Muriel Gray

Muriel Janet Gray FRSE (an haife ta a ranar 30 ga Agusta 1958) marubuciya ce 'yar ƙasar Scotland, mai watsa shirye-shirye kuma 'yar jarida. Ta shahara a bainar jama'a a matsayin mai yin hira a wani shirin talabijin na Channel 4 mai suna The Tube, sannan ta fito a matsayin mai gabatarwa a rediyon BBC . Gray ta yi rubutu a Time Out, Sunday Herald da The Guardian, da sauran wallafe-wallafe, da kuma buga littattafan ban tsoro masu nasara. Ita ce mace ta farko da ta zama shugabar kwamitin gwamnoni a Makarantar Fasaha ta Glasgow . Ita ce darakta mara zartarwa ta BBC .

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
An haifi Gray a ranar 30 ga Agusta, 1958 a Gabashin Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland.  Tana da wani ɓangare na zuriyar Yahudawa. Ta gabatar da wani shirin gaskiya na Channel 4 wanda ke nuna tushenta na Yahudawa daga ɓangaren mahaifiyarta, mai suna The Wondering Jew (1996), inda ta gano zuriyar mahaifiyarta ta fito ne daga abin da yanzu ake kira Moldova . 

Gray ta auri mai shirya fina-finai Hamish Barbour tun daga shekarar 1991, "Gray, Muriel Janet, (Mrs H. Barbour) born 30 Aug. 1958;, presenter, broadcaster and author". Who's Who 2025. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2024. Archived from the original on 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025. kuma suna da 'ya'ya uku.  A shekarar 1997, 'yarsu ta kusa nutsewa a cikin wani tafki mai lambu, wanda hakan ya sa kwakwalwarta ta lalace har abada. 

 Sana'a 

 Farkon aikina 
Gray ya kammala karatunsa a Makarantar Fasaha ta Glasgow, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin ƙwararren mai zane sannan kuma mataimakin shugaban zane a Gidan Tarihi na Tarihi na Ƙasa da ke Edinburgh. 

 Aikin watsa labarai 
Bayan ta buga waƙar punk mai suna Family Von Trapp, ta zama mai yin hira a farkon shirin pop na Channel 4 mai suna The Tube daga 1982; ita ce babbar mai gabatar da shirin ITV Border mai suna Bliss  a 1985, ta sake gabatar da Frocks on the Box (1987–88) da The Media Show (1987–89) a Channel 4.  Ta kasance DJ na ɗan lokaci ga Radio Forth na Edinburgh a 1983 da 1984. Ta kasance mai gabatarwa a BBC Radio 1 a yawancin shekarun tamanin, ciki har da John Peel . Ta kuma kasance mai gabatarwa akai-akai a BBC Radio 4, don Fara Mako a rashin Russell Harty da kuma lokacin hutun Jeremy Paxman .

Daga baya Gray ta gabatar da shirin Munro (wanda ya rubuta ta hawa wasu tsaunuka mafi tsayi a Scotland, Munros ). Ta raka wannan littafin The First Fifty – Munro Bagging Without A Geard . Ta gabatar da wasu shirye-shiryen talabijin daban-daban, ciki har da Ride On, wani shirin mujallar motoci na Channel 4, The Design Awards, na BBC, da kuma kyautar The Booker Prize na Channel 4.

Gray ya gabatar da shirin Art Is Dead – Long Live TV . Wannan shirin ya haifar da ce-ce-ku-ce lokacin da aka gano cewa shirin, wanda ya shafi ayyukan mawaka biyar, ba gaskiya ba ne. 

Gray ya gabatar da shirin gaskiya game da The Glasgow Boys, ƙungiyar masu zane-zane masu tasiri a ƙarni na 19, ciki har da Sir John Lavery da James Guthrie, waɗanda suka ƙalubalanci ƙa'idodin gargajiya na zamaninsu. An nuna yaran Glasgow a BBC2.

Gray ya gabatar da shirin Channel 4 na bikin bayar da kyautar Turner ta 2016 a Glasgow tare. 

A shekarar 2017, Gray ya yi wani fim mai suna " Private View ", wato shirin ƙarshe na shirin talabijin na uku na barkwancin baƙar fata mai suna Inside No. 9. 

 Rubutu 
Gray ta kasance marubuciya a wallafe-wallafe da dama, ciki har da mujallar Time Out, jaridar Sunday Correspondent, jaridar Sunday Mirror, da mujallar Bliss, kuma yanzu tana rubuta wani shafi na yau da kullun a jaridar Sunday Herald . Ta lashe kyautar Columnist of the Year a kyaututtukan manema labarai na Scotland na 2001. Tana rubutu akai-akai ga jaridar The Guardian .

