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BMW Z4: On the roadster again
WELCOME to Monaco. Park your yacht over there and join me for a couple of laps of the world’s most celebrated F1 venue. With race weekend just a few days away, the barriers, grandstands and banners are in place and the circuit is ready for action.
Done roman? get the villa look
An airy, elegant home with decorative tiles and nature-inspired murals, where the outdoors blends seamlessly with the indoors, would be an enviable property by today’s standards.
Win an overnight stay and meal for two!
To celebrate our new look Advertiser, we’ve teamed up with The Elphinstone Hotel to offer readers the chance to win a fantastic meal for two and a room for the night with breakfast.
The journey to the final frontier
In the captain’s log from the 1960s TV series, James Tiberius Kirk brazenly split an infinitive as the crew of the Enterprise embarked on a five-year mission “to boldly go where no man has gone before”.
The Mentalist (Five, 9pm) 17/05/13
What’s It All About? Apart from making tea, driving Lisbon (Robin Tunney) crazy, and outing murderers with clever mind games, Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) has spent the past five series doing little else, but hunting for Red John. Now the California Bureau of Investigation’s most unusual independent consultant narrows down the list of people who could be the serial killer to seven suspects. However, the man who murdered his wife and daughter strikes again, and Jane is dealt another blow when he discovers the victim is linked to Jane’s past.
Music: Seasick Steve on a roll
In a world where music’s as much about how it sounds as the story accompanying it, Seasick Steve seemed too good to be true at first.
Step this way for Irish dancing in Pathhead
Irish dancing is coming to Pathhead and you can get involved, even if you are new to the world of Riverdance.
Property - Do-it-yourself tips
One of the best ways to make your home more suited to your needs, especially if you have a growing family or want to work from home, is to add a bedroom.
Relic-filled homes to relish
There’s an almost tangible feeling of calm and comfort as you enter Alex Legendre’s house with its muted palette of earthy colours, lath and plaster walls, wide reclaimed floorboards and collection of quirky treasures.
Gripping thriller finds its target
Like so many European film-makers, Niels Arden Oplev has answered Hollywood’s siren song.
Life of Crime (ITV, 9pm) 10/05/13
What’s It All About? Hayley Atwell stars as risk-taking policewoman Denise Woods who, in this first episode, we meet in her early twenties in 1985.
Books
It’s pretty hard to get a publishing deal these days. It’s even harder to get a 1.3 million US dollars advance and a contract to sell your debut in 30 countries. But that was the case with Australian author Graeme Simsion’s wonderful comedy, The Rosie Project.
Music
If the explosion of bands from New York in the early noughties can be likened to Britpop’s rock renewal in the Nineties, then Yeah Yeah Yeahs are surely the Blur to The Strokes’ Oasis.
Country Corner
Helen Kirkness of Roslin has send in another photograph and I have to say, it is a real beauty!
Property - do-it-yourself tips
Many period properties (as well as some modern ones) were built with wooden windows, but in more recent decades, replacing them with UPVC ones has been popular.
Property - it’s more than black and white
If you’re confused by colour charts, wavering over wallpaper, and dithering over decor, there’s a solution which could bring your home into fashionable focus.
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Jobs for the week
l Keep an eye out for slugs and snails, especially after rain showers. Protect vulnerable seedlings and plants (such as hostas) with copper rings or sharp grit.
Going back to basics
Now there’s a hint of sunshine in our lives, we can actually contemplate the arrival of summer and in the cinematic terms that means the blockbusters are coming.
Television
What’s It All About? The Call My Bluff-style quiz returns in its new pre-watershed slot. This week Rob Brydon welcomes team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack, along with guests Dara O Briain and Rhod Gilbert (who both made three previous appearances), Denise van Outen and Vernon Kay.
Books
After crafting this skilful and refined collection of short stories, Peter Stamm’s name deserves to be up there with great masters of the genre.
Music
The latest live album by Counting Crows sees the Californian alt-rock outfit on top form throughout.
Property - Do-it-Yourself
If you’ve outgrown where you live, adding space is often more cost-effective than moving home, especially in more expensive parts of the country.
Skoda’s Octavia set fair to fill big market hole
IS SENSIBLE enough? Probably not. If you want a purely functional vehicle, there are many cheaper than Skoda’s third-generation Octavia.
Love, life, laughs...
In her recent films, Oscar-winning Danish director Susanne Bier has meditated on the ability of the human spirit to endure all-consuming grief. Perhaps hankering for some light relief, she dons her sunglasses and SPF25 for this life-affirming comedy set at an idyllic villa on the breathtaking Sorrentine Peninsula.
Television
What’s It All About? With Dynamo continuing to stun crowds around the UK, we wouldn’t have thought there would be any room for another illusionist-type on the circuit.
Books: Fiction - The City Of Devi, by Manil Suri
Manil Suri, the Booker-longlisted author of The Death Of Vishnu and The Age Of Shiva, completes his ‘alternative trimurti’ with The City Of Devi, which will surely cement his reputation as one of the most imaginative writers of our time.
Music: Albums - Duets, Paul Anka
Paul Anka is the veteran singer songwriter you could be forgiven for not knowing, but whose work you most certainly will.
Country Corner
A pair of courting pheasants - or at least the cock bird is courting, while the hen feigns indifference or perhaps she’s indifferent!
Property: Interiors
Rays of sunshine are finally piercing the gloom as spring starts to make its long-awaited appearance. And that can mean only one thing – it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get cleaning.
Property: DIY Tips
Buying a house or flat in this country can take a very long time, even if it’s chain free, and if you want to speed things up, buying at auction could be the answer.
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CHINESE-owned MG will unveil what it calls an “urban SUV” concept car at the Shanghai Motor Show this weekend. The MG CS concept previews MG’s first production urban SUV.
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Weather for Dalkeith
Sunday 19 May 2013
Today
Cloudy
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