Special deal marks Stobo Castle’s 40th birthday

Stobo Castle, Scotland’s only residential destination spa is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a new ‘Celebration Spa Day’. For £99 you can enjoy the 40-minute top-to-toe treatment which incorporates an uplifting exfoliation of the body and an express facial. This treatment offers the best of both worlds for anyone torn between a treat for the…

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Glasgow expects up to 30,000 runners this weekend

Up to 30,000 people are to descend on Glasgow this weekend. Runners from all over the UK and beyond are coming to Scotland’s largest city for this year’s Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run, for the annual mass participation events. Super Saturday gets the weekend off to flying start with the kids and family events,…

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Intense light pulses offer the ‘photo facial’

The IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) Skin Rejuvenation Facial is known as the photo facial – a firm favourite of the A-list. I was thrilled when I heard that Zen Lifestyle in Edinburgh had invested in the £30,000 technology. IPL is a light-based technology which claims to reduce pigmented and sun damaged skin, shrink pores and…

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Book review – We Fought for Ardnish by Angus MacDonald

The sequel to Ardnish Was Home, this latest work from Angus MacDonald is an intense and bittersweet love story set during the Second World War. Donald Angus is an undercover agent parachuted into the Italian Alps, where he falls for Françoise, a French-Canadian agent. The troubles that face the couple behind enemy lines portray a…

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We try the Kohler Waters Signature Facial

It’s well worth a jaunt over the new Forth Bridge and into the glorious East Neuk when you’ve a destination like the Old Course Hotel to visit. Their luxurious Kohler Waters Spa is designed around the therapeutic benefits of water. The hydrotherapy pool was a firm favourite and I loved the hot tub in the…

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Book review – Great Angling Disasters

Funny stories, bizarre events and curious anecdotes come together in this rich collection of fishing tales edited by Tom Quinn. The product of research into more than a century of fishing writings, Great Angling Disasters highlights an amusing side of fishing that practitioners and non-fi shers alike can enjoy, although the latter group might find…

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Investigating an art mystery at Scottish castle

A Scottish castle featured on TV last Sunday in popular TV series Fake or Fortune? Scone Palace appeared on in last weekend’s edition when journalist Fiona Bruce and art expert Philip Mould investigate the famous portrait of Lady Elizabeth Murray and Dido Belle. The series, which looks at mysteries behind paintings, asks whether the portrait…

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A beginner’s guide to aesthetics procedures

Aesthetic treatments used to be something of a taboo, but in 2018, that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. Thanks to a host of celebrities opting for enhancement using muscle-relaxing or dermal filler injectables, it’s now become much more common for women to opt for ‘tweakments’ or subtle cosmetic augmentations. But why has the…

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Toys standing the test of time with Scottish children

A Glasgow shopping centre has revealed that today’s toddlers would rather play with the toys their parents loved as children – with LEGO, action figures and dolls, such as My Little Pony, proving to stand the test of time. The findings are released following a poll of parents in Scotland and a toy testing workshop,…

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Grow how know how as gardening gets younger

To many younger people, getting out into the garden is something that the older generation does to while away the hours. Of course, they’re wrong, and to prove it, Dobbies has announced a partnership with the future face of gardening, encouraging next generation of gardeners to get growing. The garden centre is to work with…

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