Neil Drysdale, Author at Evening Express

Neil Drysdale

Chief News Feature Writer

Andrew Carnegie rebuffed Frederick Cook's hopes of financing an Antarctic expedition.

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: Andrew Carnegie refused to back disastrous Antarctic expedition

22/06/2021

Craig Brown believes Scotland can learn lessons from countries like Croatia.

Craig Brown: Why Croatia have got things right with 4.3 million people

21/06/2021

Neil Lancaster has led quite the life and now he has a new book coming out.

Author’s mission to track down mysterious Highland grave after helping catch serial killer Levi Bellfield

21/06/2021

Mina King lived in Burnbanks Village before the place was finally abandoned in the 1980s.

Ghost town: How Burnbanks Village in Cove rose from the dead

17/06/2021

Andy Mitchell's new book profiles 615 Scots who won caps before the Second World War

War heroes and Hampden Roar creator among the 615 men who played for Scotland before 1939

17/06/2021

Joe McGunningle followed Scotland to five World Cups

Superfan Joe McGunnigle will be there in spirit when Scotland start Euro 2020 glory bid

08/06/2021

Rod Stewart alongside Scotland stars Alan Rough, John Robertson, Alan Brazil and Alex McLeish at the 1982 World Cup.

Euro 2020: Top of the Pops or flops from Scotland’s World Cup songs?

07/06/2021

Eric Johnston was a hero on D-Day but did not think of himself that way.

‘We were the lucky ones’: Aberdeen’s Eric Johnston typified the attitude of heroes who fought on D-Day

05/06/2021

John Curran in action during his goalkeeping days which saw him enjoy cup glory with East Fife.

The family whose football links stretch from the Highlands and Fife to Philadelphia

04/06/2021

Billy Connolly performed at the Abbey Club in Arbroath in the 1970s.

Were you at the Arbroath folk club where Billy Connolly and Gerry Rafferty performed for £28?

03/06/2021

Charlie Chaplin made a special return visit to Aberdeen in 1970.

Charlie Chaplin in Aberdeen: Silent hero’s emotional return to the Tivoli stage in 1970

02/06/2021

Kim Little was just 13 when she won the Green Final Schools Trophy.

EYEWITNESS: Kim Little’s star first shone at Aberdeen tournament 20 years ago

31/05/2021

The inmates created a harbour refuge at Peterhead in a project which was struck by tragedies along the way.

The Peterhead convicts who built a ‘harbour of refuge’ to protect Scotland’s toughest prison

31/05/2021

Howard Drysdale smiling and holding a knitted sailor toy.

From alcoholic DJ to Aberdeen seafarer champion, Howard Drysdale has led an eventful life

27/05/2021

People from the north-east went off to produce tea in far-flung parts of China, Asia and India during the 19th century.

Meet the north-east planters and pioneers who brewed up a storm in a teacup

26/05/2021

Graeme Souness and Alex Ferguson would go toe-to-toe at the Mexico World Cup.

EYEWITNESS: When Alex Ferguson and Graeme Souness were in each other’s faces at the 1986 World Cup

24/05/2021

Bob Dylan has many links with Scotland and he turns 80 on Monday.

Bob Dylan at 80: The times they are a-changing, but here’s why he still matters

22/05/2021

John Cruickshank is the Boy's Own hero whose wartime exploits were the stuff of comic legend.

Aberdeen’s John Cruickshank is a real-life comic book action hero

20/05/2021

Jolomo has been paying tribute to the legendary Joan Eardley on what is the 100th anniversary of her birth.

Jolomo, artist to the stars, pays homage to Joan Eardley on centenary of her birth

18/05/2021

Dougray Scott has close links to the Gordon Highlanders and has been moved by the stories of its many heroes.

Hollywood meets the Highlanders as Dougray Scott helps Aberdeen museum project

18/05/2021

Gerry Rafferty Rab Noakes

How a song by The Beatles brought Gerry Rafferty and Rab Noakes together

18/05/2021

Denis Law Manchester United

EXCLUSIVE: Manchester United legend Denis Law on his life and times and love of Aberdeen

17/05/2021

Courage on the Catwalk will be returning in 2022 following the pandemic which has brought it to a halt.

Courage on the Catwalk and Brave: Aberdeen events highlight real people fighting cancer

14/05/2021

Bill Cowie on his horse in Aberdeenshire.

Newmachar’s Bill Cowie moved from breaking the soil to breaking codes at GCHQ during the Cold War

13/05/2021

William Greig became a hero in Prague during the Second World War.

The Aberdeen Gordon Highlander honoured for helping save Prague from the Nazis

11/05/2021

Sir Alex Ferguson achieved the impossible with Aberdeen and Manchester United during a glittering career.

Alex Ferguson excelled at Manchester United, but his true greatness shone in Aberdeen

10/05/2021

VE Day celebrations

VE Day: Celebrations and reflection as Churchill signals end to war in Europe

08/05/2021

The cigar-shaped Skylon dominated the landscape during the Festival of Britain in 1951.

Pier, lido and suspension bridge were proposed for Aberdeen during Festival of Britain

04/05/2021

Neale Cooper thunders in a goal in the 1982 Scottish Cup final.

Neale Cooper’s memory lives on after Dons career and famous Alex Ferguson impersonation

03/05/2021

Thousands of Canadians and Newfoundlanders in Deeside to boost the Allied effort.

The wild Canadian boys who joined with Latvian refugees in Deeside to boost the war effort

03/05/2021