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I didn’t really know what to expect when I attended the launch of Peter Howson’s latest work on Brother Walfrid (more information here).  The headline item is a painting, which the artist attempts to capture the horrors of famine across the world, and the compassion which drove Walfrid to do something about the poor in his own community.  The painting contains figures which Howson accurately calls “grotesques”, a weighty work for a weighty subject.

The film accompanying the work manages to bring fresh insight into the potato blight which afflicted Europe in the mid-19th century, arriving in Ireland with devastating effect when Walfrid was a child.  The blight caused hardship in Scotland and elsewhere, but as we all know, became the Famine in Ireland.

Microbiology, Malthusian politics and liberal economics combined to leave over a million to die, while millions more emigrated, often only to survive a short existence thereafter.  Well done to Howson and his collaborators.  If you get a chance, check it out.

Best of luck to Henrik Larsson who moves up the managerial food chain by taking over at his former club, Helsingborgs.  If he can cut it at this level, I’d expect his next move to be to the UK.

Absolutely loved the Rangers Supporters’ Trust complaint to the London Stock Exchange about Mike Ashley, who I am sure will have acted without consulting his army of legal advisors when loaning Newco Rangers money to pay their wages this month.

The complaints are futile, neither Ashley nor Newco have broken any LSE rules, but they hammer home the divisions which are doing so much damage to the club.  The reality for Newco fans is unattractive, Ashley looks set to continue to pick off their commercial assets, while major shareholders will seek a high return on their speculative investment, but it’s reality nonetheless.

The future of this club is not going to look like Rangers.  Better to accept this and give Newco the support it needs, than turn it into the ‘next Rangers’, if you follow my drift.

Great news – Davie Hay will be on the blog on Thursday between 10:00 and 12:00.  We’ve done this before a few times now, so you know the drill.  Tune in and leave your questions on the blog which Davie will answer.

These events have been really enjoyable in the past, so put it in your diary.

We’re also having a party at the Supporters’ Club in Greenock on Friday 21 November with Davie and Billy McNeill to celebrate the launch of Caesar & The Assassin, their story of managing Celtic.  We have plenty planned for the night, so if you’d like to attend, get your ticket from the Greenock Supporters Club, or email me at celticquicknews@gmail.com with the work Greenock in the subject line.

ALL ticket money is going to the Inverclyde Foodbank, you can pay as little as £1 for your ticket, up to a maximum donation of £10.

You can get copies of Caesar & the Assassin, Billy McNeill and Davie Hay’s accounts of managing Celtic from Jock Stein’s departure until the appointment of Liam Brady, signed by both Billy and Davie here.

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  1. what the hell do we care on

    @glendalystonsils & philvisreturns

     

     

    I love Howson’s work – old and new – check out his Bosnian war drawings/paintings. The new print is amazing and if I had £600 spare I’d go for it.

     

     

    CQN Art Fight!!!!

     

     

    P.S. Will FOCUS be photographing the Irish fans? Hope they do: they won’t find a single bigot among the whole lot of them.

  2. JimmyQuinnsBits on

    Cannie sleep

     

     

    Don’t post often now, but been reading back and some interesting posts on poppies and famine. i know folk complain about non-football topics, and understand where they’re coming from, but I like this aspect of CQN; yer always learning.

     

     

    I think one of the problems, with both topics, is trying to analyse them from a nation-based perspective. Talk of how many Irish or Scots served in the British army, or the impact of the famine in Scotland and Ireland – in national terms – doesn’t really serve us in finding the root cause, and avoiding this in the future.

     

     

    I’ll caveat that by stating that I believe there was a racist element to the famine in Ireland, but by far the greatest cause was the commitment to laissez-faire economics.

     

     

    With few exceptions – the second world war being one – it was always about the money and the status, and what that motivation does to people.

  3. JimmyQuinnsBits on

    Whilst I’m ramblin, I noted MacJays post – a poster who I would happily have a session with – on the rape of Belgium.

     

     

    Unsurprisingly – I would guess – to you amigo, i respectfully disagree with your logic that this event, or the treaty with Belgium, necessitated British entry into the First World War, at least from a working mans perpective.

  4. JimmyQuinnsBits on

    Why, I sense you asking over the ether?

     

     

    Well I’ll tell ya

     

     

    Atrocities committed by an invading army seem to be almost compulsory, it’s like there’s a handbook for it, from all nations. It would be an interesting challenge for anybody to come up with an example where this didn’t happen. And – you knew this was coming – ole Britannia ws a bit of an expert in this field.

     

     

    In terms of the treaty, with a nation whose exploits in Africa were threatening to put them top of the table in the WeAreTheWankers legue; I think we need to consider what that meant for the ordinary working man

     

     

    Hint: square root of feck all

  5. Margaret McGill on

    Davie hay..now there’s a tim and a half for you!

     

     

    Not even corporations nor oppossition governments have screwed over their own heroes as much as Celtic have.

     

     

    hail hail

  7. JimmyQuinnsBits on

    Except of course, misery in a trench, and lying in a foreign field, or shot for cowardice.

