my dog tulip is an american independent animated feature film based on the 1956 memoir of the same name by j. r. ackerley , bbc editor , novelist and memoirist .

the film tells the story of ackerley 's fifteen-year relationship with his alsatian dog ( german shepherd ) queenie , who had been renamed tulip for the book .

the film – geared toward an adult audience – was adapted , directed and animated by paul fierlinger with backgrounds and characters painted by his wife , sandra fierlinger .

christopher plummer narrated ackerley 's voice , isabella rossellini provided the voice of the veterinarian , and lynn redgrave provided the voice ( in her last film performance ) of ackerley 's sister nancy .

the film premiered at the annecy international animated film festival on june 10 , 2009 and received honourable mention for best animated film at the 2009 ottawa international animation festival .

the film won grand prix - best feature film award at the world festival of animated film zagreb - animafest zagreb in 2011 .

as with the original book , the film gives detailed descriptions of the dog 's bowel movements and sex life – received as " positively juvenile " and helping the film achieve realism and avoid anthropomorphism .

in 1988 , colin gregg had filmed ackerley 's we think the world of you ( 1960 ) – also about ackerley 's relationship with his dog queenie .

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my dog tulip <EOT> all imagery courtesy of my dog tulip company . my dog tulip is scheduled for theatrical release in fall 2010 .

j . r . ackerley , voiced by christopher plummer , and tulip in the animated film “my dog tulip . ”

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my dog tulip will be released september 1 , 2010 at new york ' s film forum with a limited release to follow .

to dog lovers , by the way , i recommend my dog tulip by j . r . ackerley—by far the best " animal book " i ' ve ever read . — julia glass

with its meticulously detailed observations of tulip’s excretory rituals and anatomical changes when in heat , “my dog tulip” might almost be called a dirty movie . it unblinkingly observes the messes tulip makes and shows her being mounted while in heat .

paul and sandra fierlinger’s animated feature film of my dog tulip , starring christopher plummer , lynn redgrave , and isabella rossellini , was released in 2010 .

" my dog tulip " is as disconcerting and unusual a piece of animation as the 1956 memoir that inspired it , and that is saying a lot .

“my dog tulip " has no stupid plot , no contrived suspense . tulip grows old and dies , as must we all . j . r . ackerley misses her and writes a book about his loss . through this dog , he knew love . and through j . r . , so did tulip .

my dog tulip ' captures that far off britain of the 1950s , using a subdued palette and gentle line that draws on the british artists of the period ' .

to celebrate the release , picturehouse central will also host dog gone crazy ! - a whole season of iconic films that focus on man ' s best friend . the season will include films like best in show , my dog tulip and white god for the dog lovers out there .

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animated dog movie : those three little words are enough to make many parents shudder in expectation of having to accompany their kindergarten - age children to a sentimental , anthropomorphic contrivance . now read the following quotation from “my dog tulip , ” an animated dog movie like no other , and reconsider your qualms .

this book is the greatest of dog books , and now this film is the greatest of dog films – to invent two unnecessary genres – but before the unprepared reader imagines an account of cuteness , it ' s necessary to state an opposite truth : the basic subjects of my dog tulip are pissing , shitting and fucking .

no one’s four - legged friends were harmed during the making of “my dog tulip , ” but the roar of paul and sandra fierlinger’s untethered jack russell suggests that two - legged strangers might not fare so well .

that narrator , voiced by christopher plummer , is j . r . ackerley ( 1896 - 1967 ) , the british man of letters whose 1956 memoir , “my dog tulip , ” chronicles his 15 - year - relationship with queenie , a german shepherd renamed tulip for the book .

the film’s hand - drawn animation by the directors paul and sandra fierlinger ( they are married ) and mr . plummer’s understated conversational voice combine to make “my dog tulip , ” which opens on wednesday at film forum in the south village , one of the most sophisticated dog movies ever created .

what makes " my dog tulip " such a disorienting experience on the screen and the page is that ackerley is so completely devoted to tulip ( a german shepherd he refers to as an alsatian ) that he rhapsodizes at unexpected length about the different ways and circumstances in which she urinates and defecates .

a scene from “my dog tulip , ” coming to film forum on sept . 1 . the film is based on a 1956 memoir by j . r . ackerley ( 1896 - 1967 ) , the writer and bbc radio host .

strikingly animated and featuring the voices of christopher plummer , the late lynn redgrave and isabella rossellini , my dog tulip is a bittersweet retrospective account of author j . r . ackerley ' s 16 - year relationship with his beautiful yet intolerable german shepherd , tulip . to ackerley ' s surpris . . .

in truth , the bulb predates any thought about an official canadian sesquicentennial tulip . the variety is known to tulip enthusiasts as the carnaval de rio , and was first registered with dutch tulip authorities in 1999 .

while home hardware is the official supplier of the canada 150 tulip , other tulip distributors have jumped on the bandwagon by offering the similar “canadian celebration” — a rebranded name for the dutch “happy generation” tulip variety .

in its companion piece , my dog tulip , published in 1956 , queenie is called tulip ( ackerley ' s many gay friends thought the alsatian ' s real name would raise titters ) and it has been made into an exquisite animated film by the american husband and wife team of paul and sandra fierlinger .

first , there is no specially designed “canada 150” tulip ; it’s just a trade name for an existing dutch tulip created nearly 20 years ago .

" my dog tulip " is the story of a man who finds love only once in his life , for 15 perfect years . it is the love of a dog . it may be the only love he is capable of experiencing . as other men write books about a woman in their life , j . r . ackerley wrote a book about a german shepherd he rescued from a cruel home . my dog tulip has been a private discovery by many readers for years , and now it becomes an animated film that combines elating visuals with a virtuoso voice performance by christopher plummer .

the heart of “my dog tulip” is mr . ackerley’s story of his late - middle - age relationship with an alsatian named tulip . bittersweet , heartfelt and rendered in an eccentric , expressive style , the movie seems poised to draw dog - loving moviegoers like beagles to bacon . ( new yorker films , the distributor , is doing grass - roots promotion to dog walkers , vets , pet food stores and bookstores ; new york review of books classics is reissuing the ackerley book . )

besides ackerley , “my dog tulip” ( whose title character is mercifully never given a human voice ) is peopled with eccentrics , each given an astutely chosen actor and a sharply drawn personality by the animators . lynn redgrave , who died in may and to whom the movie is dedicated , plays ackerley’s sister nancy , who moves in to be tulip’s daytime caretaker while ackerley is working and competes with her brother for tulip’s affection .

in a sense , “my dog tulip " is a natural history . ackerley is educated by tulip in the needs and ways of domesticated dogs . he attends to the feeding of tulip , the training , the grooming , the walking , the territorial marking behavior , the sexual needs , the illnesses , the personality , the life and death . no parents of a child have never been more observant or taken better care of their charge .

my dog tulip was shocking in 1956 , primarily for its detailed descriptions of queenie’s bodily functions and sex life , ackerley’s frustrated efforts at mating her , and queenie’s unfortunate habit of pooping at times and in places that embarrassed her owner . “meaningless filth about a dog , ” dame edith sitwell called the book on its release . “disgusting , ” added harold nicholson .

bark : ackerley’s book , i would guess , has a resonance with dog people , which is an intensity that non - dog people don’t understand . were you able to appreciate ackerley’s obsession because you feel the same about dogs ? paul : i chose my dog tulip to become our movie exactly for the book’s endearing ( to me ) quirkiness . when you look at urltoken under my dog tulip you’ll see that half the readers who wrote reviews hate it and half of them love it . i assume the same thing will happen to the film . in hindsight , i think it might have been a mistake . we got ourselves into dangerous waters : if i had picked another book we could’ve perhaps had an easier time finding theatrical distribution .

