![Made In Scotland: My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country](http://monsterbookshop.co.uk/cdn/shop/files/9781785943706.jpg?v=1713989407&width=1445)
All roads lead home.
'After my knighthood was announced, a woman from the BBC came to Glasgow to interview me. We sat down in a lovely hotel in a nice part of town, and she hit me with her first question: This must mean a lot to you, with you coming from nothing? I looked at her, and I laughed.
I did'nae come from nothing, I told her. I come from something.
I grew up in the tenements of post-war Glasgow. I am very proud to be working class, and especially a working-class Glaswegian who has worked in the shipyards. I come from the working class. And, most of all, I come from Scotland.
Scotland is a unique and wonderful place. Its national motto says a lot about it: Nemo me impune lacessit. A decent translation might be: 'By all means punch me in the nose but prepare yourself for a kick in the arse.'
I did'nae come from nothing: I come from Scotland. And this book is about why I will always be happy and proud that I do.'