Stuart Murdoch eager to play Dundee after ‘trying to get Belle and Sebastian into the Caird Hall for 25 years’
We caught up with the frontman of cult indie music outfit Belle and Sebastian as he prepares to finally take the stage in Dundee.
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Dundee-born The Apprentice interviewer says sloppy candidates make him ‘indignant’
Mike Soutar says people are surprised he is nicer in real life than he is on the BBC show - but his bulldog manner on screen is not an act.
Arbroath mum reveals how family support helped her beat breast cancer
Primary school teacher Barbara-Ann Mackay reveals how she battled the disease alongside her aunt and sister after they were diagnosed within months of each other.
We tried out new and improved inflatable obstacle course at Dundee’s City Quay. It humbled us
Rebecca Baird and Lynn Connor tested out the aqua park at Wild Shore, formerly known as Fox Lake, ahead of its grand reopening.
Missed flights, pub crawls, and no sleep – No1 hitmaker on working with ‘genius’ Shane MacGowan
Scottish songwriter John McLaughlin wrote for the biggest boybands of the early noughties before he became pals with the Pogues legend.
REBECCA BAIRD: Why St Andrews takeaway owner was right to hit back at Tripadvisor troll
Cheesy Toast Shack owners Kate Carter-Larg and Sam Larg silenced the review which went well beyond culinary complaints.
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Stuart Murdoch eager to play Dundee after ‘trying to get Belle and Sebastian into the Caird Hall for 25 years’
Dundee-born The Apprentice interviewer says sloppy candidates make him ‘indignant’
Arbroath mum reveals how family support helped her beat breast cancer
We tried out new and improved inflatable obstacle course at Dundee’s City Quay. It humbled us
Missed flights, pub crawls, and no sleep – No1 hitmaker on working with ‘genius’ Shane MacGowan
REBECCA BAIRD: Why St Andrews takeaway owner was right to hit back at Tripadvisor troll
Flinging axes at Game of Throwings Stirling like darts on steroids – but way more fun
How Kirkcaldy nurse’s ‘pulled muscle’ turned out to be a rare tumour
Fife sportsman on swapping Kirkcaldy beach for Sahara Desert as he prepares for ‘toughest race on earth’
We choose 4 family-friendly bike rides in Dundee and Fife to keep the kids smiling
REBECCA BAIRD: I got a LiveHouse tour – and new Dundee venue is everything I hoped it’d be
Dundee’s Relight Church started baptising people in the Tay one year ago – what happened next?
Does a woman in black ghost in and out of Dunfermline’s Alhambra Theatre?
How Dundee’s Tracey is putting her life back together after husband’s death in Angus motorcycle crash
The only way is Angus: Essex couple open up on family’s life-changing move to Monikie
How bittersweet mid-life ADHD diagnosis helped Russel D. McLean tackle 1970s Dundee crime tale
A dream come true paddleboarding the Arbroath Cliffs
EXCLUSIVE: LiveHouse boss Gus reveals how he plans to make new venue ‘the Barrowlands of Dundee’
The best wild swimming spots near Stirling – including the only lake in Scotland
My Dunfermline: Arabella Weir recalls Pilmuir Street childhood and shouts out city bistro
Is Fife ‘Float-Fire-Ice’ wellness facility in Glenrothes worth £90 a session?
10 years after RAF Leuchars, how has Leuchars village adapted to hosting the Army?
What’s life like on exercise with Leuchars soldiers in Romania?
Stirling mum Sue praises routine cancer tests after life-saving scan: ‘I couldn’t feel a lump’