i remain an amused admirer of my dog tulip , partly because j . r . ackerley tried to deliver the thoroughly physical world that dogs inhabit . it ' s anthropomorphism in reverse , albeit with a human ( and very british ) narrator . —gail caldwell , the new york times book review

ackerley , who worked for years as the literary editor of a magazine published by the bbc , the listener , wrote my dog tulip in 1956 ; it ' s the story of the dog he lived with and loved for many years ( in real life , her name was queenie ) , a loyal companion who loved him without reservation - - and yet who , he learned , had strong ideas about her own dog - identity that resisted being shaped or sentimentalized by humans .

i love her whole - heartedly - after a long day of work , to see that face , always excited , always happy to see me , and bury my face between her ears and smell her puppy scent , it takes my cares away .

it helped , of course , that the husband and wife team have been dog lovers and owners for decades ( he draws and she paints ) , but paul admits that he had never had great success in drawing canines before . " i was never quite happy with my work . it was my plan to put myself through that challenge . "

a bittersweet account of the author ' s 14 - year relationship with his adopted alsatian , my dog tulip was written , directed and animated by award - winning filmmakers paul and sandra fierlinger , and is the first animated feature ever to be entirely hand drawn and painted utilizing paperless computer technology . an official selection of the 2009 toronto international film festival , my dog tulip is based on the book by british author and distinguished man of letters j . r . ackerley . ackerley hardly thought of himself as a dog lover when , in middle age , he came to adopt tulip - a beautiful , yet intolerable 18 - month - old german shepherd . to his surprise , she turned out to be the love of his life , the ideal companion he had been searching for in vain . originally published in england in 1956 , my dog tulip is now published in the us by the new york review of books , and is the best - selling title in their classics series . in vivid and sometimes startling detail , the film reveals tulip ' s often erratic behavior , canine tastes , and ackerley ' s determined efforts to ensure an existence of perfect happiness for her . - - ( c ) new yorker

brian murray plays the dual roles of ackerley’s indolent world war i army buddy , captain pugh , whom he visits at his country farm with an unruly tulip in hand , and mr . blandish , a dog owner whose proud german shepherd , max , is rebuffed by tulip .

the story of the transformative relationship between a man and his dog , " tulip " should not be confused with contemporary manifestations of canine rapture of the " marley and me " variety .

this was an amazing book , so i read it slow . my friend jordan recommended this book to me because i mentioned my wife and i are writing a book about dogs . exceptional book . memoir as told through a shared life w / a german shepherd . an englishman post - wwii navigates london , with tulip off - leash . the book is fixated much on the sexuality of tulip and her nature , which he refuses to deny .

i think any writer who is in love with his dog wants to put into words how beautiful the animal is , and do justice to every expression and behavior . i was completely charmed by ackerley ' s account of his dog tulip . some critics on amazon were repulsed by his romanticized description of tulip ' s genitalia , for example . it didn ' t strike me as pornographic , but rather poetic . i have a female german shepherd who is spayed , so in my mind , she will always be a puppy . but tulip becomes a " woman , " so her life story takes a different path than my dog ' s . most of the book is about ackerley ' s efforts to mate tulip , not because he wants to raise puppies , but because that is what nature intends for female dogs in heat . at the very least , the book is an education in the mating of dogs in captivity .

but then , in the end , there ' s no such thing as an unwild dog .

other people turn out to be less understanding of tulip ' s vagaries . ackerley ' s feckless sister nancy ( voiced by the late lynn redgrave in her last released film ) tries to steal the dog ' s affections , and ackerley ' s other friends never invite tulip over twice .

early on , ackerley describes the one moment when , by mistake , tulip bit his hand .

ack ! ick . more gross than endearing , ackerly seems unduly focussed on his dog ' s genitalia , breeding behaviour , and elimination . if i wanted more dog shit in my life , i ' d adopt another puppy . i was surprised , as many of the reviews of this called it " charming " and i didn ' t find any charming bits , just a cranky old man in love with his dog .

bark : when you were reading my dog tulip did you see yourself in j . r . ackerley and the way he related to and described his dog ? paul : not in the least . ackerley typifies the most common dog owner on the hill — whom he himself learned to detest in due course — a man in complete adulation for his dog’s size , shape and breed and totally oblivious of the animal’s true nature and needs . ackerley , on top of being vain , was at times very lonely — which were fortunate circumstances for tulip . this set of circumstances , including her being rescued by ackerley from the grips of a very abusive previous owner , led to this ideal relationship of mutual tolerance and neediness .

that ' s because , as even the writer admits , tulip was a double handful as a visiting dog , a ferocious barker that caused chaos wherever she went . ackerley , besotted by tulip ' s undying affection , couldn ' t have cared less . such are the hallmarks of mutual love .

bark : did you spend a lot of time studying your dogs , gracie or oscar , while working on tulip ? paul : both , but mostly gracie . sandra found her on the side of highway 95 in the carolinas . she was emaciated and still very young : a corgi / german shepherd mix with a big dog’s head on a small dog’s body . she looked like a photoshop dog .

j . r . ackerley ' s slim , beautifully observed memoir my dog tulip is often called one of the finest works about a dog ever written , though truman capote came closer when he called it " one of the greatest books ever written by anybody in the world . " those who love the book might have reason to be wary of an animated adaptation of it . but paul and sandra fierlinger ' s my dog tulip - - which opens in los angeles this friday , with other cities to follow - - is a double rarity : an adaptation that wholly and faithfully captures the spirit and mood of the book it ' s based on , and an example of computer animation - - the 2 - d sort - - that shows the human touch in every frame .

" woof woof ! . . . boohoo . . . " most moving dog story . . .

and so one way of admiring my dog tulip is to see it as a manic critique of the usual norms of representation . in ulysses , james joyce recorded bloom on the lavatory , " calm above his own rising smell " ; or in his hallucinations offering his wife ' s lover a helpful tub of vaseline . but then there is ackerley . one long chapter of his short book is correctly called " liquids and solids " . in another episode , trying to encourage tulip to have sex , he " smeared tulip lavishly with vaseline " . as for the fierlingers , they jubilantly offer the viewer a close - up of tulip ' s arsehole .

roger ebert was born on this day in 1942 , and died a little over five years ago . i owe a good part of my success…

unlike studio cartoons , which often involve computer - generated imagery , the fierlingers’ work is hands - on , sort of . what’s eliminated is wasted motion : the shuffling of paper , the sharpening of pencils , the setting up of shots . that it still took them three years to make “my dog tulip” almost seems surprising . it certainly gave mr . plummer pause .

1 . 5 stars i first came across my dog tulip when it was being adapted into an animated film back in 2011 and how renowned film critic roger ebert expressed his great admiration for the film . i went on to learn that this film was adapted into a book with the same title and the same story , that of j . r . ackerley ' s bond that he had with his alsatian ( german shepherd ) , tulip . while this is a true account , ackerley ' s dog was actually named queenie , but since he himself was gay during a period that was n

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a veterinarian of astonishing empathy with animals is voiced by isabella rossellini . examining tulip for worms , she gently explains to ackerley : “tulip is a good girl . you are the trouble . she is in love with you . ”

the book jacket says this is a heartwarming story of a man and his dog , but i would describe it as a graphic tale of a dog and her hoo - ha . unless you really , really , really like dogs or like the idea of learning how to pimp out your dog when she ' s in heat , i ' d probably stay away from this book . unless you are into dog vulvas , in which case you might enjoy it .

anyone still questioning the adaptability of traditional animation in the digital age should check out my dog tulip by paul and sandra fierlinger . it ' s not only a marvelous adaptation of author j . r . ackerley ' s account of his bittersweet friendship with an alsatian in england after world war ii , but it ' s also the first paperless hand - drawn animated feature ( using tvpaint ) .

a wonderful animated movie for anyone who ' s ever experienced dog ownership at its most glorious , and most embarrassing .