Ta zama marubuciyar labari mai ban tsoro da ta fi sayarwa da wallafa littafinta na farko mai suna The Trickster (1995), wanda ya biyo baya da wasu biyu, Furnace da The Ancient . Stephen King ya bayyana The Ancient a matsayin "Tsoro da rashin iya yin komai." A shekara ta 2004 an buga tarin gajerun labarai, 'Yan Matan Scotland Game da Town: Kuma an buga wasu marubuta mata goma sha shida na Scotland . An zaɓi Gray tare da Jenny Colgan da Isla Dewar don fitowa a murfin littafin. 

Ta rubuta tarihin Gidan Tarihi da Gidan Tarihi na Kelvingrove na Glasgow don bikin sake buɗe shi a shekarar 2006. Ta bayyana a shirin BBC Two mai suna Grumpy Old Women .

A shekarar 2014 ta ba da gudummawar wani sabon rubutu don aikin juyin juya hali na 21 wanda aka yi wahayi zuwa gare shi daga tarin da aka gudanar a ɗakin karatu na mata na Glasgow. 

 Abubuwan sha'awar kasuwanci 
Gray ta fara kamfanin shirya fina-finai nata a shekarar 1989, wanda aka fara kiransa da Gallus Besom ( wanda ake kira da kalmar raini ta Scotland ko ta Ingilishi ta Arewa ga mace mai girman kai ko kuma mai rashin kunya da gangan    da kuma gallus mai ƙarfin hali ko kuma mai kunya  a Scotland ),  sannan aka sake masa suna zuwa Ideal World a shekarar 1993.  Ta haɗu a shekarar 2004 da Wark Clements, kamfanin da Kirsty Wark da mijinta Alan Clements suka mallaka, don kafa IWC Media. Daga nan abokan hulɗar suka sayar da sabon kamfanin a shekarar 2005 ga kamfanin watsa labarai na RDF Media kan kimanin fam miliyan 12.

 Girmamawa da naɗi 

 Ita tsohuwar shugabar jami'ar Edinburgh ce, mace ta farko da ta taɓa riƙe wannan muƙamin, kuma a shekarar 2006 an ba ta digirin girmamawa na digirin digirgir na wasiƙu daga Jami'ar Abertay Dundee .

 A shekarar 2013 an ba ta digirin girmamawa, wato Doctor of Letters, daga Makarantar Fasaha ta Glasgow da Jami'ar Glasgow.

 A cikin siffarta ta mai hawa dutse, ta fito a cikin fim ɗin barkwanci mai suna The Broons . 

 Ita ce shugabar alkalai na kyautar Orange Prize ta 2007 don Fiction . 

 Ta kasance alkali a kyautar Robert Burns Humanitarian Award. 

 Gray shi ne mataimakin shugaban kwamitin da ya zaɓi mai ginin sabon gini da za a gina a wani wuri da ke fuskantar Makarantar Fasaha ta Glasgow ta Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

 Makarantar Fasaha ta Glasgow ta naɗa ta a matsayin mace ta farko da ta zama shugabar kwamitin gwamnonin daga 2013-2021. 

 An naɗa ta a kwamitin amintattu na Gidan Tarihi na Burtaniya a watan Disamba na 2015  Ta yi murabus daga wannan mukamin a watan Nuwamba na 2023.

 An ba shi lambar yabo ta girmamawa ta The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland a watan Yulin 2016 
 An zaɓe shi a matsayin memba na Royal Society of Edinburgh a watan Maris na 2018 

 An naɗa shi a Hukumar BBC a matsayin darakta mara zartarwa daga 3 ga Janairu 2022 zuwa 2 ga Janairu 2026. 

 Aikin sadaka 
A shekara ta 2005, Gray ta zama mai kula da ƙungiyar agaji ta Scotland mai suna Trees for Life wadda ke aiki don dawo da dajin Caledonian . Ita kuma mai kula da Cibiyar Craighalbert ce, wata makarantar koyar da ilimi mai zurfi da ke Cumbernauld kusa da Glasgow. A halin yanzu tana aiki a matsayin amintacce a kan waɗannan allunan: Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Glasgow, Gidan Tarihi na Maritime na Scotland, The Lighthouse da Majalisar Yara. Tana goyon bayan Action Earth.  A watan Janairun 2009 ta zama mai kula da farko na Ƙungiyar Tattaunawar Bukatun Tallafi na Ƙarin Tallafi ta Scotland, RESOLVE:ASL.

 Rubutu 

 Almara 

 An zaɓi ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na The Trickster (1994), don samun kyautar littafin British Fantasy Society Best Novel ta shekarar 1995.
 Murhu (1996)
 Tsohon (2000)

 Ba almara ba 

 Hamsin na Farko: Jakar Munro Ba Tare da Gemu Ba (1991) 
 Waɗannan Zamani, Wannan Wuri (2005) 
 Gidan Tarihi da Fasaha na Kelvingrove: Tashar Glasgow zuwa Duniya . (2006) 

 Manazarta 

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