Although young Robert Douglas's life was blighted by the cruel if sporadic presence of his father, it was equally blessed by the love of his mother, Janet. This memoir presents an evocation of childhood and of a Glasgow of trams and tenements that has long since disappeared.
The Art of Mari Evans, Nelson Stevens and the Black Arts Movement. An inquiry into how art was used to express the discontent and aspirations of Black America during the turbulent 60s and 70s.
Part of Robert Douglas' autobiographical trilogy, this title takes us through the sixties and into the eighties with his memories of life as a prison officer, and, at the end of his career, as an electricity charge hand driving around the Yorkshire Dales. He tells us of his prison experiences, with anecdotes about many of the famous criminals.