Life & Style

How to let shin shine

Braised shin of beef with roast parsnips
On the chain gang

It's best to be under no illusions if you eat at Carluccio's.
Beauty: anti-ageing hair products

IT was only a matter of time before the hair care industry wanted in on the anti-ageing market boom – and thank goodness, too.

Wine, with Pete Stewart

With Geoff economising on his cuts it falls to me to save a bit on the wine as well.
Keep your shin up

Cookery: braised lamb shanks with potato and parsnip puree and purple sprouting broccoli.
It's a funny old game

Restaurant review: Grapevine, Bothwell.
Beauty: eye creams

None of us is getting any younger.
Male order: T-shirts

I think all men have a band T-shirt tucked away somewhere.

Fashion

Beauty: anti-ageing hair products

IT was only a matter of time before the hair care industry wanted in on the anti-ageing market boom – and...
Beauty: eye creams

None of us is getting any younger.
Male order: T-shirts

I think all men have a band T-shirt tucked away somewhere.

Beauty: dull skin solutions

Blame it on winter (the kind option) or, tell the truth, and call it ageing; but, either way, my skin looks more...
Bobbi Brown: I do what I do to empower women

When make-up artist Bobbi Brown was asked by Michelle Obama to participate in a mentoring programme for young women...
Beauty: shimmers

Skin shimmers: modern beauty solution or bad 1980s reject?
Beauty: blemish balms

PREPARE to hear a lot about BB creams.
Annie's girl is new face of Karen Millen

She's one of the modelling world's rising stars and now Tali Lennox, above, has brought a dose of glamour to high...

The greenhouse effect

The recent gales may have caused damage to your greenhouse – a few hours ago I had to brave the gusts and driving rain, balance precariously on a ladder and repair a couple of Perspex windows.
Seeds of happiness GROWING PAINS

Gardening: seeds.
Set goals despite moles

Gardening: the year ahead.
The zest of times

Dining tables across the land will soon be groaning under the weight of a sumptuous feast.
Holly mixture pruning holly

Gardening: holly.

Photo story: a fine day for a Borders shoot

February 1 is the last day of the shooting season, which began in August, on the Glorious Twelfth.
The cycle: Fortingall

Location: Perthshire
The walk: Ben Inverveigh and Meall Tairbh

Location: Inveroran, Bridge of Orchy

Walt this way ...

Travel: Disneyland Paris.
I like to be, under the sea …

THE cheesy American safety video that precedes my introduction to scuba diving states that an anti-fogging solution is used to keep scuba masks clear.
The final frontier

Travel: Virginia.
The cycle Clackmannan

Location: Clackmannanshire
The walk Sgor na h-Ulaidh

Location: Glen Coe

How to let shin shine

Braised shin of beef with roast parsnips
On the chain gang

It's best to be under no illusions if you eat at Carluccio's.
Wine, with Pete Stewart

With Geoff economising on his cuts it falls to me to save a bit on the wine as well.

It's a funny old game

Restaurant review: Grapevine, Bothwell.
Keep your shin up

Cookery: braised lamb shanks with potato and parsnip puree and purple sprouting broccoli.
Bulgaria bounces back

Thirty years ago, without their being aware of grape varieties, wine drinkers wouldn't venture beyond some reasonably well-known appellations and a handful of brands.
Tunnel visions

Scotland is leading the way in feeding a world struggling with population explosion and climate change.
A poacher's goal

Cookery: poached fillet of salmon with fresh herb linguine and oysters.

Hands on ... ASUS ProArt Monitor

In the mid 1990s a course in computer science forced me from the cosseted, predictable world of the Commodore Amiga to the lawless frontiers of the IBM-compatible PC.
Hands on ... business smartphones

BlackBerry was once the king of smartphones.
Updated: Hands on ... Doxie Go portable scanner

The idea that one day we'd have paperless offices was first mooted in the 1970s, but 40 years on we're still firmly wedded to sheets of pulped wood.

Hands on ... uDraw Game Tablet

After decades of playing video games I've amassed a huge stack of novelty peripherals.
Hands on ... Blue Yeti USB microphone

Anyone who has tried to record music or make a Skype call on their PC will have experienced the minefield that is the computer microphone.
Hands on ... Revo AXiS Global Radio

A decade ago choosing a new radio was fairly straightforward.
Hands on ... Kingston SSD Upgrade Kit

Solid-state drives (SSDs) have recently emerged as a viable alternative to traditional computer hard drives.
Hands on ... Reid and Heath Acoustics new range

Audio Chi's W-Series headphones were a surprise hit in 2010.