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About Dundee Culture
Dundee Culture is Dundee's main stop for cultural news on arts, music, sport and much more alongside showcasing stories and features on everything positive in Dundee.
Founded in 2013, Dundee Culture is an award-winning social media platform that has been showcasing Dundee to the world for over a decade. With over 110,000 followers and 200 million visits, Dundee Culture has become a staple of Dundee’s media landscape and one of the city's most respected brands.
Dundee Culture is a platform for everyone – whether you’re from Dundee and live here, have moved away and want to stay connected to what’s happening at home, studied in or visited the city, or are simply curious about what Dundee has to offer. The platform has become especially popular with Millennials and Gen Z Dundonians, who make up a large part of its growing audience.
Dundee Culture proudly champions the City of Discovery, promoting its creative spirit and celebrating its achievements. The platform has played a key role in local initiatives and partnerships that support Dundee’s cultural identity, including helping save Mills Observatory from closure through community-led awareness and engagement.
Andrew Batchelor FRSA
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Born with several disabilities such as cerebral palsy, autism and epilepsy, Andrew has never stopped them from impacting on the thing that he loves - promoting Dundee and showcasing it to the world.
Inspired by his late auntie's love for Dundee, Andrew, who was only 12 years of age at the time, took it upon himself to create a Facebook page to promote Dundee's UK City of Culture bid originally as a passion project, it has since built thousands of followers on other social media platforms, garnering support from over 110,000 individuals and organisations and has been visited by over 200 million people from over 100 countries worldwide.
Andrew is a Dundee Ambassador, having been officially given the title in 2014 following his work in promoting Dundee's UK City of Culture bid. He was named as one of the top Young Digital Leaders in the World in 2017.
In 2023, Andrew was nominated as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and in 2024, was named as one of the top social media influencers in Scotland. From 2022 until 2024, Andrew also wrote a column for the Evening Telegraph and The Courier.
Aside from his work with Dundee Culture, Andrew is also Marketing Manager at the Dundee Museum of Transport which also has a partnership with Dundee Culture.