Edinburgh: He’s recognized around the world as the iconic face of James Bond 007. Sean Connery is also well known as a proud Scot, and yesterday he returned to his home town to launch his autobiography.
Being a Scot looks at Connery’s early life as a milkman in the city’s Fountainbridge neighbourhood, then delces into a wide – ranging look at Scottish culture including the work of poet Robert Burns, novelist Sir Walter Scott and Mary, Queen of Scots.
“It will illuminate what Fountainbridge’s most famous former milkman thinks of many aspects of Scottish culture and life, including sport, arhitecture, and ofcourse the gothic tendency in Scots literature” said Edinburgh International Book Festival director Catherine Lockerbie.
Connery is a vocal supporter of the pre independance Scottish National Party. He lives in the Bahamas and has said he will not reside in Scotland until it gains independence from the United Kingdon. The unveiling of Being a Scot coincides with Connery’s 78th birthday. The actor is apperaring at the book festival alongside his co author, the filmmaker and writer Murray Grigor
