Past Times journalist for DC Thomson Group. Loving digging up the past after many years in news and current affairs.
Revealed: The intriguing past of old monument near Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
October 24, 2024
Liam Payne: Remembering One Direction’s Aberdeen show in 2011
October 17, 2024
My Weekend: Crofter/publisher Lynn Michell shares what she loves about her weekends in the Outer Hebrides
October 12, 2024
Remembering the tragedy at Carrbridge, near Aviemore when the railway bridge collapsed killing five
October 10, 2024
How teenage love turned into 66 years of marriage for John and Marie Mackenzie, Fyvie
September 28, 2024
The racing Mcwhirters of Elgin, the family behind Decora and the Moray Motor Museum
September 27, 2024
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Ask A Local: Maureen Ross tells us what she loves about the Seaboard Villages of Easter Ross
September 21, 2024
Visit a lost Elgin with black and white photos colourised for first time
September 20, 2024
2 Ask A Local: An insider’s guide to the 6 best things about Dingwall
September 7, 2024
My Ideal Weekend: Angus Peter Campbell surrounds himself with music, food and the love of family
August 31, 2024
How a Huntly-born farmer’s son influenced JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis as father of fantasy fiction
August 31, 2024
The macabre fantasy models made by an Evanton artist from old machines and plastic rubbish
August 24, 2024
As Thunder in the Glens revs up for 2024, see if you can spot yourself in our photo gallery of years gone by
August 22, 2024
Local Hero: James Campbell has been a force behind Beauly village life for six decades
August 17, 2024
REVIEW: The Sound of Music at Eden Court, Inverness
August 15, 2024
Confessions of a 70s teenager who reluctantly found himself running a Far North Line station
August 11, 2024
2 WATCH: Titanic’s whistles recreated by Oldmeldrum steam engineers at Nairn show
August 3, 2024
From crofting on Benbecula to touring with Lynyrd Skynyrd, meet the band’s #1 fan and confidant
July 20, 2024
The forgotten life of Hebridean crofting as told by Ena, 84, season by season
July 13, 2024
Revisiting the fading glory of one man’s dream, the Inverness Titanic
July 12, 2024
GALLERY: When Queen Elizabeth delighted crowds with a walkabout in Inverness, 1985… do you see anyone you know?
June 28, 2024
1972: When hoaxers faked the death of Raasay’s infamous absentee landlord ‘Dr No’
June 24, 2024
1965: Joy as Calum Kennedy buys the Tivoli Theatre
June 10, 2024
D-Day: The surprising role of Moray and Easter Ross in the liberation of France
June 5, 2024