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Compassion in difficult times

Balboa, Panama :: Logos Hope's volunteers make an uplifting visit to a shelter for migrant men, testing their eyesight and handing out reading glasses.




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Sunglasses with couture appeal

Designer Elie Saab Launches Haute Couture Eyewear To Match His Extraordinary & Overtly Feminine Creations




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Embrace your curves on Valentine's Day

Compiled by: Antigoni Markitani




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Topshop announces vegan footwear collection

Topshop have announced their first ever vegan footwear collection, available from 10th April 2019.




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Leonard Cheshire Disability host Fashion Show in Glasgow

Words: Abbie Lyall




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Fin24.com | More investors keen on Africa

Investment interest in "frontier" African markets - particularly Nigeria and Kenya - is on the rise.




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Fin24.com | Overseas lotteries out of bounds

Consumers who buy European lottery tickets with their credit cards are in contravention of foreign exchange regulations and may be liable to steep levies.




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Fin24.com | Derivatives




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Fin24.com | Private investments

Historically returns are high.




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Fin24.com | The appeal of alternatives

Investors like something different.




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Fin24.com | Preference shares

Holders get high and steady income.




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Fin24.com | Agri futures

Meanwhile, back on the farm - a thriving trade in agri futures.




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Fin24.com | MONEY CLINIC: I'm looking at investing R14m into a living annuity; what are my options?

A retired Fin24 user is looking at investing in a retirement annuity to provide him with a cash payout of R500 000 to ensure that he lives within his means. An expert responds.




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Fin24.com | MONEY CLINIC: I'm retiring later this year. Where can I invest my R700 000 pension?

A Fin24 user set to retire in August this year is looking at options on where he can invest his pension payout.




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Fin24.com | MONEY CLINIC: How can I invest my R1.2m savings without eroding my capital?

A Fin24 set to retire this year is looking to invest his R1.2m savings in order to receive a monthly payout.




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Fin24.com | MONEY CLINIC | Does lockdown mean my overdue tenants can't move out?

A landlord asks if his current tenants will still be able to move out at the end of the month as planned and whether his new tenant would be hindered from taking occupation. An attorney responds.




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Fin24.com | MONEY CLINIC: Can we invest our retirement annuity without a broker, and negotiate fees charged?

A Fin24 reader looking to invest in a living annuity, was shocked to find that she would have to pay fees of up to R110 000 per annum. She wants to know if there are other options. An investment expert responds.




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The Scottish cheesemonger of Barcelona

IN THE winding lanes of Barcelona’s historic Barri Gòtic it’s no surprise to find a little cheese shop tucked amongst the boutiques and antique shops. What is unexpected though is that this shop, Formageria La Seu, the only one on the Iberian peninsula to feature artisanal cheese from all over Catalonia and Spain, is owned and run by a Scots woman – Katherine McLaughlin.




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Drink Gerard Richardson: For a taste of nostalgia plump for a Riesling

RIESLING is perhaps the most famous, unappreciated, abused and generally misunderstood wine of all time and it’s probably also the one most of us cut our teeth on many years ago.




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Drink with Gerard Richardson: How to find the best of Bordeaux

OK, most of us will never be able to enjoy the first growths from Bordeaux, but you don't have to spend a grand on a bottle to realise that when it comes to cabernet and merlot blends, Bordeaux is still the region to beat.




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Drink with Gerard Richardson: Sherry good choices

IT would appear that nostalgia is in the air this season as I've never fielded more questions about sherry in my 25 years in the wine game. If that translates into sales there will be some very happy Spaniards in Jerez this year and it’s about time.




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The 10 best places to get a burger in Scotland

ONCE a staple of drive-thrus and fast food restaurants, burgers have had something of an image overhaul in recent years.




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Days Out: Scotland’s top 10 winter walks for foodies

Quiet, crisp and clear winter days are perfect for exploring Scotland’s most spectacular coast and countryside scenery – especially with the promise of a wholesome, heart-warming meal and a cosy room after a day exploring. While Munro-bagging at this time of year might be a little too ambitious, Scotland has no shortage of shorter and more gentle winter walks, all within a stone’s throw of some of Scotland’s best foodie destinations. Here is a selection of Scotland’s top 10 winter walk




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New fine dining Glasgow restaurant Glaschu to open

A NEW bar and fine dining restaurant offering dishes with “Glasgow at its very heart” is to open in a historic City Centre building.




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'A mesmerising voice that commands your undivided attention': A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry

A Thousand Moons




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Scottish independence: Coronavirus is a blow to Indyref2 and changes the Scottish political landscape

IT is a truth universally acknowledged – at least by its advocates – that all things inexorably advance the cause of independence.




