Caroline Lindsay is a features writer on The Courier newspaper, the second best-selling regional newspaper in the UK, as well as the daily papers for the Tayside region, Angus, Fife and Perthshire. Caroline is also editor of The Courier’s weekly food and drink supplement The Menu, which won best Scottish Supplement of the Year 2018/19 at the Scottish PPA Awards in Glasgow.
Caroline took some time out from her busy schedule to answer the notorious SBPR questions. Here’s what Caroline had to say…
What are the 5 words that best describe you?
Friendly, thoughtful, inquisitive (nosy!), diligent and spendthrift.
What magazine do you love reading and why?
Country Living because I’d love to have a cottage in the country, or by the sea, one day.
What is your favourite book?
In a Good Light by Clare Chambers. It’s about a brother and sister who grew up in a rambling old house, their challenges as adults and resurfacing memories.
Which song makes you dance?
I’m a self-conscious dancer but when I broke my arm a few years ago I did my physio exercises at home to Martin Solveig’s and Dragonette’s hit Hello. Very naff but it took my mind off the pain!
What has been your best career moment?
When The Menu won Best Scottish Supplement of the Year at the Scottish Regional Press Awards.
What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
Look the world in the eye and be proud of yourself. Oh and that purple eye shadow isn’t a good look and no one’s fooled by those freckles you’ve added with an eyebrow pencil.
Where are you happiest?
At a beach on the Orkney islands with my family and border collie Bramble.
Who would be your number one dinner guest and why?
Miranda Hart – she’d be funny and appreciative.
If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?
It’s not quite a superpower but I wouldn’t mind being as fit as Milla Jovovich in the Resident Evil movies. She’s my girl crush.
If you had to ask us one question what would it be?
Why is your agency called Sunny Bird?
We get asked this one a lot! It’s because Sunny Bird is the name of our fabulous founder and managing director.
