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MARTEL MAXWELL: Speculation over Fife star’s Baby Reindeer series was inevitable

It’s the talk – as they say – of the steamie. From football sidelines at Montrose to my Hammer crew in Merseyside, the topic of conversation...

23.04.2024 8

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MARTEL MAXWELL: Healthcare experts are so professional getting into the ‘gubbons’ of things

It’s fair to say my 2pm appointment on Thursday last week wasn’t filling me with joy. I read the letter again. Perth Royal Infirmary, Gynaecology...

17.04.2024 5

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MARTEL MAXWELL: Sydney or Stobswell, divorce is universal leveller in finding out who your real friends are

I’ve always had a soft spot for the actor Isla Fisher. She’s gorgeous, funny, talented, successful – and has a brilliant hair colourist who...

14.04.2024 20

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MARTEL MAXWELL: My Wagamama Dundee delight – and why our city has become coolest kid in town

There are two types of people. Those who still think of Dundee as the poor relation – and those who have been here in the last five years. And even...

03.04.2024 5

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MARTEL MAXWELL: We’re spoiled for choice for fine dining in Dundee

When a group of well-to-do ladies stopped for a chat mid tennis game, my ears pricked up. We’d been playing doubles in Perthshire and the...

26.03.2024 4

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MARTEL MAXWELL: No one is picture perfect – not even the Princess of Wales

PICTURE the scene. You’re a mum of three young kids. You’ve recently had an operation and you’ve had to shelf everything while you recover. You...

14.03.2024 2

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MARTEL MAXWELL: Just another manic Monday…

“Could the owner of a pink car, registration FL23 please make their way to the kiosk,” came the tannoy announcement at Co-op in Auchterarder...

05.03.2024 5

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MARTEL MAXWELL: Does someone have to die before Yousaf agrees to Olympia inquiry?

LET’s talk about the Olympia swimming pool. I’m hoping you can help me catch up. It started well, to the tune of £31.5million – the cheapest...

27.02.2024 8

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MARTEL MAXWELL: In praise of the cat ladies

A recent feature in The Courier hailed a woman in its headline for being very good at naming cats. I smiled as I looked over to the other side of our...

16.02.2024 3

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MARTEL MAXWELL: In praise of the cat ladies

A recent feature in The Courier hailed a woman in its headline for being very good at naming cats. I smiled as I looked over to the other side of our...

16.02.2024 5

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MARTEL MAXWELL: My day with heroic homeless campaigner sleeping rough in Dundee

Have you heard about the man sleeping rough on the streets of Dundee to raise money and awareness for the homeless? His name is Richard – or Richie...

30.01.2024 5

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MARTEL MAXWELL: Girl Power will add some spice to house full of boys

The woman at the Tesco Riverside checkout looked worried. “Are they, you know, OK?” She was talking about the three boys battering each other by...

18.01.2024 6

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MARTEL MAXWELL: My Dry January gets shorter every year

Hello, I’m Martel and I am a January cliché. This realisation struck on Monday when I asked why the gym car park was full – and the receptionist...

09.01.2024 2

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MARTEL MAXWELL: Whitehall Crescent road incident is reminder there are people just trying to be nice

A presenter I worked with in London took to social media this week to announce he is taking a break. A hiatus from the daily grind – from work,...

02.01.2024 2

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MARTEL MAXWELL: Christmas usually isn’t perfect and that’s okay

Merry Christmas again. How was it for you? A perfect day as the movies depict, of familial love, laughter and games? Or, was it something else? I’m...

29.12.2023 3

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MARTEL MAXWELL: Harry and Meghan are paying the price for playground jibes

THERE are two types of people. Those who think Harry and Meghan are a decent, hard-done-by couple. And those who have a grip on reality. And as time...

05.12.2023 3

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MARTEL MAXWELL: Help for Kids is making sure deprived children wake up with a present on Christmas Day

Imagine you are this person. It’s Friday night. Your working week has been long. You can’t remember the last time you got dressed up. You’re...

21.11.2023 3

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MARTEL MAXWELL: I came face-to-face with a shoplifter and didn’t know what to do

There I was looking for pesto sauce in the Perth Road Spar when I saw something out of the ordinary from the corner of my eye. A man in a hoodie was...

14.11.2023 3

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MARTEL MAXWELL: Why Halloween is one of my favourite parts of parenthood

Why did the chicken cross the road? That was my youngest’s opening gambit to the stranger whose door we’d knocked on in the name of guising last...

31.10.2023 2

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MARTEL MAXWELL: Our Storm Babet groans paled into insignificance with news of tragedy

It’s 7.30am on Thursday and I gather my boys for a pow-wow. “I know it’s the school holidays but we won’t be going anywhere for two or three...

24.10.2023 3

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MARTEL MAXWELL: Our Storm Babet groans paled into insignificance with news of tragedy

It’s 7.30am on Thursday and I gather my boys for a pow-wow. “I know it’s the school holidays but we won’t be going anywhere for two or three...

24.10.2023 3

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MARTEL MAXWELL: My memories of pulling pints in Dundee pubs – and THAT prank

Two weeks before I was 18, I handed out my CV to a dozen pubs in Dundee. “You’re not 18,” one member of staff pointed out and I said I would be...

17.10.2023 2

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MARTEL MAXWELL: Laughter is the best medicine, even better if it helps a good cause

It’s 11.30am and I’m wondering if I’ve overdone it. A gold sequin cocktail dress, dangly earrings and red lippie before midday. I text the...

03.10.2023 2

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MARTEL MAXWELL: Tenpin is a taste of Vegas (or Blackpool) in Dundee

Often I’ve reminisced here about memories from childhood in Dundee – the hubs we had in common that hold special places in our hearts. From the...

26.09.2023 2

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MARTEL MAXWELL: I worked in showbiz at the height of Russell Brand’s fame and women are finally being heard

Fifteen or so years ago, a radio producer told me he’d worked with Russell Brand. After Brand had recorded his show, he’d go out onto the street...

19.09.2023 2

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MARTEL MAXWELL: I worked in showbiz at the height of Russell Brand’s fame and women are finally being heard

Fifteen or so years ago, a radio producer told me he’d worked with Russell Brand. After Brand had recorded his show, he’d go out onto the street...

19.09.2023 3

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MARTEL MAXWELL: I’m not sure DCA chief read the room when she made ‘wrung dry’ remark

Of all the news stories to get your goats this week, it was an unexpected headline that riled. News that DCA – Dundee Contemporary Arts centre –...

12.09.2023 4

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