STRONG YET FRAGILE SURROUNDINGS
Dundee is a creative and resilient place. Battered by the storms of industrial decline, it has always rallied — journalism and comic books are still going strong, and it is renowned for innovation in biomedical science and computer games. Yet social problems remain. Unemployment is high and the city has the unfortunate accolade of having the highest number of fatal drug overdoses per capita of any city in Europe.1 The city council believes that boosting the creative industries and tourism offers a route to improving job opportunities. At the …