Author Catriona Thomson

These days young people have sophisticated palates. They are unfazed by globetrotting around the world with their knives and forks. Mexican on Monday, followed by an Italian on Tuesday, and a cheeky wee...

Vinyasa, Chi Kung, Nidra, Tai Chi are not the names of delicious dishes on a menu, just a small selection of the therapies and classes on offer at the Edinburgh Community Yoga social enterprise just off...

There is nothing better than a food adventure, discovering a venue you haven’t been to before. We are on the trail of a hot social media post which tipped us off about The Tinto Hotel near Biggar. Their...

Golf is not really my bag, so to speak. I can’t seem to get excited about our iconic sporting game. None the less, I’ve made an exception to try the Caddy Mann, which is handily close to a driving range...

To the Meadows, one of Edinburgh’s best loved green places with its wide open space, trees and spirals of paths. No matter what the weather is doing you are guaranteed to see folk enjoying the great...

Perhaps like me, you will remember 1982, a year which saw unemployment figures breach the three million mark, and the Falklands War begin. It also saw ditties such as Don’t You Want Me by The Human League...

You can’t beat a Scottish picnic during the Easter holidays. I let my mind rewind to recall a childhood scene decorating eggs in anticipation of hurling them down some hill or other. With our lovingly...

When you hit your mid-forties, it's not uncommon for your once keen vision to take a tumble over the cliff of age-related farsightedness. Thomas J Walls, Forrest Street, Edinburgh. Picture: Lisa...

In the early 1990s, one band exploded on to the music scene with their raging guitars, angst and attitude. Seattle grunge was suddenly cool, due mainly to Nirvana. Lead singer Kurt Cobain was at the...

Robert Louis Stevenson, author of classics Treasure Island and The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde, has been on my mind, as he was born 167 years ago tomorrow on 13 November, 1850. ‘The elder wean...