@C_MAlexander

Lead News Feature Writer (& Obits), The Courier, Dundee; Former Fife Chief Reporter & Courier News Editor. Tel 07802 690230 e: [email protected]

 Dundee, Fife,Tayside & beyond
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Joined February 2013
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3 years ago today, a week before lockdown, the Courier features team was ‘sent home’ as the #Covid_19 situation unfolded. Life has never been quite the same, but for sure - we can be proud of the 156 Weekend mags & online content written & produced almost entirely at home since! – at Scotland, United Kingdom
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Wind swept at St Andrews West Sands earlier. #StormBoelo #standrews #westsands
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Gusts pushing 50mph at the St Andrews Old Course earlier today. #StormBeolo #oldcourse #standrews #golf
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Scenes in Dundee on a rather dreich Saturday afternoon as Aberdeen ‘ultras’ are escorted to the city centre by police following Dundee United v Aberdeen at Tannadice.
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Met Office
@metofficeOct 25
Storm Boelo continues to bring strong winds to many this morning, with heavy and persistent rain across parts of Scotland, while conditions are drier elsewhere. 🍃
Met Office
@metofficeOct 24
A wet and very windy start to Sunday morning across the north of the UK as Storm Boelo continues to move eastwards ⚠️ Further south, still blustery but a bright start to the day, with sunny spells and scattered showers 🌦️
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Passed by some protests in #Bucharest #Romania today.
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Iain Cameron
@theiaincameronOct 23
🚨The Sphinx has melted!🚨 Despite a very considerable dump of fresh snow over the last 36 hours, I regret to inform everyone that Scotland's last piece of snow from the previous winter, The Sphinx, has disappeared. Two seasoned mountain men attended the location in poor weather yesterday, dug down to where the patch would have been, but found nothing. This is the SIXTH year in succession that the Sphinx has melted, and the fifth year in a row that all Scottish snow patches have melted.
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A wee day trip on the train out of Bucharest to Peles Castle in Sinaia - the former summer residence of King Carol I, surrounded by the stunning Carpathian Mountains. 🏰🇷🇴 #bucharest #romania #pelescastle
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Lots of moustaches on a cultural visit to the National Museum of Art of Romania in Bucharest this afternoon. #bucharest #romania #art #arthistory
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When the print edition @thecourieruk went ‘compact’ in 2012, I was on the newsdesk at the time - and one of the recurring ‘complaints’ from readers in the immediate aftermath was ‘how am I going to draw my fire’?!
Louise McIntosh Artist
@InkyplotsArtOct 19
A core memory unlocked.
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Family tribute to ‘much-loved’ dad and PE teacher who died in Fife crash ift.tt/8sUjYHR

Family tribute paid to 'much-loved' dad and PE teacher who died in Fife crash

Daren Baillie died in a crash at Freuchie.

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Reflecting on the spectacular views at Loch Tay this morning. #lochtay #perthshire #scotland
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Iain Cameron
@theiaincameronOct 18
The Sphinx lives! Today I went into the heart of the Cairngorms to see if Scotland’s final piece of snow from last winter had succumbed to the mild temperatures earlier this week. Amazingly, it continues to defy the odds. Barely 1.5 m long, it surely can’t have long to go!
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A blustery afternoon at the summit of Bishop Hill. #bishophill #fife #scotland
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The day @TheOpen champion Peter Thomson’s son sprinkled his ashes on the Old Course. Andrew Thomson @newsfromkyushu scattered his father’s ashes during the 150th Open – hours before another Australian won. Now he’s written a novel with #standrews at heart. thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/go…

The day Open champion Peter Thomson’s son sprinkled his ashes on the St Andrews Old Course

Andrew Thomson scattered his father’s ashes during the 150th Open – hours before another Australian won. Now he has written a novel with St Andrews at its heart.

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Aileen Campbell@ClydesdAileenOct 13
A good night’s work in Paisley in front of a great crowd. Real togetherness from the squad. And so lovely to see some of the #Scottish #Thistles including Biggar’s @_EmilyNicholl_ there to back the team ✊ Next, a tough gig against Sweden. Onwards💪⚽️🙌👊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #swnt
Scotland National Team
@ScotlandNTOct 13
FULL TIME: Scotland 3-2 Czechia (agg: 5-2). A thrilling night in Paisley ends in victory, after goals from Lauren Davidson, Kathleen McGovern and Christy Grimshaw 💪 #SWNT | #SCOCZE
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My first ever trip to the Glenfarg railway tunnels on Monday afternoon was quite the wee adventure. No ghosts, but the imagination could surely run riot! #glenfarg #glenfargrailwaytunnels #fife #perthshire #scotland
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Scotland National Team
@ScotlandNTOct 13
HALF TIME: Scotland 1-2 Czechia (agg: 3-2). Behind at the half in Paisley, but still ahead in the tie. #SWNT | #SCOCZE
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Why X-rated film The Devils was banned by Dundee councillors – and why you can see it soon. Ken Russell’s controversial 1971 film The Devils was banned in Dundee in 1972 after complaints to the council. Now it's finally being screened @DCAdundee. thecourier.co.uk/fp/entertai…

Why X-rated film The Devils was banned by Dundee councillors - and why you can see it soon

Ken Russell’s controversial 1971 film The Devils was banned in Dundee in 1972 after complaints to the council. Now it's finally being screened in the city.

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Audition - the second instalment of Dundead Halloween - and great to see a 27-year-old film I’d never seen before. And yes, those closing torture scenes were brutal! 🪚🦶
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Daughter’s tribute to @DC_Thomson ‘quiet man’ Dave Smith who became ‘full-time grandad’ after retirement. The Kirkton-raised family man, who has died at 75, spent 36 years at DC Thomson’s Kingsway site where he worked as a dispatcher. Read more: thecourier.co.uk/fp/obituari…

Daughter's tribute to DC Thomson 'quiet man' Dave Smith who became a ‘full-time grandad’

The Kirkton-raised family man, who has died at 75, spent 36 years at DC Thomson’s Kingsway site. He loved westerns, books and Dundee’s live music scene.

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