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Dan Howarth
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Ally in training. Generally curious. Rookie dad. Into hills, indy mags and #designjustice. Content design, strategy and IA in UK gov.
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And this inscription on the front of the first edition of Gray’s novel, ‘Poor Things’ (1992). Credit: Stephen Persing.
‘Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation’, emblazoned in silver foil blocking with 4 stylised thistles, against a dark green canvas. On the cover of Gray’s book, Poor Things (beneath the dust jacket).
November 20, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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An epigraph on the Canongate Wall of the Scottish Parliament
Gray’s famous quote, ‘work as if you live in the early days of a better nation’, embossed in capital letters on white stone, in a parallelogram shape, against the grey wall of the Scottish Parliament building.
November 20, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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It’s at its best on Gray’s mural next to the loos at the Ubiquitous Chip, a restaurant in Glasgow. Credit: thealasdairgrayarchive.org/timeline/
One of Alasdair Gray’s murals in the Ubiquitous Chip, a restaurant in Glasgow. It’s a painting of 2 women (Linda Morrison and Kay Scott), next to a peacock with fanned-out tail feathers, a stream and a blossoming tree. The peacock is standing on a book with the inscription, “et in Arcadia ego”, a reminder of the inevitability of death. There’s a skull at the bottom with some teeth missing and a quizzical expression, with butterflies flying around it. Above the mural is Gray’s famous quote, ‘Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation’. In red capital letters on a mustard background.
November 20, 2024 at 10:51 PM