Neil Drysdale
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The Beatles endured more than one hard day’s night on their north-east tour 60 years ago
They soared across the universe and delivered the message that all you need is love on their magical mystery tour of the Swinging Sixties. But 60 years → Read More
Here are 12 TV programmes which were filmed in the north and north-east of Scotland
A new drama series, filmed in Aberdeen and featuring many of the country's best acting talents, is coming to our television screens next week. Granite → Read More
Sir Billy Connolly at 80: The Big Yin has – almost – always enjoyed his time in the north-east
One of his friends once spotted Sir Billy Connolly at a London nightclub and described him as looking like "a welder who got away with it". But, as the → Read More
TV ‘misery’ that led to Dundee star Brian Cox’s exit from Sharpe
Actors sometimes suffer for their art and recognise it's worth the effort if it brings something extraordinary to the screen. We've all heard about the → Read More
When the Tall Ships raced into Aberdeen in 1997 and half a million people followed
It was a carnival which definitely lived up to the hype: the weekend 25 years ago when the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race made its mark on Aberdeen and transformed the city into a thriving tourist hotspot. → Read More
Dundee superstar Brian Cox won acclaim from Hollywood and his sister when he starred in Frasier
It was a series as American as its main character; the psychiatrist Dr Frasier Crane whose arrival at the talk radio station KCAL 780 in Seattle launched the multi-award-winning comedy programme in 1993. → Read More
Aberdeenshire village proved perfect setting for Bill Forsyth to bring Local Hero to the big screen
It's a movie which never grows old or surrenders its grip on viewers nearly 40 years after it was shot on location in the north of Scotland. Local Hero's → Read More
How the Richard Donald Stand rose from the ashes of Pittodrie’s Beach End in 1992
There were no shortage of glory nights for the patrons of the Beach End at Pittodrie during the 1970s and 1980s. Week after week, oblivious to the often → Read More
Andy Goram: The Goalie with a love for cricket who made friends in Freuchie
He was the man who became known as The Goalie and was one of the finest custodians ever to pull on a Scotland jersey. Andy Goram, who has died of cancer → Read More
Why Frankenstein chose Orkney as the setting to make his second monster
It is one of literature's most famous novels; a tragic tale of science and ambition gone wrong and the dangers of playing God. Which makes it even more → Read More
When Dennis Waterman and Rula Lenska drew huge crowds at Aberdeen’s HMT
He was usually a man of action, associated with such TV series as The Sweeney, Minder and New Tricks. But, back in 1985, Dennis Waterman and Rula Lenska, → Read More
Billy Connolly: The Big Yin recalls signing banknotes for Aberdeen drug dealers
Billy Connolly may have retired from stand-up comedy after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease but the Big Yin still has a wealth of stories from his incident-packed life. → Read More
Corporal punishment in schools sparked rows in Aberdeen but Willie Miller backed belt ban
Millennials will probably regard it as the equivalent of sending children up chimneys or locking up Suffragettes. But there was a time, and not so long → Read More
Sir Alex Ferguson: Football’s Jim Taggart proves you can win things with kids
There was something truly life-affirming about Sir Alex Ferguson's visit to Aberdeen last month to unveil a new statue of his long-term friend and fellow football legend Denis Law. → Read More
Sir Alex Ferguson: Football’s Jim Taggart proves you can win things with kids
There was something truly life-affirming about Sir Alex Ferguson's visit to Aberdeen last month to unveil a new statue of his long-term friend and fellow football legend Denis Law. → Read More
Dick McTaggart: 65 years since Dundee boxing hero surged to Olympic gold
Dundee icon Dick McTaggart was friends with Muhammad Ali and packed just as big a punch on the Olympic stage 65 years ago in Melbourne. → Read More
When Dundee United first bombed Barcelona out of Europe
It was the sort of result that, nowadays, would have football commentators rubbing their eyes in disbelief. Forget about Wimbledon beating Liverpool in → Read More
COP26 football match: Proof charity games can be anything but 'friendly'
The Scottish Conservative and Labour leaders will join a string of former international players in a one-off football match during COP26. → Read More
Tennis hero Andy Murray never looked back after Aberdeen cup success in 2005
It seems a very long time ago, but Andy Murray has been part of the tennis landscape since he was a teenager, gaining applause from Sir Sean Connery at Wimbledon, and blazing an idiosyncratic trail. → Read More
Jolomo, artist to the stars, unveils new exhibition at Tolquhon Gallery this weekend
It has been a very long time since John Lowrie Morrison copied the pictures on chocolate boxes which his mother brought back to her Maryhill home from her workplace in Glasgow. → Read More