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Acknowledgements

The move back home to care for my father was strangely blessed by a whole set of new people who arrived into my life at that time.  The group of artists originally met as Dundee Artists in Residence (D-AiR).  Some of the artists who were part of D-AiR also went on to be part of the Dundee Commons group.  Special thanks to Jonathan Baxter, Sarah Gittins, Joanna Foster and all other members of these groups, and to Kimberley Ellis (see Chapter 14).  I’d also like to thank those I have interviewed or corresponded with as part of the research for the book.  I mention, in particular, Colin Fox and Michael Nosdivad (Scottish Socialist Party), Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP and Christine Jardine MP (Liberal Democrat), Andy Whiteman MSP (Green Party), Gordon Lyndhurst MSP (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party), Iain Morse (Brexit Party — now Reform UK), Robert Hodgarth (Edinburgh Southside Community Council), Justin Kenrick (Extinction Rebellion) and Topaz Pauls, Bren Muirhead and Carlos Martin (Reconfigure).

Special thanks go to those who have read and given feedback on the book: Maureen Parnell, Mark O’Reilly and Douglas Westwater.

Much of the writing of the book has taken place in cafés in and around Edinburgh.  I mention, in particular, The Chapter One Coffee House (Dalry Road), Edinburgh Coffee and Cake (South Nicholson Street), The Printworks Café (Constitution Street), Qupi (Leith Walk), L’Etoile (West Port), Martone (Waterloo Place), Santosa (Albert Street), The Chocolate Tree (now The Maytree, Bruntsfield Place), Vigo (Saint Jphn’s Road, Corstorphine) and Carpe Diem (Main Street, Kirkiston).  Also, various branches of Caffe Nero, especially at South Bridge Street, Lothian Road, Stafford Street, Infirmary Street and Nicholson Street.

And also, pubs, The Southern  and South Pour (both in South Nicholson Street) and The Grosvenor (Shandwick Place).

Finally my thanks to a new arts group, the Wholly Holistic Arts Team, who often meet at the Santosa Café in Albert Street, Edinburgh.