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Brig Farm Shop’s top tips for making quiche

QUICHE is a great option when you are feeding a growing family, writes Nicki Martin from Brig Farm Shop at Bridge of Earn Read

Public wants answers as the City Hall crisis deepens

THE question I’m asked most as Editor of this local newspaper is, “Who exactly is the Lady Who Lunches?” Read

Let's Go Outside: Height of winter walking

Red deer stags were roaring in the rut and the ever-present ravens wheeling around the summits. If you’re lucky, you could also see a ptarmigan or golden eagle. Read

New poppies

A READER has asked for my thoughts on the new-style, 'stick-on' poppy. While I agree the sticky back makes it difficult to move from coat to coat, I also think it's a rather clever idea. Read

Getting a true taster of the curler’s sporting life

NEVER mind the clocks going forward, I can always tell that winter's on its way when my colleagues shut down their computers early doors on a Monday afternoon, and the newsroom begins to smell powerfully of Ibuleve. Read

Let's Go Outside: Rocky road to the ruins

THIS is one of the loveliest Highland glens, running from woods and farmland around Blair Castle into the heather-covered mountains of the southern Cairngorms. Read

Fruit passion over tasty fig recipes

FIGS are in season at the moment, and these three recipes from Asda (www.asda-recipes.co.uk) make the most of this often under-used fruit. Read

High speed threat to Big County rare wildlife

GOOD news for red squirrels this week. It seems that scientists have discovered that some reds have developed an immunity to the squirrelpox virus. Read

PM’s new dawn

WHAT a difference one speech can make! I returned from Labour Party Conference in Manchester last week and things certainly look different from what they did a week ago. Read

It’s crunch time

SHANE O’RIORDAIN is the Communications Manager for HBOS. I've just watched him being interviewed on television. The principal thing he managed to communicate was his smug and patronising 'crisis, what crisis' approach to what is currently taking place. Deliver us for goodness' sake from the line that there was no emergency decision made about the future of HBOS. That was all perfectly reasonably worked out and was in the best possible interests of the bank. Not the slightest sign that their decision making processes may have been flawed. Read

Who will listen to the listener?

I GUESS there is sufficient evidence to show that levels of stress increase significantly in times of economic strain. Business owners and managers often carry the burden themselves for a variety of reasons. Read

Test your ‘Cittaslow’ credentials

IT might be difficult to pronounce, but Perth’s status as the UK’s first “Cittaslow” (CHEETA-slow!) town certainly gets my vote (see feature on page 20 in today’s PA). Read

Let's Go Outside: A new way of looking at the Bracklinn Falls

CALLANDER lies within Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park and has beautiful scenery that is well worth exploring. It is highly accessible – just 12 miles west of Dunblane, 35 miles from Perth. Read

Hard time for Perthshire homeowners

While Scotland is not experiencing the housing deflation we are seeing in the south of England, evidence is emerging that house prices in Perth are at best static. Read

Let's Go Outside: Enjoy top views without getting all out of puff

IT’S the up bit that puts many people off mountain biking. Being magically transported to the top of a mountain puts a new complexion on the sport. Read

Language seminar ‘thought-provoking’

AUGUST is a month on which it is difficult to report, since – the last few days apart – the Parliament is not in operation and we are free to take our summer break. Read

Throwing the gauntlet down to critic

Mmmmmm! I guess the New Zealand people refer to it as ‘the tall poppy syndrome.’ And the Irish call it “begrudgery”. Read

It’s all about the economy...stupid!

I WOKE on Sunday morning to a Radio Scotland news piece backed by the refrain 'Darling is a Charlie, a Charlie, a Charlie….' Quite. Read

Time for Wine: Touch of quality in Rosé wine

ROSÉ has for a long time been seen by wine purists as something of an inferior product. Read

Summer spectacular is a feast for the senses

AFTER reading Angela and Robert Stott’s letter in today’s PA, I’m ashamed to say that I’m a bit guilty of taking Perth’s magnificent floral displays for granted. Read