" my dog tulip " is a bittersweet animated film of j . r . ackerley ' s recollections of a dog he owned in the years during and after world war ii when he no longer was a young man . but this is not just any dog . it is an alsatian female , tulip , that he rescues from a working class family that is apparently incapable of caring for it since they never took it for walks , leaving the dog ' s social sklls woefully underdeveloped . so dog and owner have their fair share of kinks to work out in their relationshiip but as time wears on and they get to know each other better , things go much smoother . " my dog tulip " is animated in a rough hand drawn style with occasional interludes that are even cruder looking , like they are directly pulled from ackerley ' s sketch pad . it is almost as if he is writing the film as we are watching it . the only thing that might trouble potential viewers is the scatalogical details of tulip ' s habits which at times definitely feel like too much information . ( also remember that the movie is set in a less civilized time when there were no pooper scooper laws . ) thankfully , this is not played for laughs but used as a way of showing how tulip communicates with her owner , as she makes her feelings clear . some of which actually reminded me of the family dog i had when i was growing up . all of which plays well into what the author is saying about the search for the perfect friend which he finds in a dog . but for me , a dog would not be perfect since they still have to be taken care of and looked after and that ' s not really the basis for any kind of healthy relationship . ( plus , i have killed off plants when i ' ve tried to look after them . ) on the other hand , as a friend put it , dogs may ruin your rug but they will not ruin your life , unlike children .

ackerley ' s memoir of life with his rambunctious alsatian predates marley & me by half - a - century and yet , it does the job of showcasing one human ' s love , devotion , and compassion for a canine so much more effectively . the power in my dog tulip comes not from long , emotional passages about the tender feelings tulip summons in ackerley , nor are they tied to some heart - rending tragedy that besets an entire family ; rather , it is the simple descriptions and eye for fantastic detail that ackerley w

there were a small handful of reasons why i was going to read my dog tulip eventually . 1 ) it was one of the first books published by nyrb and in my psychotic , obsessive way – i found the list of the first 250 books they published , broke them into groups of 20 and am going through each group selecting a few at random . this happened to be the very first i selected because… 2 ) it was recently adapted into an animated movie ( trailer below ) , featuring the voice of christopher plummer and that roger ebert was quite fond of . 3 ) i read ( quite possible on the nyrb page ) but maybe elsewhere that truman capote once said that this was “one of the greatest books ever written by anybody in the world . ” hyperbole ? maybe – but he chose to disregard the whole “best book about a pet” thing . 4 ) i like dogs . and this is a remarkable book . essentially dealing with one man’s relationship with his rather rambunctious dog during the first few years of having her . and while i expected it to be more encompassing about the relationship with the dog – my girlfriend soon informed me that it was almost all about mating and the tulip’s…inner…problems . it’s graphic , sure , but it’s written so beautifully and in such a loving way that you can’t help but grow to care about tulip . there is no doubt that this dog was the most important thing in ackerley’s life and while i had read reviews and book group discussion that suggested he might have loved tulip too much – that didn’t really come to light during my reading . i don’t know what to say really . i wasn’t “riveted” – so i can’t put it among my favorite books ever , but for what it is – for what it made me feel and the way it put pets into perspective… there’s really nothing like it . and you should read it .

his newest feature , my dog tulip , is adapted from j . r . ackerley’s 1956 memoir of the same name . a writer , poet and memoirist , ackerley ( 1896–1967 ) was the literary editor of the listener , a weekly bbc program , and the author of hindoo holiday . he never liked dogs until , in middle age , he adopted queenie , a high - strung , overly barky , wildly possessive german shepherd .

given ackerley ' s apparent celibacy , it becomes the source of some humor when he struggles to find tulip a suitable mate .

second , dutch tulip harvesters screwed up the massive order , resulting in thousands of off - colour bulbs being shipped to canada .

more than that , intent on seeing to it that tulip has a full dog ' s life , ackerley also goes into considerable clinical detail about what happens to her when she goes into heat — as well as the trials and tribulations of finding a suitable male dog to mate her with . it is all written in lapidary prose and gracefully animated , but it does take getting used to .

that said , i can report some good news for paul fierlinger’s my dog tulip . the film has been picked up by apparition , a fairly new theatrical distributor out of nyc specializing in independent films for the u . s . market . they take on only about 7 films a year and , based on some of their live action acquistions ( terrence malick’s the tree of hope and jane campion’s bright star ) , have gained a solid reputation .

the distinguished british man of letters j . r . ackerley hardly thought of himself as a dog lover when , well into middle age , he came into possession of a german shepherd . to his surprise , she turned out to be the love of his life , the “ideal friend” he had been searching for in vain for years . my dog tulip is a bittersweet retrospective account of their sixteen - year companionship , as well as a profound and subtle meditation on the strangeness that lies at the heart of all relationships . in vivid and sometimes startling detail , ackerley tells of tulip’s often erratic behavior and very canine tastes , and of his own fumbling but determined efforts to ensure for her an existence of perfect happiness .

we are treated to far too much detail about trying to house train tulip and exactly when , where and how she relieves herself .

a heartwarming memoir of writer , j . r . ackerley ' s relationship with tulip , an alsatian bitch he rescued . tulip ' s visits to the vets , urinary and bowel movements are lightheartedly detailed , as is his attempts to find tulip a suitable ' marriage ' partner . but it ' s a moving tribute also to the canine who became a part of his life and his heart .

ms . fierlinger , 55 , who has a fine - arts background , adapted her skills to colorizing her husband’s sketches . “i paint with layers , just as i would with traditional animation , ” she said . “i make my own brushes and mix my own colors , just as if it were a paper background . but i do it all on the computer . ”

opening on sept . 1 at film forum in the south village , “my dog tulip” features the voices of christopher plummer as ackerley , the writer and longtime bbc radio host ; lynn redgrave , who died in may , as his nettlesome sister ; and isabella rossellini as a kindly veterinarian . as it happens , nearly everyone involved is a dog lover : the fierlingers have gracie , a mix of shepherd and corgi , and oscar ( whose electronically adjusted voice was used when an aggressive bark was called for ) . mr . plummer said in a telephone interview that he grew up around dogs and “prefers them to a lot of humans , ” while ms . rossellini said that , of course , she is “a huge dog person . ”

bark : were you familiar with j . r . ackerley before you started the film ? paul : oh yeah , mostly with the book my dog tulip . once we decided to make the film , i got in touch with peter parker , the british writer who wrote a very extensive biography of j . r . ackerley [ the life of j . r . ackerley , 1989 ] . and then i read everything ackerley ever wrote , including his letters .

in a quiet weekend without big new releases , holdover family drama a dog ' s purpose staged a surprise upset over wolverine threequel logan .

as a dog owner there were parts of this book that made me a little emotional . and there was plenty of information that was pretty fascinating . but ackerley ' s description of tulip ' s sex life was a little creepy . he seemed way too interested and descriptive .

