Past Times journalist for DC Thomson Group. Loving digging up the past after many years in news and current affairs.
Time for Tey: Blue plaque honour for the Agatha Christie of Inverness
November 4, 2021
Culloden battlefield yields more of its deadly secrets during archaeological dig
November 3, 2021
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Halloween high jinks, a resident spook and a licit still – all in one Nairnshire farm
October 29, 2021
The Torry Tragedy: Horrified family discovers grandfather was baby killer
October 27, 2021
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Fort George: Life and times of famous base as closure looms ever closer
October 23, 2021
Remembering the Orkney child abuse case: How survivor turned his life around
October 22, 2021
Remembering the Orkney child abuse case: Book by survivor reveals horror and hope
October 21, 2021
From Belfast to Kabul: 50 years of the Royal Marines at RM Condor in Arbroath
October 13, 2021
When Gurkhas became Highlanders and helped keep the peace in Bosnia
October 12, 2021
Giving the Glenshee devil the elbow: The fascinating history of the notorious road
October 7, 2021
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Nailing down the past: Forres DIY store yields 200-year-old secrets
October 7, 2021
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Sir James Napier: Painting of ‘mystery’ man who fought at Culloden to be auctioned
September 28, 2021
‘To Quebec or the bottom!’: Fateful cry of captain of doomed emigrant ship wrecked off Barra
September 25, 2021
Notre Dame? How Inverness was meant to be the Paris of the North
September 22, 2021
The Bard of Little Hell: New book lays bare all of Moray life in 500 years of poetry
September 13, 2021
The ceilidh that changed the face of Scottish folk music
September 8, 2021
Speyside Tragedy: Highland poacher went on the run after shooting policeman dead
September 7, 2021
The Cabinet’s in town: The day Inverness found itself making political history
September 6, 2021
Letters from the past: Inverness woman’s fond memories of winning national handwriting prize
September 1, 2021
Peter McWilliam: How Inverness footballer became Spurs manager and inspired Cruyff, Guardiola and total football
August 26, 2021
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The Highlanders: Is this Scotland’s lost regiment?
August 25, 2021
Video: Follow Dornoch’s Winston the Bear as he hunts a dragon in charming new book
August 24, 2021
Look out – you could be about to be skekled as dance troupe head north
August 14, 2021
‘But you’re dead!’: Highland yachtswoman’s memories of her record-breaking transatlantic solo adventure
August 11, 2021