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Articles by Billy Kay
Born in Kyle
One of the most important figures in the Scots revival of the late 20th and early 21st centuries is Billy Kay. Through radio, television, plays, creative writing and especially his hugely influential book Scots The Mither Tongue, Kay’s work helped change people’s negative perception of Scots and paved the way for its acceptance as a key element in Scottish cultural identity.
Scots Language Publication Grant Awardees 2023
Looking for more in Writing and Authors or The Scots Language Publication Grant? The Scots Language Publication Grant supports Scots publishers and encourages Scots writers. We are delighted to announce the new titles to be supported by the Scots Language Publication Grant.
Scots: The Mither Tongue
Scots: The Mither Tongue is a classic of contemporary Scottish culture and essential listening for those who care about their country's identity in the 21st century. It is a passionately written history of how the Scots have come to speak the way they do and has acted as a catalyst for radical changes in attitude towards the language.
Billy Kay BOOKMARK 2021
Main information Date: Saturday 9 October 2021 Time: 10.30am Location: Blairgowrie Community Campus PH10 6UZ Price: £8.50 Author: Billy Kay With: Lesley Riddoch A Welcome from Provost Dennis Melloy, official opening of BOOKMARK 2021 Billy - the well-known broadcaster and historian, writer of the TV series Scots: The Mither Tongue, presents his book on the influence of Scots abroad.
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Synopsis Scots: The Mither Tongue is a classic of contemporary Scottish culture and essential reading for those who care about their country's identity in the twenty-first century. It is a passionately written history of how the Scots have come to speak the way they do and has acted as a catalyst for radical changes in attitude towards the language.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: The Dundee Edition
TY - BOOK T1 - Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein T2 - The Dundee Edition AU - Shelley, Mary A2 - Cook, Daniel A2 - Morris, James A2 - Kay, Billy A2 - Murray, Christopher A2 - Vaughan, Phillip PY - 2018 Y1 - 2018 N2 - On New Year’s Day, 1818, Mary Shelley unleashed on the world one of the most iconic works of fiction ever written: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Her story begins further back than that.
it's time to get above ourselves
A significant new initiative is launched this week to support and develop the Scots language. On the 28th of March a new body will be launched to improve the attitude to, visibility and promotion of the Scots leid. The North-East Scots Language Board will have its official launch at the University of Aberdeen, the spiritual and administrative heart of the body.
Scotland's 5th Estate
I’m a folksinger fae Huntly, in the North-East. Folk is mair popular an mair mainstream than its been in mony years. It’s a scene that still has auld roots in the earth, but is flourishin anew wi the cultivation o a new generation. Houever it is needin pruned o its auld-farrant limitations o perceived respect tae tradition an gender stereotypes. The gender divide sterts young. As a young lassie, ye’re pushed in the direction o sang richt fae bairnhuid.
independence - self-determination - autonomy
There no mony faimlies in Scotland wi sic a pruid history as the Grahams. The faimly can trace theirsels richt back tae the Wallace in the 1200s. They’ve popped up ilka century or so daein either something kenspeckle an historic, or just cutting aboot alangside the great an the guid o the dey. Ane o the Graham faimly palled aboot wi big Rabbie Burns, fir example, wi Burns screivin ‘First Epistle to Robert Graham of Fintry Esq’ fir him.
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