Nora McElhone

I leapt at the chance to talk all things bookish with the team at Topping & Company's book-stuffed reader's paradise in St Andrews.

The author of While the Earth Holds its Breath moved to Broughty Ferry with her husband earlier this year. Is she ready for a Scottish winter?

James and Kym Shields' connection with the Scottie sculpture - and the family who designed it - changed their lives forever.

Former RAF navigator Henry Paul recently stepped down from his role as chairperson of the St Andrews Men's Shed, having masterminded a move to a new purpose-built site.

Highland Cows are in demand and a new experience at Kinkell Byre near St Andrews offers the chance to meet some shaggy creatures. Was it as much fun as it sounds?

After exploring some of the lesser-known trails at Fife's Cambo Estate, I enjoyed a cup of mulled apple juice round a fire pit.

Give a job to a busy woman and she will turn it into a global movement. That's just what Perth-based Rachel Weiss has done with her Menopause Cafes.

Tom Docherty's love affair with gliding has taken him all over the UK and beyond and landed him in a few interesting situations.

6 kid-friendly castles around Angus, Dundee, Fife and Perthshire

From a wartime summer picking rasps in Blairgowrie to showing tourists the sights of Arbroath or manning the attractions as Craigtoun Country Park, we look back at some favourite holiday jobs.