The Beano launches national competition to find Britain’s funniest class
Telling jokes has become a serious business for finalists in a Beano competition.
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Courier Country Christmas light switch-ons: various venues in November and December
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – this weekend sees the beginning of Courier Country’s fantastic festive lights switch-on events. From large-scale entertainment to smaller community-led events, the streets of cities, towns and villages will soon be sparkling as the countdown to Christmas begins.
Dundee Bash Street show becomes UK’s most popular comic exhibition ever
A show celebrating the 80th anniversary of The Beano has become the biggest comics' exhibition ever held in the UK.
Beano sets world record at 3D Festival with ‘finish the comic strip’ competition
Guests at the 3D Festival are officially record breakers after taking part in the world's largest competition to finish a comic strip.
World record smashed as V&A Dundee and 3D Festival draw the crowds on museum’s opening weekend
Celebrations surrounding the opening of the V&A continued on Saturday as the museum opened to the general public for the first time.
Once upon a time: Scotland’s Storybook Trail
From Peter Rabbit and the Gruffalo to Treasure Island and the Beano, there’s something for children of all ages in VisitScotland’s Storybook Trail.
The house that Beano built: Collector cashes in on rare first issues
A comics trader has earned a cool £21,500 - and a new extension for his house - by selling rare first issues of The Beano and The Dandy.
Beano bash celebrates 80 years of Dundee comic
A special birthday bash was held for The Beano in Dundee on Monday night, celebrating 80 years of a worldwide favourite.
Writers claim to Pansy Potter fame
DESPITE HAVING spent my entire working life with typewriter then computer, I have mustered only two great claims to literary immortality. One was being featured in a Norwegian newspaper crossword – Clue 7 Across. The second is writing a script for Pansy Potter, the famous strongman’s daughter of comics fame.
Calling all rebels: Dundee exhibition celebrates 80 years of The Beano
The greatest ideas can occur in the strangest of circumstances. When it comes to The Bash Street Kids comic strip in The Beano, the editorial team in DC Thomson’s Meadowside headquarters would use the playground antics of the schoolchildren across the street as their inspiration.