Past Times journalist for DC Thomson Group. Loving digging up the past after many years in news and current affairs.
From Chariots of Fire to Jesse Owens: How a lost cigarette case adds to the fascinating history of Inverness athletics
July 23, 2021
Memories of Invernessian Josephine Tey, the most mysterious of mystery writers
July 21, 2021
‘Conduct beyond praise’: the story of Sutherland’s only WW1 VC winner
July 8, 2021
Chilling memento of Third Reich on display in Highlands
July 2, 2021
Lost Cinemas: The much-lamented Empire Theatre in Inverness
July 1, 2021
Inverness forensic artist could help solve 41-year-old Stateside murder mystery
June 28, 2021
How a Scots girl interned in Germany turned to Hitler to sanction her marriage
June 25, 2021
Remembering Mary Ethel Muir Donaldson who captured lost way of life in Highlands
June 24, 2021
Secret Highlands: Young author celebrates rich folklore of Easter Ross villages
June 22, 2021
Lost cinemas: The rise and fall of the Inverness Playhouse
June 16, 2021
Condemned Iranian mum’s camel-back bid for freedom to find refuge in Aberdeen
June 11, 2021
A dream from the age of steam: Former Crathes railway station for sale
June 9, 2021
How a humble Ross-shire crofter’s son rose to become a mighty military hero and knight of the realm
June 7, 2021
The day two huge Nazi bombs shattered the peace of South Loch Ness
June 3, 2021
How the legendary Jim Clark cut his racing teeth on a Ross-shire airfield
May 28, 2021
A Caithness hero: Wick’s own Robinson Crusoe
May 25, 2021
Tight deadline for council to bid into new funds for north
May 14, 2021
Councillors hail common sense as pipers may now play at Highland funerals without asking permission
May 14, 2021
Highland Council begins hunt for new deputy chief executive
May 13, 2021
Asset transfers will help two more north communities tackle tourism pressures
May 13, 2021
“Don’t accept the tainted coin”: Sutherland woman’s plea to neighbours as lochside wind farm looms
May 12, 2021
‘Drowning in hurt’: Caithness mum’s desperate struggle to get an education for her autistic son
May 12, 2021
Douglas Ross: Scottish Conservative leader will serve as both MP and MSP after securing list seat
May 8, 2021
Fergus Ewing resounding in Inverness and Nairn with his sixth victory
May 7, 2021