the chapters describing ackerley’s dog’s poop and his lack of disposing of said poop were the best part of the book . i guess that’s a mixed compliment given my general disregard for the book as a whole , however , i did genuinely find this part interesting mainly b / c of how it was a reflection of the time period and just how different things were in society then . now for the rest of the book : i really really disliked it . how on earth does anyone consider this to be a classic of dog lover literature ? the man not once but twice considers drowning his dog’s newborn puppies in a bucket of water . let me repeat that , the author admits without qualm that the very same puppies he tried so hard to have his dog have are the ones he was seconds away from drowning in a bucket of water . nice guy . then there is the overly detailed description of his dog’s heat and breeding . this man’s fascination with his dog’s nether regions and her sex life were more than a bit unsettling . i can accept that things were different then and getting a dog fixed wasn’t the norm , but i can’t get over his desire to become so involved in his dog’s reproduction . dogs managed to have sex just fine before the invention of vaseline and if you ever get to the point in your life when you consider applying it to your dog , well , seek help , don’t write a book about it .

it isn ' t clear that tulip much wants to become pregnant , but ackerley is determined that she be impregnated . perhaps she is a surrogate through which he achieves fertility . lord knows they struggle together , j . r . and tulip , through the travails of courtship .

white with red stripes are nothing new in the tulip field . in fact , it was the viceroy and the semper augustus , striped tulips very similar to the canada 150 , that were among the most egregious examples of tulip mania — the ruinous financial speculation over tulip bulbs that occurred in the 17th century dutch republic . although , those varieties were striped due to a virus , unlike the naturally striped carnaval de rio .

“she offered me what i had never found in my life with humans : constant , single - hearted , incorruptible , uncritical devotion , which it is in the nature of dogs to offer . ”

my dog tulip is populated with some notable people - characters : isabella rossellini is the voice of the kind , no - nonsense vet who helps ackerley to understand and accept some of tulip ' s more bewildering behavior ; lynn redgrave ( who died shortly after the film was completed ) is ackerley ' s bossy sister . but the movie ' s real star has no lines at all , unless you included barks , sighs and the occasional whimper . in the body the fierlingers have given her on film , tulip is alternately a blur of action and joy , an inquisitive being of great intelligence and curiosity , a snoozy , snoring bundle in a chair . occasionally , you might notice her looking into the " camera , " but you ' ll have to forgive her , because she ' s not a professional actor and doesn ' t know any better . to call tulip a cartoon is an insult : she is , beyond a doubt , all dog , and she is as real to us within the frames of this movie as ackerley made her on the page .

ackerley is in love with the dogginess of dogs – impervious to the artificial disgusts which humans call civilisation . for if kitsch is the negation of shit , then there are very few things less kitsch than a dog . which is why , after ackerley ' s examination of liquids and solids , the main subject of my dog tulip is his attempt to offer tulip a sex life . and there ' s a way in which this search for sex is also ackerley ' s , so it ' s possible to see this book as a great fantasia of the unconscious – but its real truth is more radical . this book is a study in the problem of otherness . this is its deeper critique , of the conventional art of representation – the fake forsterian categories of flat and round character .

according to sandra , painting tulip " was hard and then i got into the swing of things , and most of my painting depends on how paul draws it , so i can be loose . with the realistic drawings , i don ' t know how many layers i had to paint her in , but i learned to really enjoy it . "

alibaba pictures rolled out an array of dog - loving promotional initiatives — both online and offline — during the lead - up to the movie ' s release . using parent company alibaba ' s big data resources , the studio with its online promotional campaigns targeted pet lovers , female moviegoers and families . alibaba pictures also organized a series of dog adoption activities in shopping malls across china and held a number of screenings open to dog owners and their pets .

bark : what appealed to you about the way ackerley describes his relationship with this dog ? paul : what was appealing to me was that he didn’t know dogs at all [ before tulip ] . and then i found out , reading his other material , he actually disliked dogs . he was annoyed by them . he was very intolerant of dogs barking in the neighborhood . and then here he got , in tulip , the worst kind of neurotic barker .

the healthy china performance of a dog ' s purpose is a boon for amblin . the film has grossed a decent $ 61 . 7 million in north america since its release jan . 27 , but it likely was hurt by a leaked video showing a dog being shoved into a water tank during production .

out of print for years , tulip , is now back to amaze , amuse , and somewhat dismay those lucky enough to receive her . — boston globe

i always like reading about dogs and dogs ' behavior with other dogs and with humans , but " my dog tulip " is also an elegant piece of writing and an interesting period piece about england , its classes , and its values . the book has offended some reviewers because tulip ' s sex life or lack thereof is a main theme . i would agree that ackerley obsesses about whether his beloved alsatian ( a breed known as german shepherd by most of the world these days ) is sexually content , but the reader should also remember that the book was written in the mid - 1900s . dog overpopulation was not an issue as it is today , and concerns about doggie - sex reflected judgments regarding how such activity would affect a dog ' s behavior - - and based on ackerley ' s account , most seemed to think it was right , proper , natural , and good for dogs . ackerley , whose own life merits a biography ( and i have no doubt there are several ) , is a kindhearted man whose way of life reflects a high degree of self - sufficiency , if one can read a bit between the lines . tulip is his muse and is far more of a person to him than anyone else he describes . most dog - owning readers who can get beyond different perspectives associated with when the book was written should be able to identify with ackerley ' s love for tulip and appreciate his occasional struggles with her lack of appreciation for human standards of propriety . every reader should at least acknowledge that his writing provides an exquisite portrait of a dog and of life in england during a bygone era .

this is as charming as any other book written about a man’s single - minded pursuit to get his dog laid . this book was in my quarterly literary fiction box from pagehabit , as a companion - book to the friend . it was published in england in 1956 and the u . s . in 1965 , in a distant past before lawmakers realized civilization would be nicer without dog poop on the streets , before bob barker was around to encourage people to spay and neuter their furfriends , and before the internet taught dogs how to have

paul fierlinger : i would never venture into a film whose topic i had no personal connection to . i couldn’t possibly make anything useful out of a subject i knew little about in a personal way . there’s a scene in tulip in which ackerley walks over to his bar to have a drink while tulip is having puppies . only much later did i notice that i drew ackerley reaching for the bottle the way i have to in real life with my bad shoulder and i was not aware of animating ackerley like that at the time . sometimes this makes acting my characters difficult for me , for instance when i have to animate women . having never been one , i step into the task gingerly and have to keep asking sandra if she thinks it’s alright , what i’m doing .

ackerley was a famous curmudgeon and his tulip was a kindred spirit . " one of the reasons we made the film is to make it clear to people who are considering having dogs that they should rethink it if they don ' t understand dogs well , " proclaims paul fierlinger . " we had been successful with dog films [ still life with animated dogs , a room nearby ] before and when tulip became a possibility , i had always had it in the back of my mind as film material . i had to understand ackerly better . once i decided to do it , i had to look more into his past and got acquainted over email with his biographer , peter parker . and we became good friends . "

consider the following moment in ackerley ' s description of tulip . he takes tulip to a series of vets , with all of whom she is in a manic flurry . she can only be sadly compared , say , to an obedient spaniel he can observe " standing quietly on a table with a thermometer sticking out of his bottom , like a cigarette " . finally , he discovers miss canvey . with miss canvey , tulip is calm . and ackerley – what else ? – is distraught :

with four million sold , it was marketed by home hardware as a “limited edition” red - and - white tulip developed by the netherlands especially for canada’s 150th birthday .

