everybody else. Elect its own normal governments. England is not a devolved nation. Why is Scotland devolved? It’s absurd.

Join us over on Instagram Live on Monday with Scottish writer, broadcaster and language activist, Billy Kay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We'll be talking all about Scots, Billy's childhood, languages, and possibly wine...

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Beardless in Berlin! I am going to be talking online to the good folk at the Scottish Hub of the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz in a week or two, and that reminded of this photo of me and fellow students when I worked as a Gastarbeiter in Berlin in 1970.

Ane o the things I wis eident tae dae in the book wis tae record tradeitions that survived regairdin kenspeckle community events like waddins. Here’s ane the lassies gettin mairrit did wi their pals. Oors wis a weavin toun, an ye hae seimilar celebrations in Dundee & Paisley.

A great way for a society or library tae finance an author visit. I’ve had some great nights in a wheen gey different airts ower the years.

Scotland Hub’s ‘Reading Scotland’ is a virtual community bringing together Germans and Scots and all who have an interest in Scottish life and literature.

Join us online 30-Apr to welcome grand kemp o the Scots lied Billy Kay

5pm (Scotia time!) here
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Exactly so. They’re expats/migrants. Quite a few economic migrants, relocating for work. The expat versus migrant nonsense has to end. Both are valid. I have no axe to grind btw. I migrated here through marriage to an UK citizen. Only reason. Consider myself a migrant & an expat

A great way for a society or library tae finance an author visit. I’ve had some great nights in a wheen gey different airts ower the years.

Did you know that you can apply for our Live Literature funding to help support author events in communities across Scotland?

Find out more 👇

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Beardless in Berlin! I am going to be talking online to the good folk at the Scottish Hub of the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz in a week or two, and that reminded of this photo of me and fellow students when I worked as a Gastarbeiter in Berlin in 1970.

Precisely. That’s what we call them in Portugal. We have had long experience of them & recent. So we recognise them immediately.

In my book Born in Kyle, I describe the evening Bangu came to a packed Rugby Park in 1961 to play Killie. At a time when goalies here wore yellow woollen polo necks, the sight of a lithe Brazilian athlete wearing a cool padded goalies top was quite a revelation.

Exactly. Appalling how this devious , unprincipled woman defines them as “right of centre”. She has no shame. They are far right extremists as she knows well. Belgium is controlling its borders & throwing out hatemongers dangerous to society. All decent people applaud. As do I👏🏻

RYAN GAULD

Aye, Scottish poems again in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Next 26 April, 6.30 pm, Letras Lavadas bookshop, in Ponta Delgada, Azores. Where the Drummond family has some of their branches, and even the Tam O' Shanter bonnet has a grandson