A Walk Through AGA with David
We are delighted to launch this guide to the archive, written by David Lothian and illustrated by Abby Carter!
Join postgraduate researcher David Lothian for a walk through The Alasdair Gray Archive (AGA).
This guide is both a guided tour through the AGA collection, and a ‘neurodivergent reading’ of it. On your walk through AGA see some of Alasdair Gray’s most famous art and prose works alongside some uniquely personal items through a new lens.
This project developed through the research of postgraduate researcher David Lothian, who first engaged with The Alasdair Gray Archive during one of its free public tours. During his visit, David spoke about his developing research interests and exploring creative practice through a neurodivergent lens. This initial conversation led to the development of a collaborative research project exploring how Gray’s archive might be understood in relation to neurodiversity frameworks. David’s perspective offers a valuable and timely contribution to Gray scholarship, opening up new ways of reading the archive that foreground cognition, process, and lived experience alongside artistic production.
Written and researched by David Lothian, 2025
Illustrated and designed by Abby Carter
Introduced by Sorcha Dallas
Edited by Evie Glen
Photographs by Alan Dimmick
Excerpts of AGA Collection 3 Archival Material
Project supported by:
The Alasdair Gray Archive
The University of Glasgow
Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities
Published by The Alasdair Gray Archive, 2026
Thanks to:
Ash Loydon
Chloe Duncan from Hope for Autism
Sorcha Dallas