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Playing it cool: how brands are preparing for a staycation summer Holiday and resortwear brands are preparing for a second staycation summer with product that will weather the vagaries of British climate and pandemic uncertainty. Kalita SS21 An unseasonably chilly start to May would normally have people across the UK and Ireland booking holidays to sun soaked-resorts, where they can stretch out on the beach and sip on a Margarita while watching the waves. For those who feel safe and confident enough to go abroad, there will be the opportunity. From 17 May, people will be able to take holidays...

Playing it cool: how brands are preparing for a staycation summer Holiday and resortwear brands are preparing for a second staycation summer with product that will weather the vagaries of British climate and pandemic uncertainty. Kalita SS21 An unseasonably chilly start to May would normally have people across the UK and Ireland booking holidays to sun soaked-resorts, where they can stretch out on the beach and sip on a Margarita while watching the waves. For those who feel safe and confident enough to go abroad, there will be the opportunity. From 17 May, people will be able to take holidays...

Eileen Gray portrait from 1926 Born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith on August 9, 1878, the Brownswood native would not only defy convention, not only overcome those obstacles, she would become a world leader in her field, an iconic figure who continues to be celebrated decades after her death. Eileen's father, James McLaren Smith (1832-1900), was a painter, her mother, Eveleen (1841-1918) an Anglo-Irish aristocrat whose lineage could be traced back to King James V. Clearly these were not your average Enniscorthy family. While the young Eileen undoubtedly had a better start to life than most,...

SOME of Scotland's most well known authors are to pay tribute to the life of Alasdair Gray. The first ever Gray Day is to take place today celebrating one of the country's most important literary and artistic talents. Today is the 40th anniversary of the publication of Gray's novel Lanark and a special, one-off evening hosted by Neu Reekie at Oran Mor is to take place. 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...

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 Party. I am a big supporter of independence but I rather regret the fact that the party in Holyr...