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Ambition and Education – Medical Students from India in the 1910s
“At present the question is whether medical education is to be part of the future ambition of Dundee… now I not only think Dundee...
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Oct 6, 20227 min read


Housing Dundee’s Elderly Chinese
Dundee’s Chinese population began to develop in the 1960s. The first Chinese restaurant in the city opened in 1961 – the Bamboo Chinese...
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Aug 15, 20223 min read


The Black Artists’ Model
On 13 November 1931, the Courier & Advertiser published a photo of students at Dundee School of Art (now Duncan of Jordanstone College of...
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Jun 29, 20223 min read


Frances Wright - Pioneer Campaigner for Human Improvement
Frances Wright (also known as Fanny or Fan) was born at 136 Nethergate, Dundee on 6 September 1795. Before she reached her second...
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May 9, 20227 min read


The Sojourner and the Aristocrat in Antigua Part Two – Sir John Ogilvy
This two-part feature looks at two wealthy men connected to Dundee but linked by their ownership of sugar plantations in Antigua. The Aristocrat – Sir John Ogilvy, 5th baronet of Inverquharity (1722-1802) The Ogilvys of Inverquharity can trace their roots back to the late 12th century – to Gilbert, the son of Gillebride, 2nd Earl of Angus – although the acknowledged first of the line is Sir John Ogilvy (c.1380-1434), the third and youngest son of Walter Ogilvy of Auchterhouse
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Apr 26, 202214 min read


The Sojourner and the Aristocrat in Antigua Part One – Walter Tullideph
This two-part feature looks at two wealthy men connected to Dundee but linked by their ownership of sugar plantations in Antigua. The...
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Apr 26, 20226 min read


JC Smith - Anti-Slavery Campaigner
“What can I, a free man, do To make you slave a free man too?” John Clark Smith was born in Dundee in 1827. He began his career with the...
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Apr 26, 20223 min read


Okhai the Noo! – a Dundee family success story
It was a popular sight in Dundee in the early 1970s - vans painted with the logo “Okhai the Noo are here for you!” That was just the...
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Apr 26, 20228 min read
