Past Times journalist for DC Thomson Group. Loving digging up the past after many years in news and current affairs.
Gallery: Are you in these photos of 1980s Easter fun in the north-east?
March 23, 2024
Auction: Nairn farm’s unique 19th century archive, including photos
March 19, 2024
The Buchan bodyguard hero who took three bullets for Princess Anne
March 18, 2024
A former keeper’s memories of life at Duncansby Head Lighthouse as it turns 100
March 14, 2024
On This Day 1981: Bizarre twist in tale of body found in Skye
March 11, 2024
IN FILM: The Prime Minister whose moral compass came from his Lossiemouth childhood
March 10, 2024
On This Day 1976: Strathdon, a parish without a future?
March 4, 2024
Deathbed dictation by Aultbea man on the hell he went through on Russian Arctic convoys
March 3, 2024
Review: David Suchet at Eden Court, Inverness
February 29, 2024
Historic ivory with tales to tell on display at Brodie Castle
February 28, 2024
On This Day 1994: King’s apartment burgled in theft stranger than fiction
February 26, 2024
In photos: Memories of when the Klondyker factory ships transformed life in Ullapool
February 22, 2024
War in Europe: The long-forgotten suffering of north-east men in Greek prison camps during WW2
February 21, 2024
On This Day 1915: Aberdeen local hero commemorated with memorial in England
February 19, 2024
REVIEW: Tom Stade, Natural Born Killer at Eden Court
February 18, 2024
Scotland’s oldest known tartan: Can you help identify the men who found it in Glen Affric 40 years ago?
February 14, 2024
Tears of joy as Mariana in Brazil united with mum’s long-lost teenage penpal from Nairn
February 13, 2024
On This Day, 1983: When Dennis Nilsen was first charged with murder
February 12, 2024
Review: Something about George, The George Harrison Story, Eden Court, Inverness
February 9, 2024
On This Day 1939: Madame Scotia, the Port Appin woman who spent her life performing Hebridean music around the world
February 5, 2024
Alness Calling: The Easter Ross man who broadcast Nazi propaganda during World War Two
January 31, 2024
On this Day, 1929: When the new Aberdeen sick children’s hospital opened and gave more kids access to healthcare
January 29, 2024
On This Day 1929: When a huge steamboat stranded at the Beach Ballroom and Fittie residents had their fill of coal
January 22, 2024
Can you help Mariana from Brazil find her mum’s Nairn penpal?
January 21, 2024