i have an eighteen - month - old sable border collie mix named yiya , who is the apple of my eye and more dear to me than i ever could have imagined . i mean , how could you not love her ?

to this story , directed and animated by paul and sandra fierlinger , “my dog tulip " brings sandra ' s watercolors . fierlinger is the sort of watercolorist one would collect . her colors , her line , her ability to saturate or wash , are well - suited to the story . she makes a london in which its black cabs and red buses come alive , and then turns pastoral on putney common . her animated paintings have life and impact . she is an original , but if you know of an artist named david gentleman , you ' ll get the idea .

on the left , what the canada 150 tulip is supposed to look like . right , the orange tulips that came up in ontarian jane antoniak ' s garden instead .

the origin of the carnaval de rio becoming the canada 150 tulip lies with ottawa’s national capital commission — which also happens to be one of canada’s largest consumers of tulips .

an amusing , fun account of life with a skittish , freewheeling german shepherd , jr ackerley ' s my dog tulip is a nice read , but i can see why it ' d also turn some readers off . indeed , what this book does best is what some people will hate : it ' s utter frankness . ackerley never minces his words , describing tulip in startling detail : her rambunctious attitude , her fur coat , her bowel movements and her heats . he never once tries to turn her into a human , but never treats her flippantly , either . it ' s a full portrait , warts and all . well , sort of . while he never hides how naughty she was , apparently he ' s also got the blinders on , too . in the introduction , it ' s noted that tulip was often so wild his friends stopped inviting him over since he always brought the dog . but then again , ackerley was utterly devoted to her : even when she does something bad , all she has to do is look at him with her and he just about melts . i did , too . a note about context : remember this book is set in the mid - to - late 1940s before judging him for not having tulip fixed or for his ideas on puppies .

asaf agranat : according to this , maybe the more awkwardness and disabilities one have , the more one ' s animated characters will have particular personality : ) ( sometimes i think that this is what makes , say , robert wyatt ' s ( who ' s in wheelchair ) music , so different from everything else ) . since ' tulip ' is a feature film , it demanded big dedication and much effort over a long period ( i wouldn ' t believe you if you say it didn ' t ) . when i come to a point of choosing what to make my film about , i feel that everything can have tremendous importance ( because it ' s my creation ) , and this kinds of stresses me . do you get like this ? what made you decide to make a film about a relationship between a dog and her owner ?

a great deal of the book is taken up with ackerley ' s attempts to provide tulip with the experience of mating and motherhood . ackerley second guesses his choices constantly - is he doing what he should ? what is a fulfilling life like for a dog ? what are her wants and needs ? tulip , in turn , is equally , in ackerley ' s words , concerned with ackerley ' s well being , and in time , through the discussions of impacted anal glands and estrus , socially awkward pit stops and trips to the vet ,

meh . this was presented to me as the be - all , end - all of dog memoirs . what it is , in fact , is one man ' s obsession with his dog ' s elimination and procreative functions . given that it was published in 1956 , in england , there have to be allowances for the fact that the world view of dog ownership has changed , for the better , in the last fifty years . we pick up after them , and we neuter them , thus making them , and ourselves , more agreeable .

bark : … and then often not picking up after tulip when she “fouls the footway . ” people had different standards in the 1950s , but i’m wondering if it was difficult for you to illustrate irresponsible dog - owner behaviors without commenting on them ? paul : poop - picking laws only began in the late 1970s here , and even later in europe . but [ tulip ] was out on the farm or the woods when she pooped without him picking it up . not on the street . back in the ’50s and ’60s in europe responsible dog owners trained their dogs to poop on the street , next to the sidewalks , what was considered the gutter . streets were swept early , every morning , even in communist countries .

i listened to an audiobook version of this novel on a road trip . everything starts out good and it ' s quite funny and if you love dogs it ' s wonderful . but soon everything really heads to toilet town . over the course of the book ackerley ' s description of tulip becomes downright disturbing . you ' re lulled into a false sense of security that this is the story of a man who loves his dog and of the kind of kooky things that happen to them then - bam ! everything becomes about dog penises and vaginas and


from scotland with love is a documentary feature film directed by virginia heath , soundtracked by an original studio album by scottish singer-songwriter king creosote ( kenny anderson ) .

the film was commissioned as part of the cultural festival accompanying the 2014 glasgow commonwealth games .

it was screened with live musical accompaniment on glasgow green on 31 july 2014 .

it was produced by faction north , crossover , national library of scotland and scottish screen archive in association with bbc scotland and creative scotland .

the album was produced by david mcaulay and released on 21 july 2014 on domino records .

regarding the album , and its film counterpart , anderson stated : " it 's basically just looking at ourselves in the past – it 's like looking at your grandparents ' or your great grandparents ' generation goofing about , just doing what they 're doing .

but you have to remember that it was n't the past for them - they were right at the cutting edge of time like we are now . "

released to widespread critical acclaim , the album reached number twenty-one in the uk albums chart ; creosote 's highest charting album to date .

the album also peaked at number one on the uk record store chart , and at number three on the scottish albums chart .

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from scotland with love <EOT> from scotland with love has been nominated for a bafta scotland in the single documentary award documentary .

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the result is from scotland with love , one of king creosote ' s most widescreen cinematic and finest pieces of work to date .

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from scotland with love will be released on cd and vinyl on 21 july . an extended version of the album encompassing all the music from the film will be available on heavyweight double gatefold vinyl lp with eight bonus tracks .

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composed of eleven stunning and emotive tracks , from scotland with love was written by king creosote and produced by music supervisor and guitarist david mcaulay , with additional production by paul savage , in chem19 studios in glasgow .

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produced by faction north , crossover , national library of scotland scottish screen archive in association with bbc scotland and creative scotland . soundtrack released by domino records on vinyl , cd and for digital download over the summer of 2014 .

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as part of the cultural programme around the glasgow commonwealth games , king creosote has soundtracked archive footage of scottish people at work and play . he discusses the project , resulting new album from scotland with love , life , death and identity with nicola meighan

working with hopkins took anderson out of his comfort zone , and the results were all the richer for it . from scotland with love demanded a similarly bold approach . another collaboration , this time with director virginia heath , the album was conceived for a poetic film about scotland , timed to coincide with the commonwealth games , using archive documentary footage from the early twentieth century . the music is far from incidental . in a film without narration or interviews , the songs dictated many of heath’s visual choices and are tasked with much of the heavy lifting .

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commissioned for the commonwealth games , this programme is an hour of film , mostly drawn from the national library of scotland and the scottish screen archive , which brilliantly evokes the flavour of 20th century scotland .

one love manchester wasn’t about fear . it didn’t come with kind of self - congratulatory pride you usually sense with charity events of this scale . this was the proper way to respond to hate – with love , and with thousands of voices singing together as one , long into the night .

scotland day 2017 will build on the success of last year’s event , introduced by the japan scotland association . the 2017 event is expected to feature visual arts and cultural performances , displays promoting scottish products and scotland as a tourism destination and place to study , plus talks on scotland and japan’s shared history .

camilla thurlow is a british contestant on the itv2 dating reality show love island .

neil doesn’t mind the group didn’t bank fortunes for their efforts as love fist .

alexis petridis recommends king creosote ' s from scotland with love , a soundtrack to a heartfelt documentary film about scotland to mark glasgow ' s commonwealth games . his first album since his collaboration with electronic auteur jon hopkins in 2011 ( the mercury prize - nominated diamond mine ) , the songs are an antidote to the " shortbread - tin ghastliness " of the commonwealth opening ceremony

very well produced collection of archive film footage from all walks of life around scotland through the ages matched to the lyrics of king creosote .

virginia heath’s current research project ' from scotland with love ' takes the form of a 70 - minute poetic documentary film created entirely from archive film material which heath researched over several months in the national library of scotland / scottish screen archive . it is a purely visual narrative with music sound track and will be accompanied by a live music performance curated by composer king creosote ( aka kenny anderson ) , who was mercury prize nominated for his album with jon hopkins , ' diamond mine '

one of the missions in gta : vice city is to save love fist from a murderous transvestite fan , score drugs and pick up hookers .

the world of music isn’t spared the scottish independence debate . while david bowie confessed his support of the union in his brit awards statement , mogwai profess their vehement desire for a ‘yes’ vote . the latest record from king creosote , then , while not a direct support or rejection in itself , feels quite appropriately timed . ‘from scotland with love’ is awash with alba pride , from glorious patriotic soundscapes to kenny anderson’s distinct croon .

