Global Scots

About the Book: 

It would be hard to imagine a collection of people more diverse than those interviewed here, from a 24 year-old international women's footballer, to a world-renowned photographer famous for images of world leaders and iconic celebrities like the Beatles, to a retired Reverend. But a simple and powerful connection links them all: they are all Scots abroad. This look at the fascinating lives of a fraction of Scotland's expat community, explores how they feel their home country helped shape them, the motivations they had for moving away and the perspectives (both good and bad) that distance has lent them of the land they left behind.

About the Author:

KENNY MACASKILL has been a Lothians MSP since 1999. As the SNP Shadow Justice Minister he is a member of the Shadow Cabinet and a long-standing member of the SNP’s NEC. He was educated at Linlithgow Academy and Edinburgh University and was a senior partner in a Law firm. He is married with two sons.

RT HON HENRY MCLEISH began his political career as an elected member in local government in 1974, and was leader of Fife Regional Council for five years. In 1987 he was elected as a member of the UK Parliament and acted as Minister for Devolution and Home Affairs in the Labour government from 1997 to 1999. In the first Scottish Parliament he was Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning from 1999, and in 2000 he became First Minister of Scotland until 2001. Resigning from politics in 2003, he is now an adviser and consultant and lectures in the USA and elsewhere on a variety of topics.