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REBECCA BAIRD: Dundee University reinstating pantry shows people power can’t be denied

REBECCA BAIRD: Dundee University reinstating pantry shows people power can’t be denied

The university confirmed this week that funding has been secured to restart the campus pantry.

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REBECCA BAIRD: DCA just got £4m boost – here’s why council should give it even more cash

REBECCA BAIRD: DCA just got £4m boost – here’s why council should give it even more cash

The future of Dundee Contemporary Arts was secured this week by a £3.95 million Creative Scotland grant, but it's not out of the woods yet.

03.02.2025 3

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REBECCA BAIRD: Dundee University helped me build my life – but I wouldn’t look for one there in 2025

The university this week announced it would cut support for free breakfasts and a food pantry set up for struggling students.

20.01.2025 3

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REBECCA BAIRD: Dundee deserves progress – so why has Keiller Centre news left me hollow?

It’s been less than two years since I wrote the following words in this very paper: “Something needs to be done about the Keiller Centre.” Since...

15.12.2024 40

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REBECCA BAIRD: I’m on a mission to find Dundee’s favourite ‘weather word’ after McManus visit

Nothing could have prepared me for the vocabulary I’d encounter at Dundee’s South Road Tesco. I worked there for three years as a student, and...

01.12.2024 3

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REBECCA BAIRD: For years I didn’t know my Dundee neighbours – then I lost my cat

I’ve lived in Dundee nearly 10 years now, and consider it my adopted home. But even though I’ve stayed in my current flat for three years, I...

24.11.2024 4

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REBECCA BAIRD: Future of Dundee is jam, journalism and Jupiter

Dundee’s reputation in science circles is taking off this week – literally. I was so excited to see that parts designed, made and tested in Dundee...

27.10.2024 1

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REBECCA BAIRD: Stonehaven is ideal getaway spot just an hour from Dundee – but prepare for stairs

The wind in Stonehaven is different. Don’t ask me how, but somehow the sensation of being whipped in the face by a bitter seaside blast is better...

20.10.2024 10

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REBECCA BAIRD: I said goodbye to my garden hedgehog – then I put him in the bin

It would be ridiculous to have a funeral for a wild hedgehog. Right? This is what I’m asking myself as I stand in the grass, boots on over bedsocks...

13.10.2024 2

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REBECCA BAIRD: Will Young was right to leave Dundee stage – would you stand and be heckled at work?

I’m no Will Young fan, but the singer had the opportunity to do the funniest thing possible at his Dundee gig this week and bless him, he took it....

04.10.2024 2

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REBECCA BAIRD: Dundee Design Festival wasn’t what I expected – it was better

I have a confession to make: I don’t think I get ‘design’. Having lived, worked and studied in Dundee for the best part of a decade, it seems like...

27.09.2024 3

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REBECCA BAIRD: Why ‘use it or lose it’ plea from indie music venues isn’t working

If I was to rank my top three favourite feelings, the thud of a bass rumbling through my shoes and rattling my ribcage would be up there. It would...

22.09.2024 7

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REBECCA BAIRD: Sleeping separately from your partner isn’t strange – so why does it still feel strange to say?

The sneaky thing about stigma is that often, it doesn’t show itself in what’s said outright. More often than not, stigma lies in what we don’t...

04.08.2024 2

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REBECCA BAIRD: Campers cancelling Perthshire stays due to bad weather are forgetting one important fact

When I was 17, I worked in possibly the most depressing place known to man – a Thomas Cook complaints call centre. Day in, day out for one...

28.07.2024 2

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REBECCA BAIRD: Modern dating reality behind cheat-catching Dundee Facebook group

There’s no worse feeling than knowing that someone you love is lying to you. Except maybe the feeling of knowing it and not being able to prove it....

21.07.2024 3

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