About the Author

Neil Blain is Senior Lecturer in Communication and Mass Media at Glasgow Caledonian University. He has published extensively on aspects of collective identity in Scotland and Europe, including Sport and National Identity in the European Media (University of Leicester Press, 1993). Neil broadcasts frequently in Scotland on cultural, media and topical themes. Hugh O'Donnell is also a senior lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University, and is the editor of The International Journal of Iberian Studies, published by Intellect.