Janet Christie: “You already have the witchy nose”
I’m still locked in the bathroom to which I have retreated for my own safety while Youngest Child calms down and works on her apology. I would happily remain there all day but I suddenly remember I...
View ArticleHealth and beauty: Acupressure at The Spa, Gleneagles
Thumbs of steel and a porcelain spoon mark out this treatment.While I lie on my front, my back is being repeatedly scraped by the end of a porcelain spoon. My spine is getting hotter and hotter. It’s...
View ArticleInterview: Jonathan Dimbleby on his father’s Second World War dispatches from...
Jonathan Dimbleby is revisiting his legendary broadcaster father Richard’s dispatches from North Africa to retell an often-overlooked – but vital – story of the Second World War.Jonathan Dimbleby...
View ArticleRoger Cox: Why do Scotland’s summer surfers seem less likely to get sick from...
FINISHED your breakfast? Good, because this week we’re talking poo. Still eating? You may want to turn the page and come back later.Back in 2009, The Scotsman reported that, at various sites around...
View ArticleGadget review: Samsung Galaxy S III mobile phone
Mobile phones are tricky gadgets to review. I’ve spent the last four weeks getting under the sleek, polished skin of Samsung’s flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, to find out just how well it copes...
View ArticleGame review: Dead or Alive 5; PS3 Xbox 360
Dead or Alive last hit Xbox 360 in 2005 and has lain dormant until this fifth instalment was unveiled. With such a large gap between games, you’d be forgiven for thinking that this new game shakes up...
View ArticleRecipes: Creamy pumpkin pie with nutmeg and vanilla pastry
Use the pumpkin flesh from your Halloween lantern to make a delightful, indulgent pieSweet sensationsCreamy pumpkin pie with nutmeg and vanilla pastrySERVES 6For the base4oz/110g butter, hard from the...
View ArticleJenny Mollinson: ‘It has the feel of having some friends at hand with sound...
I was distressed to hear that Radio Scotland’s Beechgrove Potting Shed is being axed at the end of the year. I was brought up on radio programmes and still prefer radio to television. I can listen...
View ArticleTravel: Montreal, Canada
Montreal is a heady mixture of European charm and North American energy – and when the snow falls, the city comes into its ownImagine a holiday where snow is guaranteed but you don’t have to trudge...
View ArticleTravel: The Leeds and Liverpool canal
A week puttering on the Leeds and Liverpool canal is slow and special. Bingley five-rise locks are a daunting place to start your first narrowboat holiday in 20 years. As I really didn’t want our first...
View ArticleOutdoors: Dazzling autumn displays make our woodlands the place to be
We are spoiled for choice in Scotland for the best places to see the full glory of autumn leaf colour and one of my favourite spots is the Bridge of Feugh near Banchory in Aberdeenshire.It may be no...
View ArticleWalk of the week: Loch a’Bhraoin
With a mixture of track and path, a horseshoe route from Corrie Hallie to Loch a’Bhraoin offers an alternative outing when the high tops may not be appealing. Mind you, the overall climb is still some...
View ArticleShooting and fishing: With what sounds to me like commendable judgement,...
To describe the unfortunate Matthew Will as “horrified” at the sight of his dog being mauled by a seal seems something of an understatement. But when it comes to these sort of situations, language is...
View ArticleRadio Listener: Hunting Mr Hyde | The Strange Case of Dr Hyde | Ghost Stories...
THE “fine bogy tale” that hatched from a nightmare that tormented Robert Louis Stevenson, to end up as The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, has become a byword for gothic horror and the duality...
View ArticleTom Kitchin: ‘Halloween is a great chance to bring kids into the kitchen’
For me, Halloween is all about food and family, and it’s an occasion that centres around the kids. We generally didn’t mark the occasion in our house the way we do now, but since having our two boys,...
View ArticleHirsutes you, sir: The return of Movember
THE moustache: mark of a man. So it’s perhaps not surprising that the top lip’s furry friend has become the symbol for men’s health worldwide. A generation ago, there was little discussion about male...
View ArticleTravel: Bodrum Peninsula, Turkey
Travellers in the know are calling Turkey’s Bodrum peninsula the St Tropez of the eastSTANDING on the pine and olive tree-strewn hillside of the Bodrum Peninsula, gazing at the chic yachts bobbing in...
View ArticleStrictly Come Aberdeen:
The North Sea outside may be grey and cold, but inside the Beach Ballroom it’s all glitter, crisp collars and the whiff of fake tan as Scotland’s ballroom dancers take the floor, finds Peter Ross.THE...
View ArticleDo not disturb: Inverlochy Castle Hotel
ONE of the thrills of staying in old castles is knowing there’s a good chance you’re sleeping in a room that may have been occupied by the great and the good of the past. This place has had more than...
View ArticleInterview: Chris O’Dowd, actor, on dealing with his fame
All of Hollywood is smitten with Chris O’Dowd, the computer geek from The IT Crowd whose low-key charm and effortless wit have won him some high-profile fans.IN AN overdesigned London hotel, the...
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