Michael Alexander - Journalist -The Courier

06/08/2025

With the 80th anniversary of the & atomic bombings upon us today, here’s a feature I wrote for The Courier UK to mark the 75th, speaking with some of and ’s anti-nuclear campaigners.
Five years on from that article, the message remains the same...

Seventy-five years after the USA dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the Second World War, Michael Alexander

01/08/2025

In an exclusive interview, the Pars football hero and 'people's provost' gives The Courier a tour of his home as he reflects on the highs and lows of his life and career.

01/08/2025

Jim Leishman’s unforgettable journey from miner’s son to Dunfermline Athletic FC football legend & Fife Council provost:
In an exclusive interview, the hero & ‘people’s provost’ gives The Courier UK a tour of his home as he reflects on highs & lows of his life.

In an exclusive interview, the Pars football hero and 'people's provost' gives The Courier a tour of his home as he reflects on the highs and lows of his life and career.

31/07/2025

Michael Alexander meets two Whitfield families who reveal how the ongoing Raac crisis is bringing anxiety, fear and frustration to their lives.

31/07/2025

What’s it like being ‘trapped’ on ’s estates?
As pressure to find a solution continues, I visited two families in Whitfield who told how health fears and stress continue taking their toll.
Read interviews here The Courier UK:

Michael Alexander meets two Whitfield families who reveal how the ongoing Raac crisis is bringing anxiety, fear and frustration to their lives.

25/07/2025

As Donald Trump arrives back in Scotland, a reminder of the love affair between various presidents of the United States and golf in Scotland.

As Donald Trump becomes the 47th president of the USA, we explore the presidential love affair between the Oval Office, St Andrews and wider Scotland.

23/07/2025

Tributes to Broughty Ferry chip shop owner Rino Esposito after brave cancer battle.

Rino’s life touched generations across Dundee and beyond, culminating in well known Broughty Ferry business, The Ferry Fry-In.

Read the tributes here: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0lXG2z0

23/07/2025

Ahead of its move from Dundee to Edinburgh, Michael Alexander watched this biting satire on the Scottish banking ambition that shattered the global economy.

23/07/2025

What was it like seeing Brian Cox perform at Dundee Rep Theatre in Make It Happen?
I share my experience here The Courier UK before the National Theatre of Scotland co-production moves to for its run at the Edinburgh International Festival.

Ahead of its move from Dundee to Edinburgh, Michael Alexander watched this biting satire on the Scottish banking ambition that shattered the global economy.

23/07/2025

Tributes to Broughty Ferry chip shop owner Rino Esposito who has died after a long cancer battle. Read more here The Courier UK:

Rino’s life touched generations across Dundee and beyond, culminating in well known Broughty Ferry business, The Ferry Fry-In.

22/07/2025

How Oasis fever hit Dundee venues and record shops 💽

Forget Ticketmaster wars - these were the days when people queued at Groucho's to buy tickets for Oasis concerts and you actually had to go to a record shop to buy the band's music 👇

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22/07/2025

Dundee physiotherapist, weightlifter and mountain bothy man David Hand remembered as ‘sweetheart’ following sudden death.

The former Timex worker and DRI superintendent physio, who often slept rough in the Cairngorms with beloved dog 'minus-10 Ben', has died aged 80.

Read more here: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0lW8sB0