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Martel MaxwellThe Courier |
"There are green shoots everywhere."
"Looking up to that overpass as we drive through our daily lives, it feels so sad - such a waste of young life."
"New antenatal classes may cover the way dads might feel after birth, but are possibly too embarrassed to talk about."
The Beckham family fallout has gripped the nation - and raised uncomfortable questions about how we would behave when our own kids fall in love.
"Someone once gave me good advice – that no one should be able to tell who your kid is from watching you."
"When do we do something scary by choice?"
"That’s right, I’m a Dee – Jamie my husband is an Arab."
"I ask everything there is to know because I’ve considered it myself."
"In Dundee on this week of remembrance, I saw hope, patriotism and kindness."
"We could rid streets of overgrown eyesores with boarded windows. We could make lives and futures better."
'Why would Scotland’s fourth-largest city have the status and funding an intensive care unit needs taken away?'
"Much is placed on the goal of getting into a university but it’s not the best option for everyone."
"There's a sense that we have lost a special Dundonian, a loss that will be felt desperately by her family."
'Are kids at independent schools not allowed to attend with tickets their parents have bought?'
A national newspaper's bleak colour piece left me furious - but not as furious as I am at the blinkered cheerleading of councillors whose job it is...
"There is nothing like three decades away from somewhere to bring into sharp focus what has changed - not so much on the island, but how we behave."
"The best things in life are free, they say, and looking round Castle Green it was hard to argue."
"Maybe the man in Aldi just meant it as a compliment. He said the wrong thing but possibly with the right intentions."
"Scratch the surface of Dundee and there’s quite the scene."
"Scratch the surface of Dundee and there’s quite the scene."
"Let’s keep positive, talking ourselves up, working hard and supporting local businesses."
"We’ve become so used to there not being credible options on the high street for what we need, our first thought is often 'how fast can it be...
'But here’s the thing. And it’s quite a thing. I’m double taking all the time.'
"I will never work with as natural, professional or hard-working a presenter again."
'Had they all come from America? And what was a Big Mac?'
"While Hannah Laing should have been riding high, she found herself hitting back at keyboard warriors online."
'No one wants to be at a near standstill as three boys argue about who has the biggest head, while battering each other with a pencil case.'
"Whether for reasons of practicality, religion or common sense, we need the same two weeks off school, please."
"We need to give a reason to showcase us more - and what better way than utilising one of our finest assets: us. The people of Dundee."
'Scratch the surface of the news and the human cost and ripple effect on Dundee becomes clear.'
'Sometimes something happens that is so unjust, it needs to be called out.'
'I felt bad. Really bad. Maybe she is just a mum who likes to make pretty things.'
'I’m calling this TV show out. No one lives or thinks like this.'
"I speak so often with people not from Dundee but who call it home because of Ninewells."
Martel Maxwell pays tribute to Dundee-born football writer Patrick "Paddy" Barclay who died last week.
"No matter what job you’ve had - whether bar work, cleaning, medical, legal - chances are, as a woman, you’ve faced challenging behaviour."
"The safety of children, any empathy or reasonableness was replaced by something that felt incredibly orchestrated."
"The safety of children, any empathy or reasonableness was replaced by something that felt incredibly orchestrated."
"This isn’t about the technicalities of football. It’s about one mum’s realisation that it’s a wonderful thing to do with your child."
"This isn’t about the technicalities of football. It’s about one mum’s realisation that it’s a wonderful thing to do with your child."
"The horrifying truth of the drug’s ravaging effects were laid bare by a young woman from Arbroath."
"The horrifying truth of the drug’s ravaging effects were laid bare by a young woman from Arbroath."
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