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Sandy Ritchie published his first book at the age of 93; and is also the founder of the Buchan Heritage Society and the Book of Deer Project.

Sandy Ritchie's book New Deer and Roon Aboot features many well-known north-east names including Evelyn Glennie and Jack Webster.

The Doric Board has announced plans to stage an event inspired by the life and work of north-east writer Flora Garry.

HUDDERIE LOCKDOWN has been tough for so many of us, but I hadn’t realised quite how important a haircut was for morale. Home hairdressing has, for me at least, never really “cut it” and I fear that – when I finally manage to get professional attention – I will be much more shaggy than I care to be. In other words, I am becoming exceptionally hudderie. According to the citations in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language (www.dsl.ac.uk), the adjective hudderie first appears at the beginning of the 19th century, with the general meaning of slovenly or untidy. Hudderie seems to deri...

Last night he said he was “flabbergasted” by people’s support. The 43-year-old said: “Since last March people all over the world have been fundraising for various causes in many different ways. “Alzheimer’s is an illness that has affected both mine and my wife’s side of the family, watching how people can suffer from the condition made me want to help however I could. “Working as a solicitor I have a lot of elderly clients who need my help to sort out their affairs, trying to help people who have just been diagnosed and witnessing the journey they have.