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guitarist neil still tours with aberdeen - based band pie shop with drummer andy .

with their thick aberdonian accents and raucous antics , fictional glam metal rockers love fist are hilarious cult favourites in grand theft auto .

ik vind de kleine ' kerst ' boekjes van katie fforde ontzettend leuk geschreven ! ook ' from scotland with love ' was heel leuk geschreven . de personages zijn best goed uitgeschreven , ondanks het korte verhaal . ze had hier best een ' normaal ' boek van mogen maken !

this was the challenge facing film - maker virginia heath and singer - songwriter kenny anderson , aka king creosote . their resulting film , from scotland with love , was premiered to rave reviews on bbc scotland on sunday 22 june and will be showcased in a series of live open - air screenings when the commonwealth games come to glasgow – with the album of the soundtrack due out at the same time .

a lassie’s love is a setting of four poems by robert burns . although unrelated in their original form , the four poems take the listener on a journey of love , from a coquettish and sometimes cheeky girl , to a young maiden deeply in love , to a woman bathed in the warmth and strength of a steadfast love , and finally to the worn - out wife of an extremely tiring and annoying old man .

since 2013 , scotland ' s charity air ambulance ( scaa ) have responded to over 1 , 800 emergency call outs - helping hundreds of people across scotland . . . .

love fist aren’t just the most successful scots band , they are probably the most depraved .

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' the true wealth of a nation is in well - employed people , ' said alasdair gray , so i wonder what he ' d make of bbc 2 ' s from scotland with love which was packed with footage of scots working , labouring , producing , fishing and sometimes kneeling to float paper boats down the gutter .

only checked out king creosote after seeing scotland with love on bbc4 and being immediately struck by the superb soundtrack . this is a great album which should be up there with the best sellers . . as a soundtrack it ' s great , but it also stands alone as an excellent collection of tunes from an innovative musician .

made entirely of scottish film archive , from scotland with love is a 73 - minute film by award - winning director virginia heath with a transcendent score by scottish musician and composer king creosote . a journey into our collective past , the film explores universal themes of love , loss , resistance , migration , work and play . ordinary people , some long since dead , their names and identities largely forgotten , appear shimmering from the depth of the vaults to take a starring role .

loved this novella . great characters , great setting you felt like you were up in the highlands snowbound . would love to hear more from these characters .

looking at this cover , i thought i was picking up a historical romance from scotland . much to my surprise , and delight , to scotland with love is actually a contemporary romance that follows the story of cait as she leaves america to go back to her hometown in scotland , only to find something , or someone , she wasn ' t quite expecting… when cait ' s husband dies in his mistress ' s bed , she is more than ready to leave that life behind and find the only family she has left back in scotland . when she arriv

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the commissioning and recording of a lassie’s love was supported in part by the national lottery via creative scotland , made in scotland onward touring fund , the jean armour burns trust , and ncl and co . chartered accountants . the national trust for scotland provided invaluable support in authenticating a lassie ' s love by inviting vocali3e to present the world premiere at the robert burns birthplace museum on may 24th 2015 , and an additional two performances at drum castle and pollok house .

from scotland with love is out now via domino on cd , lp , 2xlp , digital and dvd . king creosote plays live with the film at glasgow green ( july 31 ) and london barbican ( september 27 ) . you can watch the film on bbc iplayer now . head over to the fence website while you ' re at it

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golly this is good and with a stunning soundtrack from king creosote to accompany the visuals . you dont have to be scottish to appreciate this wonderful film . for anyone with a heart . it really makes you think hard about the hardships prevailed on previous generations and the love and warmth they had for each other . a film that has been made with a real depth of love and affection .

this project that plays perfectly to his strengths . never has a life spent on the breadline in scotland seemed so romantic . the heartbreak and toil inherent in scottish history have been rendered beautifully by someone who obviously has a strong attachment to the country . this wouldn ' t work without a scotsman at the helm . from scotland with love stands testimony to the increasing genius of anderson and his craft .

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where does a songwriter go for inspiration after over two decades of ceaseless productivity ? the answer in this case is the history of his homeland . from scotland with love was made as the soundtrack to a poetic film of the same name which consists entirely of archival footage from scotland ' s past . the film features no narration or interviews , allowing for anderson ' s songs to inform the sepia montage of grubby dock workers , miners and canny youths out on the lash .

love finishes with : “it’s a flawed piece , but a disturbing glimpse of the horrors we could stumble into , if we’re not careful . ”

5 stars . from scotland with love evokes everything that is important to me about christmas . it isn’t the expensive presents , posh food , and over the top decorations . it’s about appreciation , for what you have , what you can give , and for where you are . i may have been born , raised and live in england , but scotland has my soul , i have visited many times over the last few years , and i fall in love with it a little more every time . katie has described exquisitely exactly how beautiful and wild it act

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walker love is a 3 rd generation family business which began trading as ‘george walker’ in glasgow in 1946 as a firm of messengers - at - arms and sheriff officers . following a series of strategic acquisitions , george walker & co merged with hm love & co to form walker love in 2006 and then in 2009 the firm acquired james reid & son . as a result of these mergers and acquisitions , the firm has grown to become a nationwide market leader with 9 local offices throughout scotland .

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before appearing on love island , camilla described her job as being in the field of explosive ordnance disposal .

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kenny anderson ' s latest long player has the unenviable task of following 2011 ' s masterpiece , diamond mine . this is unfair . not least because the latter album drew from over 20 years worth of king creosote material , but also because it enlisted the help of knob twiddler par excellence , john hopkins . so it was with bated breath yet with diluted expectations that i approached from scotland with love . if there is such a thing as a difficult 42nd album - this was bound to be it .

" composer jennifer margaret barker and trio vocali3e have set four robert burns love poems to music , using unusual compositional effects to take us on a haunting journey through a woman ' s experience of life and love . "

and yet . from scotland with love opens with a sublime , abstract eulogy ( ' something to believe in ' ) , which echoes diamond mine , and the new album ' s stunning arrangements ( in cahoots with music designer david mcauley , producer paul savage and the leg ' s pete harvey ) are similarly magical – as are the film ' s visual and musical narratives , thanks to the symbiotic collaboration between anderson and heath . and although from scotland with love largely features brand new material , the album , like diamond mine , goes back in time ; excavates the king creosote songbook ; breathes new life into forgotten songs ( ' one floor down ' was part - written in 1988 ; ' something to believe in ' was originally 2001 ' s ' a prairie tale ' ) .

the programme opens with the cheery postcard - style title scrawled on screen : from scotland with love but , despite the chirpy title , it never dips into sentimentality . if you do feel your bottom lip begin to tremble at the sight of ruddy - faced weans floating paper boats , the image might shift to a young girl whose thin legs are encased in steel callipers and you ' re swiftly reminded that this is no celebration of the twee . this is a scotland where paper boats existed alongside polio .

