Past Times journalist for DC Thomson Group. Loving digging up the past after many years in news and current affairs.
My aunt was a double agent: How an Elgin housewife became a reluctant spy in World War Two
May 29, 2024
1970: When famous Ellon mountaineer Tom Patey died in Sutherland accident
May 27, 2024
REVIEW: Jack Docherty in David Bowie and Me: Parallel Lives, Eden Court
May 25, 2024
Who was Nan Shepherd, the Aberdeenshire writer on our banknotes?
May 22, 2024
1964: When Rolling Stones no-show in Aberdeen’s Capitol caused havoc as teenagers got no Satisfaction
May 20, 2024
Aberdeen’s typhoid outbreak: How a tin of corned beef made our city a no-go zone, in a day-by-day timeline
May 17, 2024
Aberdeen’s typhoid outbreak in a survivor’s own words, 60 years on
May 17, 2024
Highland Clearances inspire musical tribute to Scotland’s migrants
May 16, 2024
1971: Jagger weds Bianca amid fights, curses and tears
May 13, 2024
1978: Flag-waving crowds and Royal wisecracks as Queen Elizabeth opens the St Fergus gas terminal
May 6, 2024
Review: Fine dining with fearless flair at An Cala Ciuin, The Mishnish Hotel, Tobermory
May 4, 2024
REVIEW: Madagascar the Musical, Eden Court, Inverness
May 3, 2024
1985: Sadness as Andy Stewart announces his ‘irrevocable’ decision to retire
April 29, 2024
Mammograms used to see beneath the surface of Aberdeen University ‘pin up’ paintings
April 28, 2024
New support available for north and north-east community heritage groups
April 24, 2024
1979: Tain fishers rescue F1-11 pilots after crash over Dornoch Firth
April 22, 2024
A school through time: Memories of remote Ross-shire primary a hundred years apart
April 19, 2024
1970: Re-live the celebrations when the Dons took the Scottish Cup from Celtic
April 15, 2024
1966: Buckie captain orders abandon ship in cruise liner inferno off Cuba
April 8, 2024
See rare Mary Queen of Scots artefacts, including her hair, at new Highland exhibition
April 5, 2024
REVIEW: Cirque: The Greatest Show, Eden Court Inverness
April 2, 2024
1966: All hands lost when MacBrayne Mull ferry-turned-pleasure-boat foundered on its way to Inverness
April 1, 2024
REVIEW: Made In Dagenham, Eden Court, Inverness
March 28, 2024
A rags to riches story: Founders of Finnies the Jeweller celebrate 65 years of marriage
March 27, 2024