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Spectrum
Chitra Ramaswamy: ‘That’s the thing about identity. Like fashion, politics and, erm, sharks, it has to move with the times to stay alive’
WARNING, people. This column contains meditations on independence. I realise it should probably begin with something incomprehensibly clever, distracting and self-eating, like: “Do you agree that this is a loaded, biased question?”
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Tom Kitchin: ‘Cooking with Champagne can add understated elegance to a dish’
I HAVE to hold my hands up and admit that I’m a typical male when it comes to Valentine’s day.
Wine: ‘Eastern Europe is again making excellent wines’
IN THE 35 years from 1950, UK wine drinking started to grow rapidly – rising by 250 per cent, according to some estimates – and eastern Europe was an early beneficiary of this increased demand.
Restaurant review: The Scottish Restaurant and Café
WHILE Rome rested under a blanket of snow and icy gales battered the coast from Cornwall to Carlisle, spring had arrived early in Edinburgh.
Uncovering the wonders of Gyrotonic
JOHN had been badly injured in a helicopter accident, leaving him struggling to walk and in constant pain. Every day was a hardship for this once active man.
Features
Louisa Pearson: ‘For me, love is fixing the tap or doing the washing up without being asked’
MY DAD’S name is Valentine. And no, before you ask, my dad isn’t Val Doonican. Although he does own a number of V-neck sweaters. It’s that time of year again.
Ruth Walker: ‘Surely a saint who has lost all sense of decency can be stripped of his sainthood’
VALENTINE'S Day. My heart hurts already. Real, genuine, chest-clutching pain. People. Can. We. Just. Not. Do. This? I'm serious.
Daddy Cool: ‘There hav ebeen innumerable cases of theft’
THERE’S a little pot in the kitchen that has always been a useful depository for the change accumulated during the normal course of the day.
International travel: Mauritius
Brilliant sunshine, azure seas and golden sands are uplifting enough. Add wonderful food, pampering galore and lashings of local rum and you must be in Mauritius
Walk of the Week: Broughton Heights, Borders
IT WAS a truly wintry day in the middle of John Buchan country. The literary giant spent childhood holidays here and enjoyed walking in the area, but the big wet flakes of snow that were dumping down as I parked would have put off many of his more rugged characters.
Lifestyle
Louisa Pearson: ‘For me, love is fixing the tap or doing the washing up without being asked’
MY DAD’S name is Valentine. And no, before you ask, my dad isn’t Val Doonican. Although he does own a number of V-neck sweaters. It’s that time of year again.
Ruth Walker: ‘Surely a saint who has lost all sense of decency can be stripped of his sainthood’
VALENTINE'S Day. My heart hurts already. Real, genuine, chest-clutching pain. People. Can. We. Just. Not. Do. This? I'm serious.
International travel: Mauritius
Brilliant sunshine, azure seas and golden sands are uplifting enough. Add wonderful food, pampering galore and lashings of local rum and you must be in Mauritius
City Guide: Singapore
GAP YEAR students and baby boomers treating themselves to a midlife crisis no longer want to rough it, sleeping on the beach or stowing their fading backpacks at a hard-bedded hostel.
Interview, Iain Burnett, gourmet chocolatier
SALMON, whisky, venison, Aberdeen Angus beef, shortbread ... Irn Bru. Scotland is famous for its culinary excellence.
Relationships
Daddy Cool: ‘There hav ebeen innumerable cases of theft’
THERE’S a little pot in the kitchen that has always been a useful depository for the change accumulated during the normal course of the day.
Lifelines: Pauline Nimmo on children who have two homes
MY little girl’s mum and I broke up just over two years ago and have an amicable relationship. We have managed to sort out things between us for our daughter’s sake – she is now six.
Lifelines: Anne Chilton on downsizing
Q: WE used to live in a lovely house with fantastic neighbours. We had lived in the same place for 30 years. Everyone knew, and was considerate of, one another.
Will Slater: ‘I resolved never to do anything so foolish again’
A COUPLE of years ago, I decided to go for a life-affirming run in my lunch hour. On my birthday. As I'm known to occasionally stagger round Arthur's Seat, that might not seem like such a foolish thing to do.
Jeremy Watson: Like puppies, children tend to shed their cuteness
WHO’D like to be a young adult? Well, apart from me obviously.
Food & Drink
Interview, Iain Burnett, gourmet chocolatier
SALMON, whisky, venison, Aberdeen Angus beef, shortbread ... Irn Bru. Scotland is famous for its culinary excellence.
Wine: ‘France is very protective over the way rosé is made’
WITH Valentine’s Day just over a week away, it is time to look at some of the pink wines we traditionally associate with 14 February. Oddly enough, few in France – home to a third of the world’s rosé – recognise that association; for them, rosé is for summer, not February.
Restaurant review: Duck’s at Kilspindie House, Main Street, Aberlady
SEVEN years ago, the Edinburgh institution known as Duck’s at Le Marché Noir began the process of decamping to the high street of the East Lothian village of Aberlady and morphing into Duck’s at Kilspindie House.
Tom Kitchin: Mussels are tastiest just before they spawn
AS THE end of winter approaches, many of us are still seeking out healthy, hearty meal options that satisfy both appetites and budgets. Mussels are often seen as the poor man’s shellfish, but not only are they affordable and abundant, they’re also hugely versatile and incredibly tasty when cooked freshly and simply.
Wine: ‘Italy’s aromatic fiano wine is now a success story, appearing on many mainstream wine lists’
JUST as simple labelling and fruit-forward flavours assisted the rise of New World wines in the 1990s, so imaginative experimentation with unfamiliar regions or grapes in Europe could help the pendulum swing back.
Fashion
Interview: Professor Brian Duffy, fashion and business consultant
BRIAN Duffy, Ralph Lauren’s top man in Europe, is turning his attention to Scotland’s fashion heritage
In person: Louise Munro, photographer and co-founder of Slave magazine
IF YOU'RE a talented photographer with a passion for fashion – and your name isn't Testino or Leibovitz – it can be a tough business to break into.
Travel
International travel: Mauritius
Brilliant sunshine, azure seas and golden sands are uplifting enough. Add wonderful food, pampering galore and lashings of local rum and you must be in Mauritius
City Guide: Singapore
GAP YEAR students and baby boomers treating themselves to a midlife crisis no longer want to rough it, sleeping on the beach or stowing their fading backpacks at a hard-bedded hostel.
Travel: Mongolia
A JOURNEY on the Trans Mongolian Express takes the traveller through magical landscapes into a world steeped in the past
Travel: Airsaig House, Arisaig
ONCE upon a time, Sarah Winnington-Ingram had her wedding night at Arisaig House, a romantic, grey stone mansion on the Road to the Isles – a place so swish it even has its own railway station.
City guide: Düsseldorf
IF YOU want to get to know your ale like a real German, avoid the tourist traps (and taps) in Bavaria.
- Rangers run into the ground as furious HRMC battles to claw back tax
- Broken Rangers: Club signals intention to go into administration
- Scottish independence: David Cameron set to snub Alex Salmond’s separation talks bid
- Rangers blame HMRC for driving club to brink of administration
- Six Nations: Steadman given notice as ruthless Robinson seeks to strengthen team
- Devo-max merely a dodgy back-up plan to save SNP, says Jim Sillars
- Scottish independence: No breakthrough in talks between Alex Salmond and Michael Moore
- Scottish independence: David Cameron set to snub Alex Salmond’s separation talks bid
- The Rumour Mill: Tuesday’s football news and gossip
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Wednesday 15 February 2012
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