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.
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Saint Stivs…just about to go out for a nice lunch and I read your last post. Had me crying. See you people that move fae Auchendores to Bishopton….Wee Biscuit’s got a lot to answer for.
Timbhoy2 –
You don’t need a season ticket to gain entry to the Kerrydale Suite. You just need a match ticket, or a season ticket if you have one. I imagine some of your mates must have lied to you to stop you going in with them.
:-)
SAINTSTIVS
Stuck for words,mate. A marvellous post which should be at the top of every page.
Were they your own?
(They coulda been. The sentiment is there)
offcourse its no mines.
LOL. your at it.
Saint Stivs
hoos wis it then?
:-)
the bicuit, the jaffa,
mcvitie’s looking for you.
am no biting.
but tell you what, he wouldnt have put up with a chief exec running the club.
MWD said AYE
>>>>
Maybe he is asset stripping, lending enough money to ensure secured loan claims over every asset, then he can take ownership and leaseback Ibrox, Murray park, the manky car park, Edminston House to ‘Rangers’ when they can’t afford to pay him back, whilst still owning all other assets, retail, and intellectual property.
I’d say this is far more likely than any ‘war chest ‘ scenario. All he has to do is sit tight whilst the boycott rumbles on, and ‘Rangers’ will need his loans.
Sounds pretty lucrative in the long term. So in summary, to Ashley, it is more profitable for the club to be losing money – just enough for them to become totally beholden to him. Then he will probably run the club on Newcastle lines, ie spend what you can afford.
Shieldmuir
what day?
new article posted.
Tom Mc
lol
BMCUW I imagine Jock Stein could claim copyright, excellent post Saint Stivs
Bochini/davidopoulus
Peter Greene, a genius, oh well, Albatross.
Those early concerts would have been somethin.
HH
‘Greenpinata
PS : I hate Rugby, how can it be right to gain advantage by blootering the ball out of the park ?’
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You don’t, silly!
You gain most by keeping the ball off the bad guys. Same as footie!
And best not to generalise about the fans. Plenty of officer types and lawyers from Edinburgh and Scotland’s ‘home counties’ but plenty of hard, common men have graced the stage.
I give you Jim Telfer. Son of a shepherd in the borders. Eventually a headmaster. And a man to make Alex ferguson seem like a beautician in John Lewis!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0pHqw4XZhPE
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wc3S6iGmUjI
Hopefully future tours will be the British, Irish and Scottish Lions!!!
HH jamesgang