( photo : the beatles at the " all you need is love " recording . credit : getty images )

“we are probably how love fist would be now , playing round the dregs of the pubs and clubs . ”

from scotland with love is the new album to be released by kenny anderson , known to most as king creosote , under domino records , coming out on the same day as the single , 21 st july . commissioned for the commonwealth games 2014 this album was meant to reflect the less obvious side of scotland to the tourists . on the nib of a complete turnaround with an independence referendum taking place in a couple of months time also , this album will be an interesting sell on a presently topical nation .

something for scots and the lovers of scotland ( like us ) to appreciate . images of people working and enjoying themselves from the archives which always proved interesting . good soundtrack from king creosote ( but a different mix to the cd ) . it might benefit from sub - titles for the songs to assist the hard of hearing . we will be watching this again from time to time as there is plenty of detail here !

list famous scottish bands and solo musicians , listed by popularity with photos when available . these popular bands from scotland come from a number of different musical genres , including rock , pop , metal , electronic , jam , punk and acoustic . these might not necessarily be the best scottish bands , but this list contains a majority of the greatest bands from scotland . music lovers who are looking for new music to listen to can use this list of talented scottish musicians to discover some great new bands and artists .

two short , atmospheric instrumentals – “crystal 8s” and “ a prairie tale ” – may stray into more obviously cinematic territory , but from scotland with love is an impressively unified , self - standing piece of work . with the themes of love , loss , war , emigration , work and play worn lightly , the project’s cinematic roots are revealed in other ways , the most obvious being that the warm , melancholic roll of anderson’s music unfolds on a larger scale , as though to fit the dimensions of the cinema screen .

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after his mesmerisingly transcendent previous album , also released by domino , a collaboration with jon hopkins , it was always going to be a difficult task to follow precedent , unless of course you are an impeccable contemporary in the ways of folk , particularly with this commissioning . with the aid of his band , the production talent of david mcaulay and paul savage , as well as a grand plethora of talented string musicians , from scotland with love gives us a very different side to the music of the charming mr anderson .

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20 sorry for buckie , which was mentioned in 6 , 496 crime reports from 2010 to 2012 . even though monks from buckfast abbey in devon say it ' s not fair to blame their tonic wine for crime in scotland , we can ' t help but feel partly responsible .

producer grant keir had pitched the idea of an “archive and music” feature - length documentary , based only on scottish film archive , to creative scotland and bbc scotland . ìi was inspired by a live performance of “from the sea to the land beyond” at sheffield doc / fest , recalls grant . when the national library of scotland scottish screen archive showed interest , the project came together very quickly . but it came with a deadline . july 2014 , in time for the glasgow commonwealth games .

made entirely of scottish film archive , ‘from scotland with love’ is a 75 - minute film by award - winning director virginia heath with a transcendent score by scottish musician and composer king creosote . a journey into our collective past , the film explores universal themes of love , loss , resistance , migration , work and play . ordinary people , some long since dead , their names and identities largely forgotten , appear shimmering from the depth of the vaults to take a starring role . brilliantly edited together , these silent individuals become composite characters , who emerge to tell us their stories , given voice by king creosote’s poetic music and lyrics .

made entirely of scottish film archive , “from scotland with love” is a 75 - minute film by award - winning director virginia heath with a transcendent score by scottish musician and composer king creosote . a journey into our collective past , the film explores universal themes of love , loss , resistance , migration , work and play . ordinary people , some long since dead , their names and identities largely forgotten , appear shimmering from the depth of the vaults to take a starring role . brilliantly edited together , these silent individuals become composite characters , who emerge to tell us their stories , given voice by king creosote’s poetic music and lyrics .

randall is on a second honeymoon to scotland with her husband frank in 1945 when she is transported back to 1743 courtesy of a mysterious set of standing stones . it is here , on the cusp of the jacobite rising , that she meets the dashing fraser and a mesmerising love story unfolds .

from scotland with love is a documentary featuring scottish archive footage , with a captivating and mesmerizing soundtrack by scottish artist king creosote . antique double - decker trams traverse the monochrome streets to the strains of a winsome accordion . flat - capped shipbuilders hammer out the support struts of transport ships to a pounding drumbeat . there’s even , set to a stirring celtic crescendo , rare black - and - white footage of scottish football fans celebrating .

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when it comes to gleaning any personal details from heughan he ' s about as forthcoming as his onscreen alter ego under interrogation from the redcoats . you get the feeling you would have a better chance of drawing blood from the stones of craigh na dun .

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i got this book thinking it was a highlander story but it is set in modern day scotland . the things i learned by listening to this book are : - scottish men were amazing hundreds of years ago . . . and they still are ! - i absolutely love the scottish accent - great narration makes the time go by quicker . yes i recommend this book ! it ' s not only set in scotland with that amazing accent and great narration but our hero is also a movie star . . . i ' m in love !

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made entirely of scottish film archive , ' from scotland with love ' is a 75 - minute film by award - winning director virginia heath with a transcendent score by scottish musician and composer king creosote . a journey into our collective past , the film explores universal themes of love , loss , resistance , migration , work and play . ordinary people , some long since dead , their names and identities largely forgotten , appear shimmering from the depth of the vaults to take a starring role . brilliantly edited together , these silent individuals become composite characters , who emerge to tell us their stories , given voice by king creosote ' s poetic music and lyrics .

i received an arc and loved this book . it was a wonderful story with fantastic characters who are so real and well crafted . i am totally in love with this small coastal town and want to move there straightaway . ' twas a verra good story and i canna wait to read more from this author ! : )

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sokobauno puppet theatre in partnership with puppet animation scotland , and with financial support from creative scotland , presented six short pieces created by scottish puppeteers in repertory throughout the festival . a tragic - comic inter - species tale of unlucky love…the reminiscences of a famous 18th century actress rejected by a king…a lesson in how to make the perfect cup of tea , from two otherworldly hosts who are very anxious to get it right… an infant doll , a bad dream and a warped and enticing world full of odd sounds and objects… a traditional japanese folk tale about the perils of finding the perfect spouse…and the power plays between two surgeons who may or may not be about to conduct and operation… a dynamic showcase of work for children and adults in scotland’s first custom - made travelling performing space for puppetry .

at the other end of the spectrum , “bluebell , cockleshell , 123” freeze - frames a scene of youthful innocence . anderson takes a skipping rhyme , performed by young singers from glasgow’s beatroute arts group , and introduces it to a crisp , acoustic strum . the two merge beautifully , a neat summation of everything the album achieves on a wider scale . from scotland with love successfully and movingly unites past and present , old and new , sight and sound . another diamond . graeme thomson

a few myths to kiss - off before we begin : from scotland with love is not the follow - up to diamond mine , king creosote ' s 2011 mercury - nominated collaboration with jon hopkins . kc has released at least two long - players ( sure and steadfast ; 3 on this island ) , one collaborative album ( experimental batch # 26 ) , a 10 - inch ( analogue catalogue ) and a seven - inch ep ( jokes ) since its release , and he has several more lps in the bag . ( rumours of his lp back - catalogue numbering 60 fall short of the mark . ) nor is this the spiritual sequel to diamond mine . the former was a meticulous seven - plus year endeavour ; from scotland with love , by contrast , was written and recorded in a matter of weeks , in the autumn of 2013 .

