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People are also being urged to change their social media avatar to a picture of Gray on the day. Sorcha Dallas, of The Alasdair Gray Archive, said: “Gray Day was born of a desire to foster a continued dialogue with Alasdair through the rich and multi-faceted works he has left behind. “Alasdair was an incredible man and we hope this tribute will allow his admirers a chance to reminisce while bringing his work to many more who have still to discover it.” It is hoped the event will become an...

Gray died in December 2019 a day after his 85th birthday following a short illness. In his final interview before his death - conducted on the day of the 2019 General Election - Gray was critical of the SNP for not taking a stronger line on independence in Holyrood. He told The National: "In the past, I wrote a number of pamphlets supporting the Scottish National Party, and if I were to write a pamphlet now, which I thought of doing, it would be highly critical of the Scottish National...

I read The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway in a miserable student flat-share, venturing into the orange-walled living room only during the hours my horrible flatmate was out working, where I’d fold in on myself on a chair by the window. It overlooked a messy but green courtyard and other tenements. The signs of life were a comforting connection to the world; women across the way washing dishes or moving around the room; on one occasion kissing extravagantly by the window, dispel...

The work of acclaimed Scots artist and writer Alasdair Gray is to be celebrated in the first ever Gray Day. It is hoped the event will become an annual commemoration of the life and work of one of Scotland’s most important cultural polymaths, Alasdair Gray. The first will take place on Thursday - marking the 40th anniversary of the publication of his seminal novel Lanark. Known faces including Ali Smith, Yann Martel, Denise Mina, Irvine Welsh, Gemma Cairney and Ewen Bremner are set ...

You might not know it yet, and lock-down means your opportunity to explore it fully will be sadly limited when you do, but Thursday is the inaugural Gray Day, the first of what organisers hope will become a significant annual event celebrating the life, work and legacy of Alasdair Gray. The iconic author, illustrator, poet and artist died aged 85 in 2019 and the plan is for Gray Day eventually to assume the same stature as its sort-of-namesake, Bloomsday. Named for Leopold Bloom, the protag...

‘Day for Gray’ campaign starts lively evening Jan 26, 2021 EXPRESS ARCHIVES Throughout the March of 1962 protest at Lock Haven State College, students rang the campus bell. (Editors Noted: The below article and photographs first ran in The Express on March 28, 1962 and detailed a protest held by Lock Haven State College students. Thank you Lou Bernard and Joby Topper for helping find the article to be paired with the photos.) Several hundred students, clamoring “We want a Gray Day,�...

Guilderland neighbors honor beloved letter carrier with Ray Day A pending retirement leads to a suburban salute to Ray Andi FacebookTwitterEmail 1of15 Ray Andi, 64, of Rotterdam, retires Dec. 30 after 38 years as a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier. His grateful customers declared Dec. 22 "Ray Day" and made a public tribute to his dedication.Paul Grondahl/Special to the Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of15 Dozens of customers along Ray Andis mail route made homemade signs to thank him for his t...

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Ray day has arrived. a motorcade of squad cars depart from the police department. theyre in. the raid is on, and pay dirt. >> all that down here is victoria secrets. its not rip-off stuff. its not counterfeit. >> reporter: everything is photographed, and the cuffs are on. the owners of the stores arrested for possession of stolen merchandise. at mikes command center, aka his apartment, he shows off the fruit of countless hours. youre never going to stop people from stealing from stores. >> no, b...

Narcotics case. we have low, mid level and top dog. >> reporter: hes been casing two joints in l.a. for months. ray day has arrived. a motorcade of squad cars depart from the police department. theyre in. the raid is on, and pay dirt. >> all that down here is victoria secrets. its not rip-off stuff. its not counterfeit. >> reporter: everything is photographed, and the cuffs are on. the owners of the stores arrested for possession of stolen merchandise. at mikes command center, aka his apartment,...