Life & Style, Issue 599

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Belfast Eye

Belfast

27 Mar 2008

St George’s Market on a Saturday morning. High, tented ceilings filling up with barbeque smoke; cheerful art graduates selling hand-printed T-shirts side by side with grumpy, knowledgeable fishmongers and cheese merchants; stalls offering gourmet olive…

I Love Candy

Old-fashioned sweetie shops

27 Mar 2008

Ever since Topshop’s flagship store in London’s Oxford Circus introduced a pick’n’mix crammed full of sugary treats designed to top up the sugar levers of over-excited teenagers, all the cool kids have known you’re not anyone unless you have a…

La Vallée Blanche

La Vallée Blanche

27 Mar 2008

When rationalising business-speak began to creep into the way things were run at étain restaurant in Princes Square a couple of years back, chef Neil Clark knew it was time to pack up his pans. Not one to compromise on his creativity, he left the…

Taste Test - Posh pork sausages

Taste Test - Posh pork sausages

27 Mar 2008

British Pork and Fresh Herb £0.56/100g (••••) Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference, stores throughout Scotland , www.sainsburys.co.uk Though the promise of ‘fresh’ herbs seemed unlikely and the hint of lemon was a mere notion, this was a surprisingly…

Trampolining

Trampolining

27 Mar 2008

My training for this Olympic sport began at a tender age. I was three years old, and a friend had hired a bouncy castle for her birthday party. Back then I wasn’t really thinking about the cardiovascular favours I was doing my body, or the muscular…

Frisbee

Three others to try: Alternative Fitness

27 Mar 2008

Hula Hoopla classes Another blast from the past, this playground game is a great way to tighten flabby waistlines, slim hips and improve your Elvis-pelvis dance moves. Dance Base, Edinburgh ( www.dancebase.co.uk , 0131 225 5525) pay-as-you-go classes…

Bargain breaks

27 Mar 2008

Flying visit Gallant little Belgium tends to get overlooked by weekend-breakin’ types which is good news for you, as Ryanair are currently offering flights from Glasgow Prestwick to Brussels from £2.99 one way. It only takes 35 minutes, too. Brussels…

Tina Warren

Food For Thought

27 Mar 2008

As a burlesque performer, I’d love to say I eat men for breakfast, but that wouldn’t be strictly true. I’m pretty healthy, and I’ve been vegan for 17 years. Breakfast is herbal tea, and fruit or vegetable juice that I make up in the juicer. At lunch…

Side Dishes

Side Dishes

27 Mar 2008

Manchester’s only Michelin star holder, Paul Kitchings, is leaving Juniper restaurant with plans to relocate to Edinburgh’s New Town within the year to open a boutique hotel with small restaurant attached. Frequently cited as one of Britain’s most…

Take Three: Eating spots with a curious former life

27 Mar 2008

A Room in Leith 1c Dock Place, Leith, Edinburgh 0131 554 7427, www.aroomin.co.uk John Tindal and Peter Knight recently opened their third ‘A Room In’ restaurant, replacing the Waterfront, itself a conversion of a red-brick waiting room once used…

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