Tourism
Tourists Who Saw Perth in the Sun Leave One-Star Reviews: ‘Not the Authentic Experience We Were Promised’
American couple 'cheated out of drizzle'; VisitScotland apologises.
Back Issue
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Opinion
Astronomers Have Found a Green Star. I’ve Found a Green Bin That Hasn’t Been Emptied in Three Weeks.
Who's the real scientist here, asks a Craigie resident.
Opinion
Unpopular Opinion: I Love Broxden and I Won’t Sign Your Petition
One Perth woman defends the roundabout everyone else wants to blow up (satirically).
Opinion
Perthetic Has Done Good News Again and I Will Be Writing to My MSP
Our Grumpiness Correspondent returns, angrier, after a dog got a lanyard.
Opinion
A Dundonian Writes: Your Sun Was Our Sun First, and You’re Welcome
Guest column from across the Carse, which we are printing under protest.
Opinion
I Saw the Sun on Thursday and I’m Not Sure I’ve Recovered
A personal account of 47 minutes that changed nothing, but felt like everything.
Sport · Ceilidh
Perth Ceilidh Band Swaps Accordion for Rubber Chickens After Viral Video; Strip the Willow ‘Never the Same’
Dancers report 'a squeak on every beat'; one man 'rushed to Gay Gordons in tears'.
Sport · Golf
Kinross Golfers Overwhelmed by Visibility; ‘Could See Where Ball Went, Very Upsetting’
Players used to losing balls in fog 'forced to confront their actual ability'.
Sport · Curling
Curlers Accuse Sun of ‘Interfering With the Ice’ Despite Being Indoors
Perth rink says sun 'was nowhere near it'; curlers 'still felt it'.
Sport · Endurance
NASA Rover Sets Off-World Driving Record; Perth Driver Says He Did Further Round Broxden
Mars rover's distance 'impressive but it never had to merge'.