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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.
Dundee Culture has been showcasing Dundee to the world since 2013, becoming a staple of Dundee's media landscape, and being one of the city's most respected culture sites.
About Andrew Batchelor FRSA
Andrew Batchelor is the founder of Dundee Culture.
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 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 garnered support from over 69,000 individuals and organisations and has been visited by over 125 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.
Aside from his work with Dundee Culture, Andrew is also a Digital Content Officer for Dundee Heritage Trust, who operate the Discovery Point and Verdant Works attractions, he is a Social Media Consultant for ARC Scotland, and is a columnist for The Courier and Evening Telegraph, writing weekly opinion pieces on Dundee and it's culture.