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"Those halcyon days were replaced with responsibilities..."
"Success breeds success, so the university’s struggles are as welcome as a kick in the Bonar Halls as far as the city’s prospects are concerned."
"The idea that ministers should subsidise the work of the state from their salaries is not fiscal responsibility. It is political theatre."
"Cyclists flock to surveys – hoping to give the impression that the public wants more, more, and yet more, active travel routes."
"Nowhere in his online diatribe did the Reform figure provide any evidence for his claims, nor has he at any point since."
"Scottish Labour is now on the verge of extinction."
Katy Gordon on how difficult it will be to make Dundee Airport a popular place to fly from.
"If that means building more prisons, then so be it."
In the wake of the Perthshire Pride controversy, Katy Gordon takes a look at the Scottish Family Party and their ideology.
"It’s a bit like watching your parents bickering. Regardless of who’s right or wrong, you just want it to stop."
"If you walk around Dundee with a Starbucks, Costa or Caffe Nero-branded coffee cup, you’re a traitor to your city."
"Partnership could show the city of Dundee how such projects might be tackled with common sense and collaboration instead of delay and obfuscation."
Katy Gordon talks about Culture Perth and Kinross trying to find a third operator for its flagship museum eatery.
"Michael is a fellow Dundonian and Dundee United fan...but he was also responsible for Labour’s insipid Holyrood election manifesto."
"Marra has a sharp intellect and knows the city of Dundee and its problems inside out."
Katy Gordon looks at the proposal for Auchtertool and how planning bosses need a rethink on big developments.
When the sun shines in Scotland, Martel Maxwell discovers that a wee corner in the East Neuk is every bit as good as heading to the continent.
Columnist Murray Foote is not impressed by Labour's change with Andy Burnham, or Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar's flit to the Lords.
"There’s a worrying trend towards labelling all youngsters as potentially problematic, but that fear is wildly exaggerated."
Katy Gordon says the Scottish Prison Service needs to explain more about its decision-making in the wake of the killer's attack while on temporary...
"Investigations have exposed corruption, challenged miscarriages of justice, exposed MPs’ expenses, uncovered abuse and held powerful institutions...
Katy Gordon slams the remarks made by Rupert Lowe about the 1996 tragedy.
"When we were 13, our world felt exciting. When our children are 13, our world feels dangerous."
"You can clearly see councillors' struggle between the obvious needs of their city and robotic adherence to party doctrine."
"I'm not entirely convinced that saying the bare minimum on the Murrell situation is the wisest course of action."
"If we want dynamic city centres and high streets, we have to bring life back into them."
Jim Spence writes about coping with the deaths of his sister, brother and father-in-law.
"If you recognise the need for Dundee but don’t meet the need, then you haven’t just let us down – you are taking the mickey."
Kirsty Lockwood, AKA Kirsty Strickland, talks media storms, spinal fluid, and how she almost missed her own book launch.
Katy Gordon reflects on yet another change at the top of UK politics and Scotland's exploits at the World Cup.
"Brian asked for a pair of tights, preferably used and not washed, in return for cash."
"Show you value doing the right thing higher than your chummy relationship with council officers."
"We can only hope his successor is an improvement. I honestly don’t see how he could be any worse."
"Independent shops were battered, they were dwarfed and eventually they closed, except Clubsport."
Courier journalist Joanna Bremner has praised the UK Government's decision to ban social media for under-16s.
"I doubt I've laughed so long, so often and so loudly for years."
"Local government administrations in Scotland are stuffed full of jobs that don’t need done."
"Their generosity of spirit also reflects by association on us as a country."
"The definition of insanity is whatever goes on behind closed doors at Perth and Kinross Council."
"It’s humbling to think of the staff at Ninewells who give their all as part of their job, pushing even more in their free time."
"Fatalism is part of life when you are a Dundee United fan."
"Stephen Flynn is ambitious and didn’t give up the high life in London for a backstage role in the devolved parliament."
Katy Gordon talks about how The Courier's joint campaign with The Press and Journal and The Sunday Post could help revitalise Perth's city centre.
"For every incredulous fact, Nicola has an answer."
"Any fresh start for Dundee has to recognise that cars, not bikes, bring business."
"Even if these misfortunes are self-inflicted, I can still feel pity for a man brought down so spectacularly by his own character flaws."
"Michael Alexander’s article in The Courier reminded me of moving to Bucklemaker Court from Kirkton with my parents when I was in fifth year at...
"The first minister must be ruthlessly pragmatic if he values the trust voters have placed in him."
“Every success belonged to Nicola Sturgeon’s judgement – every failure belonged to someone else.”
The Courier's features writer reflects on his visits to the city's remaining multis, where a 1960s vision of modern living now sits alongside...
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