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Neil Cooper Review: The Importance of Being Earnest, Perth Theatre

The Importance of Being Earnest




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How to Subscribe to Podcasts on iOS, Mac, and iTunes

Apple's Podcasts app is available on mobile and the desktop, but in macOS Catalina, a new standalone Podcasts app replaces iTunes. Here's how to subscribe, listen, and adjust settings on iOS, iPadOS, iTunes, and Mac.




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5 Ways to Make Your iPhone Less Annoying

The iPhone offers a highly polished user experience, but iOS does have some quirks that you might find irritating. Our quick tips can help you shut down some of the biggest culprits.




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The Best iPhone VPNs for 2020

Your iPhone may be well protected against malware, but it can't protect your data as it travels the internet. Installing one of the best iPhone VPN apps can keep your information safe and private, even when you're connected to the web through an insecure Wi-Fi hotspot.




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The 50 Best iPhone Games

You’ve probably played many of the most popular games made for your iPhone, but have you played all of the very best mobile games out there? Here are the 50 best iOS titles you can play right now.




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The 100 Best iPhone Apps for 2020

With more than 2 million titles available in the App Store, it's tough choosing which ones to install. We help you decide with our top app picks in a dozen key categories.




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What does it feel like to come out in 2020?

MY heart was beating as if it were trying to escape my body. My mind was racing and hands shaking. All from what would usually be the comfort of the sofa. Was I ready? Ready as I’ll ever be, I told myself. I was standing at the greatest watershed moment of my life and was acutely aware of it. I was about to come out publicly as gay to more or less everyone I knew, all at once, through a post on Facebook.




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Scots complaints about cancelled holidays and events soars as watchdog launches probe

COMPLAINTS about holidays have overtaken job concerns as the number one issue for hundreds of Scots contacting two independent national advice services every day during the coronavirus crisis.




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Harrington WE, Mato S, Burroughs L, Carpenter PA, Gershon A, Schmid DS, Englund JA. Vaccine Oka Varicella Meningitis in Two Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2019;144(6):e20191522




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Back to the future: how Vixy Rae is breathing new life into tartan and tweed from inside Edinburgh's oldest tailor

IT’S not everyone who’s given the chance to design their own tartan so when the opportunity arose, Vixy Rae didn’t need to give it a second thought.




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The Coorie Home: From castles to crofts – how to create a stylish and cosy sanctuary

Beth Pearson, author of The Coorie Home




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The height of fashion… a catwalk show above Everest Base Camp

It was the highest catwalk show on earth, 300 metres above Everest Base Camp - and the Herald was the only paper in Britain to have a front row seat.




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Fin24.com | Reserve Bank bought R11.4bn worth of govt bonds during April

The Reserve Bank bought R11.4 billion worth of government bonds from the secondary market during April, as part of its measures to introduce liquidity to the market.




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Fin24.com | US jobless rate triples to 14.7% in 'devastating' labour downturn

Joblessness now stands at the most since the Great Depression era of the 1930s after the coronavirus pandemic brought the US economy to a standstill.




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Fin24.com | Australia faces record economic contraction, even as it plans to lift lockdown

Australia's central bank has predicted that the country is facing its biggest economic contraction on record.




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Fin24.com | Lockdown | It's not all health and securocrats, the President is listening to business concerns

State adviser says government was sympathetic to the economic difficulties caused by the on-going lockdown but growth in infections in areas such as the Western Cape are biggest risk to the faster reopening of the economy.




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Fin24.com | Canada loses most jobs ever, unemployment hits 13%

Canada shed three million jobs in the last two months due to the coronavirus lockdown, causing the unemployment rate to shoot up to 13% in April, the government reported Friday.




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Fin24.com | OPINION | How investment managers are really voting at shareholder meetings

Anecdotal evidence suggests that institutional investors in South Africa and across the globe are starting to take their ownership rights more seriously.




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Fin24.com | Black Business Council stands by tourism minister in BEE storm

The Black Business Council stood by Minister of Tourism Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane and South Africa's Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment policy.




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Creating comics to bring “Light in the Darkness”

Why and how OM EAST produces Christian comics to reach minority peoples




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Time of Sowing for Bayash  and Time of Harvest for Arli

OM EAST - Just before Easter 2010, the Hitchings travelled to Serbia with Simon (OM EAST) to deliver 1200 copies of "My First Bible" in Arli to the Arli church...




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Planting churches in hard soil

In a country with few evangelical churches, OM Austria aims to establish a worship point in every town with a population over 5,000.




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Distributing Bibles at the Reindeer Festival

Partners of OM EAST distribute copies of My First Bible to Nenets children on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Arctic Russia.




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Delivering Bibles before the tundra melts

OM EAST and a local partner prepare to send copies of the Right Choices Bible to the Nenets tribe on the Yamal Peninsula.