Life & Style

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  Yer tea's oot -

  There's many a night when you look at what's in the fridge and think how nice it would be to go out for your tea, as opposed to go out for a meal.

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  Geoffrey Smeddle's recipes

  Roast fillet of pork cooked in rosemary butter with crackling, hazelnuts and rosemary potatoes

• Wine, By Pete Stewart

  Roast pork has a great affinity with many wines, from full-bodied new world chardonnays to big, spicy reds.

• Sale of the century (and the previous eight)

  Everything in this castle is for sale: the paintings, furniture, silverware and ornaments; the swords and sabres by the door; the letter from Mary, Queen of Scots; the portrait of the severe-looking gentleman who inspired the phrase "Bob's your uncle"; even the bizarre-looking chair that was – although you'd never guess it – an early form of exercise machine.

• Pretty in pink

  This week's recipe pairs the tastiest and meatiest pigeon with pickled vegetables for an enlivening starter.

• Caught by the buzz

  Restaurant review: Canteen M, Glasgow.

• Beauty: romantic scents

  Listen gentlemen, romance is in the air.

• Male order: children's clothing

  Jools Oliver, wife of education minister-bothering celebrity chef Jamie, has designed a collection of clothes for children aged up to five in a collaboration with Mothercare.