Lifestyle
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Travel
Go Away! - to San Francisco
If you're going to send the Music Editor off to write a travel piece, there can be few places better suited than San Fran. Luckily, Dave Kerr was taken by the city's various cultural offerings Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Tech
Thinking Outside of the Box
Some people suggest that turning the War on Terror into a board game is a tad insensitive. I always reply that starting a war is insensitive, a board game is just fun for the family Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Food And Drink
There goes the beer
Alternatively, if you are looking for a way out of buying your new lady champagne with dinner, persuade her to try Kasteel Cru Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Tech
Bus Driver(SCS Software)
You are just a bus driver: No racing, diversions for drug deals or running over Nazis. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Tech
Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
a great game that fans of real-time strategy and newcomers alike should check out Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Travel
Go Away! - to Afghanistan
For the sake of this Opposites issue, we decided to drop the usual 'recommended' travel piece for a more alternative report. Here Jeff Jackson recounts an eventful US Army tour of duty in Afghanistan Read more »| 10 Jul 2007
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Food And Drink
An Afghan plan
New enterprise Saraswati aims to offer uncompromised style with faultless ethical credentials Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Food And Drink
Delicious fair
Taste of Edinburgh turns the capital's restaurants inside out; Lara Moloney heads along to see, and taste, what it's all about Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Tech
Innocent Life(Rising Star Games)
exceptionally slow, but rewarding Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Tech
Final Fantasy III(Square Enix)
This is one for the true Final Fantasy fans, gorgeous and full of character but it will slip under the radar of most casual gamers Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Tech
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(Konami)
The neat ability to swap turtles adds a meagre amount of tactics to the mix, thanks to their different weapon types, but it simply isn't enough Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Food And Drink
Duck's at Le Marché Noir
orange muscat poached rhubarb with poached meringue, versus white chocolate and lavender parfait Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Tech
Declaration of Independence
It's not so easy for the aspiring young coder to get their work published Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Fashion
Shaping up: ECA Degree Show 2007
This year's Fashion graduates from the Edinburgh College of Art impressed us so much that we thought we'd give you a look at some of their works… Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Tech
The Lord of The Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
Entirely separate from horrible movie based merchandising paraphernalia, Turbine have created their own vision of Middle Earth for some massive multiplayer t... Read more »| 11 May 2007