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Acknowledgements

Clare Cooper and Helen MacAlister offer their warmest thanks to Lindsay Blair
for her penetrating introduction to the work in this exhibition.

From Helen MacAlister, especial thanks to Clare Cooper and Art First for continued
involvement and support, and to John McKenzie for the photography.

Due credit and thanks also to:

Richard Allen Douglas Dunn Fintan O’Toole

Neal Ascherson Jackie Kemp John Purser

John Barker George Kerevan Alan Riach

Richard Barlow Colin Kidd Mike Small

Anthony Barnett Murdo Macdonald Carolee Thea

Derek Bateman Ian Peter MacDonald Andrew Tickell

Sean Bell Peter Mackay Roderick Watson

Craig Beveridge Duncan Macmillan Christopher Whyte

Michael Billig Iain Macwhirter Clara Young

Kevin Birmingham Allan Massie Scottish Poetry Library

Alan Bissett Jamie Maxwell Poets House, New York

Lindsay & Donald Blair Derrick McClure Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Jenni Calder Liam McIlvanney British Geological Survey
Robert Crawford John McKenzie Historic Environment Scotland
Charles Esche Tam McTurk Edinburgh Central Library
Peter Geoghegan Tom Nairn National Library of Scotland
Tom Devine Paul O’Neill

Published in connection with the exhibition Helen MacAlister, The Glamour of Backwardness
Art First, London, 8th September–18th October 2022

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Editor: Clare Cooper
isbn 978-1-399-7394001-0-1
Published by Clare Cooper/Art First, London • Catalogue © 2022 Clare Cooper/Art First
Essay © Dr Lindsay Blair • Photography © John McKenzie

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