"Then it is dark; a night where kings in golden suits ride elephants over the mountains." - John Cheever

Monday, February 14, 2005

Cosgrove Puts the Boot In

We Scots are still recovering from our industrial tsunami

4 comments:

John said...

Not a great analogy really - Scotland's not exactly a 3rd world country...

Col said...

No, wouldn't have used the tsunami reference, but I kind of agree with him about Scots defeatism and limited frame of cultural reference. There's a feeling that the only authentic Scottish voice is a working class one - the more middle class you are, the more 'English' you seem - which in a way limits the possibilities in Scottish books, films, TV etc.

Tom said...

Ill-advised tsunami reference aside, he has got a point.
Although, I also think he over-states his case: from Jean Brodie to Shallow Grave, there's always been more to post-war Scottish culture than working class despair.

John said...

middle class despair!