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from scotland with love was created in collaboration with director virginia heath and producer grant keir as an audio - accompaniment to a poetic documentary film of the same name , to be released for the commonwealth games this summer . featuring archive footage but no narration or interview , the film works around themes of love and loss , war , resistance , emigration , work and play , and is driven as much by the music as it is the images . for the first time king creosote found himself being able to write from other people ' s perspectives , such as the female characters found in the archive ( the ' fisher lassies ' inspired the moving track cargill , for example ) .

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i met patience griffin author at dallas quilt show in march . this book being # 1 , i feel in love with the characters and her story that incorporates some history of quilting also .

from scotland with love is a wonderful , captivating and engaging read mostly because of its adorable female lead . daisy is simply a great character , self aware , young and just so relatable that it was pure pleasure to keep reading this novella . set in the wilds of scotland , in the middle of winter , daisy is set to prove herself to her boss . she just needed to drop by their famous client ' s place , author rory mcallan , and have him sign the bookplates and off she goes to spend the holidays back hom

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[ 1 ] james vi of scotland , ‘lepanto’ , in the poems of james vi of scotland , ed . by james craigie ( edinburgh : william blackwood for the scottish text society , 3rd series , no . xxii , 1955 ) , p . 202 .

i really love katie fforde , she’s one of my favourite chick lit authors of all time . she just writes the loveliest books and i love her romances . last year katie released a christmas short story staying away at christmas and it was lovely , so i was quite pleased to see a new short story available for this christmas called from scotland with love . i avidly dived in as soon as it had downloaded and i really enjoyed it ! from scotland with love is a cute , forty - minute read , perfect for the cold wintery nights . it begins with daisy arriving in scotland to get author rory mcallan to sign some bookplates since she messed up his last book signing rather spectacularly . she thinks she’ll pop in , get him to sign the bookplates and be on her way back to london within the hour , but the weather has other ideas , and she ends up snowed in at rory’s little cottage . the last thing she expects is that she’s going to spend her new years’ eve birthing puppies , but she may just enjoy it a lot more than she expects… . i really enjoyed from scotland with love , katie really excells with her christmas short stories , they’re short , sweet and always satisfying . i loved the setting , loved the daisy / rory chemistry , i loved griselda the dog . it was just such a lovely read , there’s not a lot you can say for such a short read , but this was delightful and i did sort of wish it was full - length ( that’s always the case – i always want more ! ) . katie is just such an accomplished storyteller and i just wanted to go and buy my own little cottage in scotland and spend my days reading and watching the beautiful scenery , that would be my idea of heaven ! bravo , katie , thank you for yet another lovely , christmassy read ! i eagerly await next year’s offering !

just tried patience griffin ' s to scotland with love narrated by kirsten potter . the narration is great just as i thought it would be . but the heroine drove me a bit crazy and it was a dnf after an hour or two . a woman returns to her hometown in scotland - now a widow - and is certainly feeling down and , i must say , bitchy . a mega star - a former sexiest man alive - is missing ( as he often is ) and she finds him there complete with a son he has attempted to keep away from the media . he ' s nice to he

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flautist louise burnet , soprano emma versteeg , and pianist robin versteeg have developed a reputation for stylish and innovative recitals incorporating repertoire from the baroque to the contemporary . having studied at , respectively , the royal college of music , the royal conservatoire of scotland , and the royal academy of music , they formed vocali3e in 2009 , with the purpose of exploring the repertoire of trio music for flute , soprano , and piano . they have performed throughout the uk and in 2013 were included in the prestigious made in scotland showcase at the edinburgh festival fringe where they performed the uk premiere of lori laitman’s fathers . with assistance from creative scotland , the jean armour burns trust , and the national trust for scotland they subsequently commissioned the scottish - american composer jennifer margaret barker to write a lassie’s love , giving its world premiere at the burns birthplace museum in alloway in may 2015 , before performing the work on a north american tour including concerts in virginia , pennsylvania , delaware , new york and philadelphia .

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what a great debut effort ! to scotland with love , by patience griffin , is a contemporary romance set in a quaint scottish village . i usually read historical fiction , or historical romances , so i wasn ' t sure i would like reading about scotland in the 21st century . well , the author , really drew me in . the characters are totally fleshed out . the heroine is sassy and sarcastic , with a lot of emotional baggage . the sexy film star hero also has a ton of problems . how in the world will these two get t

very good read ! the author is from my home town which made it very special to me .

a seasonal short story that i loved . it ' s another thumbs up for katie fford from me

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if you ' ve been to scotland and find that you feel at home there among the scots and the beauty you will enjoy this story .

kc : this is a key thing for me . i know that whole film is people in scotland , that it ' s all scottish archive footage , and that the backdrop is scotland – but i worry about that a bit , because i think we ' ve got as much right in scotland to comment on art , and life , from everywhere else . and in many ways , the film and music ' s not about scotland – it ' s about any industrialised nation . none of the details , none of the social fabric , is inherently scottish at all . in my small life , i ' ve travelled everywhere , and it ' s the same wherever you go .

being scot / irish myself this book had extra appeal . i love the characters and can ' t wait for a continuation of the story . i cried as if i truly knew them and felt their pain . i won this book from goodreads firstreads .

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63 so sorry for trying to blow up james vi of scotland when , as james i of england , he was visiting the houses of parliament .

he does concede that poetry is a little different with the " scotophilia " of the romantic period , " but probably the best - known english text about scotland is still macbeth . i would suggest there might be a dash of scotophobia in shakespeare , and if your knowledge of scotland came from macbeth , you wouldn ' t really want to go there . i think that says a lot about the two cultures , their attitudes to britishness , and to each other . "

the brief for what would become “from scotland with love” was broad – a poetic film about scotland using archive footage with a contemporary score but no narration or interviews . virginia began intensive research in the scottish screen archive over the summer of 2013 . stunning images from little - known archive films became sequences forming in her mind with themes such as love and loss , war , resistance , work and play . but finding the right composer to enhance the emotional story arcs was vital . virginia had already worked with david mcaulay , music supervisor , on another project . a trusted collaborator , he suggested king creosote for his lyrical ability to tell stories through song . which brought virginia and kenny together at that table in the cafe . “at first i said no , ” says kenny . “i wasn’t sure if my head was in the right place to write songs to order , which i’m bad at . i didn’t think i’d get the job because it’s one thing for a director to pick a song for a film and make a connection . but it’s never the connection that the songwriter originally intended . ”

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with a backwards handshake – a precaution from an old accident that nearly left the king one - handed – kenny was in . “being able to take off the kc super suit and write from other perspectives , i’d never done that before . such as writing a song for women characters virginia found in the archive , from a female point of view . so i put my frock and lippie on . ”

i absolutely adored to scotland with love ( # 1 in kilts and quilts series ) by patience griffin . i am not sure why , but in the past few months i have read several books by different authors that have taken place or include scotland as all or part of the storyline ( lucky me ) . . oh and yes , there is outlander too . however , i am totally smitten with this feel good series with all its ups and downs throughout as the story unfolds . there are many magical and engaging characters in this first book , which takes place in the northern climes of gandiegow , and friends from cait ( caitronia ) macleod , graham buchanan , cait , s gran . . i also was filled with the promise of the threads of friendship and love that are sown throughout this book , even when faced with sadness and endings , which never really are endings but merely new forks in the road . you will not be disappointed when this book reaches its final page , but think of it as another opportunity to open the next book in this series to see where the connections lead !