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Martel MaxwellThe Courier |
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 –...