Exhibition celebrates heritage

VERDANT Works is welcoming people along to a temporary exhibition celebrating the heritage of Dundee.

The Spirit of the Jute Mills exhibition features a selection of artwork from the museum’s collection.

Among the artists whose work is on display are Alan Beveridge, Nicola Wiltshire and Leah Robb.

Each of the artists featured has taken inspiration from Dundee and its industrial heritage in their own unique way.

There will be an opportunity to attend a special talk on the exhibition by Nicola Wiltshire on Saturday February 29 at 2pm.

Nicola will discuss her inspiration, practice and how she makes her own oil paint.

Spirit of the Jute Mills runs until Sunday April 19.

The exhibition is free, although admission to Verdant Works is not included.

Opening hours are 10am-5pm from Monday to Saturday and 11am6pm on Sunday.

A THUG who attacked his wife will have to wait to learn his fate after he was convicted of domestic abuse for the third time.

William Symington, whose address was given as The Spruces, Dundee, appeared at the city’s sheriff court where he admitted assaulting the woman in a boozefuelled rage on November 21 last year.

Fiscal depute Laura Bruce told the court the 35-year-old had arrived back at the house he shared with his victim on Ballantrae Terrace after a night of drinking.

The pair started arguing because he was singing, then speaking loudly on his phone, and she was concerned he would wake up children in the property.

They followed each other around the house continuing the argument, which got more and more heated as they rowed over alleged affairs and financial issues.

The exchange became physical when the woman, with whom he had been in a relationship for almost a decade, tried to take the phone from him.