@Lottiehood_ // Lottie is a features reporter with The Press & Journal and Evening Express who is passionate about good story-telling and supporting local communities.
Meet the local panto stars who made their stage dreams at His Majesty’s Theatre a reality
December 13, 2024
Grantown graduate swaps hairdressing for new job in children’s mental health
December 11, 2024
Royal thanks for Mearns Academy’s Helen Reid for being Laurencekirk local hero
December 5, 2024
Granite Noir: Full programme revealed for 2025 Aberdeen crime-writing festival
December 4, 2024
Granite Noir short story competition returns for second year following success
December 4, 2024
The creator behind Cullen’s ’emporium’ Christmas store who is usually asleep on the big day
November 30, 2024
How Aberdeen’s Panto King Alan McHugh balances 50 December shows with own Christmas traditions
November 30, 2024
Hanging from chandeliers, cuddles with Paul Mescal and zoology: Inside the surprising world of opera at His Majesty’s Theatre
November 26, 2024
The lab chief who grew up living at ARI and his daughters who followed in his footsteps
November 23, 2024
Crime commentator Emma Kenny explains the real reasons why serial killers fascinate women
November 22, 2024
Strictly’s Anton Du Beke talks Aberdeen dancing days, Christmas and ‘terrible carpets’
November 21, 2024
Pet Tales: Thor the Banff dog who helped his owner through addiction, suicide trauma and epilepsy
November 17, 2024
Phoenix Theatre host charity show in memory of beloved co-founder and mum Liz Milne
November 16, 2024
We chat with Fraserburgh’s Elly Jay, star of A Night at the Musicals this Saturday at HMT
November 12, 2024
The Fraserburgh father and daughter duo who save lives at sea
November 9, 2024
Meet the Skoff siblings who now run Dyce’s Cloggy House cafe
October 31, 2024
Albyn teacher’s shock sepsis death came after ‘traumatic’ health service failings and major ambulance delays
Interview: Stronsay actor Eilidh Fisher talks her role in The Outrun and working with Saoirse Ronan, and how film made her love her Orcadian home
October 25, 2024
Restaurant review: Spider on a Bicycle in Aboyne delivers on every front and at a great price
October 20, 2024
Robbie Shepherd tribute show: 155 Scottish performers to commemorate legend at HMT on Sunday
October 16, 2024
Are fireworks a well-loved tradition or is it time they were banned?
October 16, 2024
8 Rebecca Thow, NHS Grampian physio by day, World Champion Highland Dancer at night
October 10, 2024
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Inside the colourful life of Frances Farquharson who helped transform tartan and Braemar
October 6, 2024
‘Don’t you want to kill each other?’: The Aberdeenshire mum and siblings who travel and sing together for family meet ups
October 5, 2024