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Colin Farquhar

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Colin Farquhar: Taxpayer’s money could have been better spent elsewhere than on Cairngorm Funicular

With the Holyrood election coming up, it’s a grand time of year to start thinking about how your tax-money is spent. What better way than to visit...

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Colin Farquhar: Trip to Glasgow made me jealous of Buchanan Street buzz compared to struggling Aberdeen city centre

15.04.2026 10

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Colin Farquhar: Is President Trump’s obsession too close to home for the north-east?

21.01.2026 20

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Colin Farquhar: Snow should inspire New Year resolutions to do more for our Aberdeen communities

07.01.2026 10

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Colin Farquhar: After a year of alcohol overconsumption, could 2026 be the year I give up booze?

24.12.2025 20

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Colin Farquhar: We only have ourselves to blame for Vue Shiprow’s closing

10.12.2025 20

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Colin Farquhar: Gray’s School of Art show holds a mirror to Aberdeen at a turning point in oil and gas

03.12.2025 30

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Colin Farquhar: For me and my dog, fireworks have lost their sparkler

12.11.2025 20

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Colin Farquhar: New Assai Records shop in Aberdeen can bring back One-Up glory days – and tempt me to ditch Spotify!

29.10.2025 20

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Colin Farquhar: We should be saving abandoned Aberdeen buildings by turning them into culture destinations to showcase local talent

15.10.2025 20

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Colin Farquhar: Could Braemar’s Fife Arms be next victim of Scotland’s rural hospitality housing crisis?

01.10.2025 20

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Colin Farquhar: Anger should be directed at UK’s shoddy asylum system – not those being housed in Aberdeen

17.09.2025 10

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Colin Farquhar: Flags tied to Aberdeen lampposts have nothing to do with patriotism

03.09.2025 10

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Colin Farquhar: Don’t let a few weeds put you off fab new Union Terrace Gardens

20.08.2025 10

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Colin Farquhar: I can’t remember the last time I saw town so busy – Tall Ships boom left me astonished!

23.07.2025 10

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Colin Farquhar: Can Aberdeen become popular stag party destination?

09.07.2025 10

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Colin Farquhar: Dons win sent me on Holburn Street pub crawl – and celebrations showed Aberdeen at its best

There was just something about the way that Kasper Schmeichel was holding himself in the minutes leading up to Saturday’s penalty shoot-out that...

29.05.2025 10

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M&S shuts with a whimper but can Union Street come back with a bang?

14.05.2025 20

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Why Aberdeen College is a life-saver for people like this lad from Banff who daydreamed his way through school

30.04.2025 30

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North Coast 500 boasts beauties that should be shared with the world – but not at the cost of locals

16.04.2025 20

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I’m a new driver – and even I can see how 50mph speed limit would cause more problems on north-east roads

02.04.2025 20

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Abortion protestors have no place on the Castlegate or any business interfering in women’s health

19.03.2025 20

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Let’s fill more empty Aberdeen city centre shops with art like Nisbets – we need creative solutions

05.03.2025 20

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Marcliffe investment, Flint progress and more show we really don’t have much to Abermoan about

19.02.2025 20

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Could free bus ban stop rowdy youths turning Union Street into the wild west?

05.02.2025 30

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