Tom Shields' Diary
Author | : Tom Shields |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Scotland |
ISBN | : 9781851584222 |
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Author | : Tom Shields |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Scotland |
ISBN | : 9781851584222 |
Author | : Tom Shields |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Glasgow Herald |
ISBN | : 9781851585045 |
This is the second collection of The Herald Diary's compendium of jokes, anecdotes and arcane observations of life as it is lived in the 1990s, which make up the author's search for the quintessential contradiction at the heart of the Scottish Roman Calvinist psyche.
Author | : Tom Shields |
Publisher | : Mainstream Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Scotland |
ISBN | : 9781851588800 |
Tom Shields- Free at Last, the third in the Tom Shields' Diary trilogy, has been eagerly awaited by the sort of people who have absolutely no idea what to buy Dad for Christmas. Tom Shields' Diary has become an institution in the Glasgow Herald. The man should have been put in an institution many years ago.
Author | : Tom Shields |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Scottish wit and humor |
ISBN | : 9781840182576 |
Tom Shields' column in The Herald allows him to delve into any and every aspect of Scottish society. This selection of stories, anecdotes and hilarious road signs brings together in one volume the best extracts from Tom Shields' Diary and Tom Shields Too.
Author | : Tom Shields |
Publisher | : Mainstream Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9781840186888 |
""Just when you thought it was safe to go into a bookshop, here is yet another book from that man at the Herald Diary. It is the usual scintillating mixture of anecdote, pith (no, there is no lithp involved) and fable. There will also be some funny photies. This is the fifth book in the Tom Shields trilogy. Yes, his counting is as awful as his writing. This time, however, Shields does not bare the blame alone. This tome is culled from the Diary columns that Shields and Ken Smith wrote together five days a week at The Herald. This was before Pepys the Elder left to embark on a glittering career as a freelance writer, leaving the column in the capable hands of the talented-ish, young-ish, handsome Mr Smith. Tom Shields' writing is featured in four other Mainstream books- Tom Shields' Diary, Tom Shields Too, Tom Shields Free at Last and Tom Shields Goes Forth.""
Author | : Tom Shields |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 1992-11-26 |
Genre | : Newspapers |
ISBN | : 9781851584918 |
This is a compendium of fun, insult and malapropism. For 12 years the Glasgow Herald has paid this man to delve into every aspect of Scottish society. It is a witty irreverent commentary on every aspect of Scottish life. It takes sport, religon and politics and mixes them all whenever possible. It chronicles the culture of Scotland in a down-to-earth manner; some may call it philistinism. It specialises in the curious use of language - Glasgow patter, braid Scots, and there even a few jokes in the Gaelic The targets are many: from bampots to Burnsians, advocates to accountants.
Author | : Ken Smith |
Publisher | : Black & White Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 2018-10-31 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1785302337 |
So, what did Scots have to smile about in 2018? The world can feel like an alarming and peculiar place – what with the antics of politicians, celebrities, sporting icons and more ordinary folk. Even so, there’s always something funny happening on the streets and in the homes of Scotland. It's lucky for us that readers of The Herald take the time to jot down those everyday chuckles that tickle their funny bone and send them into the paper’s daily Diary column. These tales might be about the gems that the younger generation come out with, the gaffes of those in power at home and abroad, the shenanigans of Scottish football or the ripostes of rocky relationships. Whatever the topic, if it makes you smile it ends up in The Diary. And now the very best of these have been gathered together so that the smiles may continue. From the political trials and tribulations of the year, sports and celebrity scandals and triumphs, and hilarious stories overheard on the street, The Herald Diary has it all, and is a perfect summary of the year.
Author | : Andrew M. Greeley |
Publisher | : Forge Books |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2009-05-26 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1429939842 |
The direction of Paul and Sean Cronin's lives was shaped the day their father, a self-made multimillionaire, decided that one of his boys would grow up to be a cardinal while the other would become president of the United States. For his elder son, Paul, the father had even chosen a wife—the beautiful Nora, who had come to the Cronin home as an orphan child years before. Obediently, and with a genuine vocation, the younger son, Sean, went into the priesthood. With a more cynical view, Paul went to Notre Dame to prepare for a life in politics until the Korean War intervened. Then came the news—Paul Cronin was missing in action. "If he dies," Sean's father told him, "you must leave the seminary and marry Nora." The words sang in Sean's head. Could he renounce his sacred calling—and marry the girl he had always loved? Long out of print, Thy Brother's Wife is a classic tale by one of America's most loved storytellers. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author | : Fiona M Douglas |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2009-03-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0748630430 |
The first decade of the new Scottish Parliament has seen the emergence of a new-found national confidence. 'Scottishness' is clearly alive and flourishing. This book offers new and detailed insights into Scottish language and its usage by the Scottish press. To what extent does the use of identifiably Scottish lexical features help them to maintain their distinctive Scottish identity and appeal to their readership? Which Scottish words and phrases do the papers use and where, is it a symbolic gesture, do they all behave in the same way, and has this changed since devolution?Combining analysis of broad trends with detailed discussion of individual Scottish words and phrases, its timely publication coincides with a period when interest in things Scottish is at an all time high.
Author | : Chris Brown |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2012-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0750967064 |
Traditionally Scotland has made a contribution to Britain’s wars well out of proportion to her population and her military achievements are recognised throughout the world. ‘Scotland at War’ provides an outline of Scotland’s war effort drawing on extensive photographic evidence from commercial, state and personal collections, looking beyond the experience of individual regiments to provide a wider picture of the experience of the Scottish soldier, sailor and airman in the struggles against Germany, Japan and Italy. This book will provide any teacher or student of military history an insight into what it was really like at the Front.