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South with Scott
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Letter
ALS. Grants permission to quote one of his poems. Suggests that Scott also contact Macmillan, Hodgson's publisher, for permission also.
God's Other Children
(**Updated in 2015 - chapter 'Circumcision of Religion', plus recent HIV statistics and new cover art**) Shortlisted for the coveted Polari First Book Prize, this atypical non-fiction emotional roller coaster by Vernal Scott, a gay activist Londoner and former head of HIV services, is earning high praise from enthusiastic readers. His writing is soulful, raw, and unashamedly human. Forcefully revealing gay people as holistic, multi-racial and sexual, he also recalls the horror caused by AIDS and undeserved shaming by 'ruinous religion'. But there is much much more. Following a wide-ranging prologue, this dramatic true story starts out in happy but poor 1930s Jamaica. Scott's 'Windrush'-gener...
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Anecdotes of Scott
"Hogg left a written record of three of his many journeys to the Highlands, those of 1802, 1803 and 1804, and in Highland Journeys he offers a thoughtful and deeply-felt response to the Highland Clearances. He gives vivid pictures of his experiences, including a narrow escape from a Navy press-gang, and a Sacrament day with one minister preaching in English and another in Gaelic. Hogg also explains aspects of Gaelic culture such as the waulking songs, and he describes the trade in kelp, lucrative to the landowners but back-breaking and ill-paid for the workers. Highland Journeys makes a refreshing contribution to our understanding of early nineteenth-century travel writing"--Publisher description.
The Gilbert Scott Book of British Food
Next to the hustle and bustle of London’s St Pancras station, The Gilbert Scott, Marcus Wareing’s latest venture, is one of the hottest restaurants in town. Situated in the recently restored architectural gem that is the Renaissance Hotel, critics and food lovers alike have flocked to this stunning new brasserie and bar. The aim of the menu is simple: to pay tribute to the historic charm of the building with rediscovered and re-imagined traditional British classics. Yorkshire fishcakes, Dorset jugged steak, cock-a-leekie pie, Mrs Beeton’s barbecue chicken, London Pride battered cod, gingerbread pudding, Kendal mint cake choc ices and the best lemon drizzle cake you’ll ever taste are just some of the 130 recipes in the book. With stunning photography throughout, The Gilbert Scott Book of British Food allows you to celebrate these recipes at home, be it for brunch, lunch, a weekend feast, an afternoon baking or a terrific cocktail to ease you into your meal. Above all, it is a glorious tribute to some of Britain's greatest traditional dishes.
