Life & Style

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.
A poacher's goal

Cookery: poached fillet of salmon with fresh herb linguine and oysters.
In the kitchen with Michel Roux Jr

I have a message for Michel Roux Jr.

A fresh look at pasta

Base fresh pasta recipe
Wine, with Pete Stewart

Whenever we have pasta, we pick something Italian from the rack.
Restaurant review: The Mulroy, Edinburgh

A restaurant has to be extremely good to command £40 for three courses, or even a coy £39.50, as charged by the Mulroy, a relative newcomer to Edinburgh's prosperous West End.
Barstool, with Andy Gemmell

Ivy
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 dull than it used to.

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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.
Beauty: hair treatments

My name's Elizabeth and I write a beauty column.
Male order: dressing gowns

It's my belief that all men remember their first dressing gown, just as they remember their first kiss, car,...
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...
Scots artist Iona has designs on American bedrooms

IT takes most up-and-coming artists a long time to make their mark but, after only a few years in the industry,...

The nifty fifty

Gardening: daphnes.
The appliance of science

Gardening: wildlife.
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.
The enemies within

Gardening: the greenhouse in winter.

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.
Walt this way ...

Travel: Disneyland Paris.
The cycle: Fortingall

Location: Perthshire

The walk: Ben Inverveigh and Meall Tairbh

Location: Inveroran, Bridge of Orchy
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

A poacher's goal

Cookery: poached fillet of salmon with fresh herb linguine and oysters.
In the kitchen with Michel Roux Jr

I have a message for Michel Roux Jr.
Restaurant review: The Mulroy, Edinburgh

A restaurant has to be extremely good to command £40 for three courses, or even a coy £39.50, as charged by the Mulroy, a relative newcomer to Edinburgh's prosperous West End.

Barstool, with Andy Gemmell

Ivy
A fresh look at pasta

Base fresh pasta recipe
Wine, with Pete Stewart

Whenever we have pasta, we pick something Italian from the rack.
The royal Wee

Restaurant review: Wee Lochan, Glasgow.
A passage to India

Vijay Mallya, the billionaire businessman from Bangalore who owns Whyte & Mackay, predicts India could become the world's biggest single market for Scotch whisky.

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.
Hands on ... Buddhify meditation app

Available as an app for Apple and Android phones, Buddhify promises bitesized meditation for modern, urban lifestyles – but does it deliver?