Alex Burns

A she launches her tenth novel, Mhairi McFarlane is championing the often much maligned genre of rom-com

With a menu fit for a King and stunning Victorian Baroque decor, Café Royal in Edinburgh continues to transcend time and place

Empowered by one of East Ayrshire firm Cycle Station’s state-of-the-art e-bikes, Alex Burns recently led the charge on a tour of the picturesque yet hilly region

Favoured by celebrities and honeymooners alike, is the Maldives really all its cracked up to be?

It sounds like the plot of an implausible film: to find yourself working in a petrol station, and then two months later, at the summit of the UK charts

As an Olympic, European, World and Commonwealth medallist, Michael Jamieson certainly knows a thing or two about competitive swimming. But it was his own experiences rising through the ranks of traditional ‘learn to swim’ programmes that has driven him to create a distinctive business model with his own Michael Jamieson Swim Academy.

Kelly Sloan runs Sloan Tufting, an online business which makes customised doormats and rugs, made to order from start to finish

In association with Ordnance Survey, we have compiled 10 of the finest off-the-beaten-track spring walks to tackle as the days get longer

The Edinburgh-born electronic producer, real name Joshua Mannie, has had a stratospheric rise in just four short years

Beachcombing for sea glass can uncover many wonderful gems in all shapes, sizes and colours, as Alex Burns discovers