     

     

    But, those that returned, came back to a paradise won through an imperial war, there were jobs and good wages for all, class division disappeared, and we were all in it together…. Aw hing oan

     

     

    Anyway, I could be on a stud farm now if my Granda hudnae fought in the war

  9. Margaret McGill on

    Aye Thats Samaras and lenny aff

     

    Aye Nae Rainbow withoot rain

     

    Bring oan the noo oot w/the auld

     

    Swim in sin and drown in sorrow

     

    That’ll teach the hibs tae lie doon

     

    Aye weel ye win some ye loose some

     

    Does a bairn well tae be denied

     

    Aye Hibs are huns

     

    A scalded kitten fears bilin watter

     

    Celtic 1-4 Legia Warsaw

     

    Celtic 0-1 Maribor

     

    Canny hae the GB interfering w/the money making

     

    I have dividends ken

     

    We’re dealing

     

    that whit ye get for askin

     

    thats what ye get for no askin

  10. JimmyQuinnsBits on

    Night shift aint what it used to be Mags

     

     

    Where is the Wrath of Can, and the guy that used to post James Joyce style… I miss um

  20. Margaret McGill on

    To really brighten up our malaise and emphasize our raison d’etre as celtic supporters maybe Paul67 can organize a charity golf bash to Dumfries stopping off at Brother

     

    Walfrids grave and have a charity pull for cash singing kumbaya around his grave while our current executive custodians grow obscenely fat on working class dosh. That would be fun.

     

    No?

  22. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    Moonhowlin’ sure ain’t the fun it used to be!

     

     

    Here’s a wee 213 minute interlude of Pink Floyd for anyone who’s interested.

     

     

    Full track listing is near the top of the comments.

     

     

    Me,I’m offski to brave the elements.

  23. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    Thanks for nothin`,Bobby.

     

    Mind you, nothin` is better than Pink Floyd.

     

     

    n.b. nothin` not naebdy.

  25. Jobo Mobo Baldie on

    Good morning friends from a slightly damp but improving with clearing skies – and windless – East Kilbride.

  26. Saint Stivs on

    Dawn breaking in a mild dry but cloudy Bishopton.

     

     

    Still morning.

     

     

    Can hear the planes taxi ing at airport.

     

     

    Strange that.

  27. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    JOBO

     

     

    Lucky you,mate. I’m just back in,and I’m drookit!

     

     

    Chucking it down all night,rain running doon the,och you don’t wanna know…

  30. proudbhoy on

    For any of the derry posse i see yogi hughes will be in peadars on saturday for book signing.

     

     

    Celtic legend in the best pub in derry

     

     

    be a good afternoon

  31. tomtheleedstim on

    Ashley’s lent the huns another £1m – stock exchange notice this morning. Looks like he’s got that place completely tied up now.

  32. Marrakesh Express on

    Trust the DR to run a main article on ‘would be saviour’ Souness. As much as I hate the paper, they really do have a way of winding up the peepil with fairy tales of what might have been.

     

    Anyway Souey’s spiel gets nicely torn apart on the Scotsman comments section.

     

    ‘He should be grateful to Charles Green, the Founding Father of Rangers International’ was one I liked.

     

    Graeme EBT Souness, the man who bailed out to join Liverpool in 91.

  33. FourGreenFields on

    jobo mobo baldie

     

     

    Fleetwood Mac tickets £61 – £140

     

    Pre -sale tickets available from 9am this morning if your registered at Hydro or SSE .

  34. jamesgang on

    Hail Hail from the gradually lightening skies of my train.

     

     

    Can’t be much rain left after last night!

     

     

    Story running on daily express website threatening 4 month vortex of icy blasts and snow drifts.

     

    No doubt in another section of the publication it will blame merkel and the EU. Before going on to say that all will be resolved for the best if Cameron shows some Steel against these pesky Frogs and readers buy a commemorative Diana doulton plate.

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  35. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    TOMTHELEEDSTIM

     

     

    He’s gonna need to sell a lot of jerseys in his shops to cover his cash.

     

     

    I know he’s renowned as a very astute businessman,so I’ll take comfort from knowing that he lost £300m on a losing punt on Bank of Scotland shares. Ironically…

  36. Saint Stivs on

    Sourness and all the rangers men could easily have saved the old clump any.

     

     

    What was it. £47 million in bets.

     

     

    But no. They did something quintessentially rangers.

     

     

    They waited on the next guy on a white horse.

     

     

    And didn’t want to spend any of their ill gotten gains.

     

     

    E B T

     

     

    Explayers bigots together

  38. Saint Stivs on

    Fgf.

     

     

    Fleetwood Mac tickets

     

     

    On I will take two off you but you need to give me 300 for the pair.

  40. FourGreenFields on

    bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers

     

     

    saint stivs

     

     

    Jobo mentioned it earlier in the week , just passing on some info .

  42. Saint Stivs on

    Mad scientist on BBC.

     

    Talking about landing a probe on an asteroid.

     

     

    His shirt is a cracker.

     

     

    Worth a look.

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