Title: The sky is falling on our heads
Description: "What does it mean to be a Celt today? Am I one? And, quite frankly do I want to be a hairy, smelly hard-drinking, druid-worshipping Celt anyway?" "These are the three questions that are troubling Rob Penn, a Manxman with an identity crisis, as he sets off on a journey through Scotland, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany, to the bottom of the Celtic Fringe." "Rather that be a tourist, Rob travels as a bard, writing and performing his won poems in pubs and at inter-Celtic festivals. It is a mission full of pitfalls: the modern Celts have a profound knowledge of poetry. Will they be able to spot a fake poet and what will happen when the do?" "The Sky Is Falling On Our Heads is a captivating romp through a largely unfamiliar - and often bizarre - cultural landscape. As he navigates the resurgence of the modern Celtic identity. Rob Penn succeeds in separating fact from myth in a hilarious portrait of a people who sense their time has come again."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Bards and bardism, Celtic Civilization, Celts, Ethnic relations, Travel, Description and travel, Civilization, celtic, Great britain, ethnic relations
Places: Brittany, France, Great Britain, Ireland
People: Rob Penn