'I still spit on the ground at scabs' Bitterness runs deep in Dundee over Timex Robert McNeil Sun 4 January 2026 at 6:14 am UTC 6 min read In Dundee, memories remained bitter. Striker Sandra Walker told the Scotsman in 2013: “To this day, there’s a couple... See more
I think you need to be genuinely mad to take the non-PC 'Loony Dook' on January 1 Robert McNeil Sun 28 December 2025 at 6:15 am UTC 5 min read Brave souls take the plunge (Image: Agency) Each week, the self-righteous and highly judgmental journalist Rab M... See more
Norman MacCaig was great, but his first poetic forays were an embarrassment to him Robert McNeil Sun 14 December 2025 at 6:15 am UTC 6 min read Poet Norman MacCaig in his Edinburgh home in 1990 (Image: NEWSQUEST MEDIA GROUP) Each week, the self-righteous ... See more
When I met Jimmy Reid in a pub, his famed 'no bevvy' line belonged to another era ... Robert McNeil Sun 9 November 2025 at 6:15 am UTC 6 min read
Jimmy Reid, leader of the famous upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in in 1971 and a respected trade unionist, is ... See more
