EYEWITNESS: How Smokin’ Joe Frazier ended Muhammad Ali’s unbeaten record 50 years ago
It was one of the most brutal, belligerent battle of wills in the whole history of sport.
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Step back in time: Duthie Park Winter Gardens
The David Welch Winter Gardens in Duthie Park is one of the best-loved spots for the people of the Granite City.
Mary Esslemont blazed a lustrous trail in the NHS and earned the Freedom of Aberdeen
She was one of the most remarkable woman ever to emerge from Aberdeen and stamp her imprint all over the creation of the National Health Service.
Scots language is fighting back from the brink and is now officially recognised on Spotify
Generations of people across the north-east have grown up speaking in the Scots language which they have shared with their families and friends.
Nora Griffith: Aberdeenshire woman who became an archaeological trailblazer in the early 20th century
There has never been any shortage of pioneering women in the north of Scotland who have been prepared to embrace the wider world and boldly go where their predecessors feared to tread.
Scott Begbie: MasterChef conjures tastes of years gone by
Big round of applause to Ross Smyth who was flying the flag for Scotland on MasterChef this week.
Suburban memories of life in the Granite City
Aberdeen's communities offer a vital role in making the Granite City a wonderful place to live, work and play.
Beam us up, Scotty – it’s time to pay tribute to Aberdeen’s Star Trek legend
Happy birthday to one of Aberdeen’s most famous sons – even if Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, chief engineer of the USS Enterprise won’t be born for another 201 years.
Regeneration: New book charts dramatic transformation of the Mar Lodge estate
It's one of the biggest ecological success stories in recent times; the dramatic transformation of the Mar Lodge Estate in the heart of the Cairngorms.
EYEWITNESS: Aberdeen FC fan Frank Bruno has fought adversity without ending on the ropes
There has always been a tragi-comic element to boxing; the contrast between the Damon Runyon language of rope-a-dopes and palookas on the road to Nowhereville and the sad sight of punch-drunk fighters slurring their words.
10 from 10 – A look back at photos from our news pages 10 years ago this week
Our photo archives contain a goldmine of images recording events both great and small across Scotland.
How the last tram from Torry sparked the bonfire of Aberdeen’s entire fleet
They turned out in the teeth of a howling blizzard to mark a special moment in Aberdeen’s history… the last tram to run from Torry.
Road to nowhere: Nairn couple relive epic Mad Max-esque Oz highway adventure
It was a trip into the unknown, along a route which seemed to last forever, to a vast expanse of terrain where water is more expensive than petrol.
Mary Whittaker: Meet Scotland’s first deaf minister who has a black belt in kickboxing
Mary Whittaker has never been fazed by setbacks or challenges on her spiritual journey.
Scott Begbie: How Begbie from Trainspotting ruined my life
This is a milestone year… the 25th anniversary of the arrival of a film that changed my life forever and not in a good way.
Jon S Baird’s film about Laurel and Hardy was a labour of love which developed from childhood
It was a film which featured two of history's most beloved comedy stars and re-created some of their famous routines with genuine love and warmth.
Rigging the game with Tabitha Lasley, the woman who broke into the world of North Sea oil workers
It's a familiar Hollywood plotline; the single-minded individual who confronts obstacles, struggles with strangers and ends up being tossed on to the scrap heap, but keeps fighting to bring their dream to fruition.
Mrs Murray’s: It Disney get better than Aberdeen’s real-life version of Lady And The Tramp
It was like a scene from Disney’s classic Lady And The Tramp, played out on the streets of Aberdeen during the dark days of the Great Depression of the 1930s.
EYEWITNESS: It was the best and worst of times for Manchester United’s Denis Law against England in the 1960s
It's hard now to describe the wondrous sense of merriment I experienced as a child when watching Denis Law unveil his bag of tricks on rival defenders who mistook him for a skelf only to discover he was as fragile as an elk.
Military maps show how the German and Russian armies knew all about Aberdeen
They are maps divided by 40 years, but they illustrate how the German and Russian military machines created detailed plans of Aberdeen and other prominent locations in the north-east of Scotland.
Step back in time: St Machar’s Cathedral
There is no mistaking the sense of sacred antiquity about St Machar's Cathedral, standing in the heart of Old Aberdeen.
Newmachar man John Strachan recalls great winter of 1947 when snow meant 13 missed school weeks
John Strachan has never forgotten the months of heavy snow and blizzards which engulfed Aberdeenshire while he was growing up in the 1940s.
Ken Buchanan went down in the first before rallying to win the world title 50 years ago
It was a battle which went one way, then the other, and summed up the slightly bonkers world of boxing in the 1970s.
From Ebenezer to the Highlands and murder in Aberdeen, Dickens had great expectations in Scotland
Charles Dickens is the author whose works and characters still resonate with audiences across the world more than 150 years after his death.
Scott Begbie: Top Cat was always the leader of the cartoon gang
This week we celebrated the 50th anniversary of Scottish kids saving Scooby-Doo from the BBC axe… but there’s one puzzle Mystery Inc. never solved for me as a youngster. Why was Top Cat called Boss Cat by the Beeb?
The Jewish refugee who welcomed Winston Churchill to Aberdeen in 1946
He was one of the most famous figures in the history of the 20th century.
EYEWITNESS: Meetings with Jim Telfer were always a trip into the mind of a unique individual
It was early in the 1990s, with Scottish rugby riding on the crest of a wave, and I was sitting in the reception area at Murrayfield Stadium, waiting for a chat with the inimitable Jim Telfer.
The 1971 fire which devastated Pittodrie and destroyed Aberdeen’s title hopes
Aberdeen FC were enjoying the bright lights at the start of 1971.
The 20-a-side 1871 Scotland and England rugby international with links to Harry Potter
It was a low-key start to a global phenomenon: a small advertisement in The Scotsman on March 27 1871, promoting an "International Football Match".
North-east vintage printing kit makes headlines again on Tom Allen’s new Channel 4 show
A battered vintage printer’s cabinet and its original brass typefaces – used for decades by a north-east printer – has been lovingly restored in a new Channel 4 show.