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Couple win windows case payout from Angus Joinery
A Broughty Ferry couple are entitled to £11,750 from the joinery company asked to install windows as a 40th anniversary present from the husband to his wife, a Dundee sheriff has ruled. (...)
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Penalties for benefit fraud to get harsher
Benefit cheats in Scotland could feel the full force of the law, following a recent appeal court judgment. (...)
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Review: A Doll's House, at Dundee Rep
Jemima Levick's Doll's House is a paean to style, writes Joy Watters. The Rep's associate director has taken Henrik Ibsen's groundbreaking work of 1879 and updated it to the 1950s, drawing a parallel between the two periods and the barriers that women had to break through and the attitudes they had to combat in a male-dominated society. (...)
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Hopefuls audition for Dundee students' soap Skint
Around 40 hopefuls were at Dundee University Student Union on Saturday to audition for Skint, the student soap opera that has already recruited Hollywood star Brian Cox and TV favourite Lorraine Kelly to its ranks. (...)
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Unicorn Preservation Society sees waterfront future for frigate
The proposed V&A museum may not be the only major visitor attraction to grace Dundee's central waterfront as efforts are under way to move the Unicorn to the prestigious site to celebrate the city's world-beating maritime heritage. (...)
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Brechin man's 'shock' at £3m pools win
Brechin man Michael Elliott has scooped over £3 million in the football pools, making him the biggest-ever individual winner in its 87-year-history. (...)
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Lost Vivaldi flute concerto Il Gran Mogol premiere in Perth
A lost Vivaldi flute concerto is to receive its modern world premiere in Perth. (...)
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TMA Theatre Award nomination for Dundee Rep
Dundee Rep has three nominations in the TMA Theatre Awards, which celebrate the best of theatre from around the UK. (...)
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Dudley D. Watkins' work fares well at auction
The sale at Dundee auctioneers Curr & Dewar on Tuesday was a celebration of local artefacts. (...)
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Dundee waterfront vital as city's "front door"
Dundee is a city with a view to the future, based on re-connecting the city to the water, opening up literal and metaphorical vistas to enrich the lives of citizens and visitors alike. (...)
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Review: The Madness Of George III
This touring production from south of the border made its Scottish debut at Perth somewhat inauspiciously. (...)
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Toto classic Wizard film on show at DCA
They're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz! DCA is inviting everyone to come along to the centre on Saturday to see the 1939 big-screen classic which has been voted the city's favourite children's film. (...)
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Cheers for Tears at Dundee Rep
There is going to be Blood, Sweat and Tears at Dundee Rep in a couple of weeks — not literally, however, unless rehearsals for the next production are proving troublesome. (...)
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Fife artist Allan Beveridge showcased at university gardens
Tentsmuir forest is the theme for the latest exhibition by Fife artist Allan Beveridge on show this month at the Dundee University Botanic Gardens visitor centre. (...)
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Biologist D'Arcy Thompson's influence on art celebrated
A three-day series of talks and exhibitions to celebrate the life of scientist D'Arcy Thompson has been launched with a public lecture on his work. (...)
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Police must 'get their act together' before trials, says sheriff
Sheriff Richard Davidson has launched a broadside at Tayside Police, accusing them of failing to perform their public duty regarding their role in the preparation of trials for court. (...)
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Billy Boyd: From Lord of the Rings to Dundee Rep
Scots actor Billy Boyd was thrust into the Hollywood limelight with his role in movie phenomenon Lord of the Rings. Now he's returned to his stage roots for musical Sunshine On Leith, which opens at Dundee Rep on Tuesday. (...)
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Lieutenant Commander Tom Brydon
Lieutenant Commander Tom Brydon has died in Dundee after a long and distinguished naval career. He was 77 and died peacefully at his home in Hazel Drive. (...)
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Review: Nana, at Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Mon dieu! Qu'est-ce que c'est que ca? Olwen Wymark's adapation of Emile Zola's novel Nana hits the stage of Pitlochry with a dull thud. (...)
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Trickster jailed for exploiting victims' pathos
A Dundee drug addict who wept on the doorsteps of elderly people as he conned them out of money to feed his habit has been jailed for eight months. (...)
