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'Glasgow has made more of its heritage than we have simply by shouting about it more loudly.'
'With MPs' pay set to rise to three times that of the average worker, I’m starting to think I should've accepted Alex Salmond's offer.'
The former first minister is culpable in the ongoing battles over gender and sex which continue to afflict and divide Scottish society.
Former University of Dundee rector Jim Spence reacts to the devastating job cuts at the institution.
'Teachers are at the sharp end of giving our children and grandchildren the best possible start in life.'
'In our increasingly fractured society, we’re too often herded towards the view that we should tow rigid party lines.'
"With almost everyone in the country talking about the case, the Scottish Parliament is refusing to allow questions from some MSPs to discuss the...
Bosses behind the institution's crisis make Del Boy from Only Fools and Horses look like a financial wizard. writes former rector Jim Spence.
Ordinary staff members are powerless as management try to renegotiate the terms of a multi-million-pound drawdown facility.
Have those who managed to take the institution to the brink of disaster got any workable ideas on how to save it?
I would say Sir Keir Starmer has gone from hero to zero in record time if he’d ever actually been seen as a hero. But he was elected as a default...
I prefer looking to the future than reflecting on the past, and in that vein I predict the continuing rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform party in 2025 is...
Nicola Sturgeon is in danger of joining the ranks of the tin foil hat brigade with her outlandish claims that “forces” were behind the opposition...
As Dundee University lurches from one crisis to another, it’s time for a root and branch reassessment of how our educational establishments...
Dundee City Council voting to close Caird Park golf course is crystal clear evidence of a council totally out of touch with the people they’re...
The contrast in leadership between two of Dundee’s key educational establishments was laid bare this past week. Simon Hewitt, the principal of...
In the wake of potential job losses at Dundee University, the principal Iain Gillespie and his senior management team should show some solidarity...
In September I said if I was writing this column with my football hat on, I’d describe the SNP as “3-0 down with full-time approaching”. Despite...
Dundee has to fight its own corner when it comes to creating jobs and opportunities. Those who have the bright ideas and entrepreneurial spirit to...
Kindness is preferable to unkindness, but when the desire to be kind to everyone is pursued in the face of established science and basic common...
Kindness is preferable to unkindness, but when the desire to be kind to everyone is pursued in the face of established science and basic common...
The Courier story of how Dundee fell in love with Billy Connolly reminded me of an interview with him at Aberdeen FC’s Pittodrie stadium. As I...
I’m just back from 12 days in Denmark and Sweden with the Ambassador Cruise line which sailed from Dundee. When travelling it’s impossible not to...
The Dunhill Cup at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns from October 3-6 is a great chance to see a collection of the great and the good of the...
Camperdown Park, once a shining jewel in Dundee’s crown, is now a tarnished fading gem. But I had a glimpse at the weekend of how its former lustre...
Camperdown Park, once a shining jewel in Dundee’s crown, is now a tarnished fading gem. But I had a glimpse at the weekend of how its former lustre...
If I was writing this column with my football hat on I’d describe the SNP as currently being 3-0 down with full-time approaching. Their defence is...
The case of the exploding windows might sound like a plot from a Sherlock Holmes novel. But even the famous detective might have been dumbfounded...
There’s a famous line in the film A Streetcar Named Desire where the character Blanche Dubois says: “I have always depended on the kindness of...
The row over the proposed Andy Murray legacy tennis centre in Dunblane is as unedifying as it is potentially damaging to the name of a man regarded...
Proper standards are important in public life. I’m a big believer in due process and carrying out duties according to best practice. Things are...
Most sensible folk know there are some bad and violent people who need locked up, but it’s taken until now for the progressive left in British...
Most sensible folk know there are some bad and violent people who need locked up, but it’s taken until now for the progressive left in British...
The Dundee football derby is the friendliest city derby in Scottish football. That’s why I was surprised at talk of re-routing fans if a planned...
Those of us with family members in the police know intimately the challenges of the unique job they do. At times for cops their work is a desperate...
Watching the partisan punch up which passes for presidential political campaigning in America, I’m increasingly fearful it’s a portent of things to...