- AMAZON Prime normally costs £79 per year but students get six months' worth of the service free.

JACK Stein is frank about the premise of his debut cookbook – he pretty much nicked it off his TV legend and traveller-cum-chef extraordinaire dad.

WE LOVE a barbecue. There’s no denying it.

THE French football team had the upper hand on their Belgian counterparts in the recent World Cup semi-final, a result the Belgians on the French campsite we were staying on dealt with by throwing back huge goblets of Affligem.

The Singing Pub Clontallagh Downings Co Donegal 00353 74 915 5176 WHAT is about swimming that makes you absolutely ravenous? Even if you’ve just done a couple of lengths and then spent the rest of the time leaning on the side of the pool chatting, you come out ready to eat a horse.

YOU might be hard pressed to snap up a good set of patio furniture these days but, if you do, the best accompaniment to that shiny new table and parasol – and hot dog – is a nice session ale.

Jonathan Campbell rounds up the best deals on the web and the high street - SNAPFISH is giving up to 50 per cent off photo books until midnight on July 22.

LIAM Charles does "cool things now".

SUMMER always provides a great opportunity to sample the many and varied delights of international cuisine.

SUMMER holidays can be a challenging time for parents trying their best to feed their kids well.

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IF THERE'S ever been a decent rule for Monday to Friday mealtimes, it should be Rukmini Iyer's.

GOOD health is a question of balance.

HOLIDAY season, especially when the weather is good, is when you need to have a reliable stock of easy and quick meals to hand.

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New Zealand Pinot Noir, £5.

BY the time you read this, I’ll be in France.

AH, BLISS. Two weeks’ holiday in Downings, tiny jewel of the Rosguill Peninsula. Green hills, golden beaches, blue sky, soaring temperatures, the shimmering magic of all things pelagic. Life doesn’t get better than this.

IF THERE is one nutritional issue that tends to confuse people, it’s the question of fats.

- AT THE time of writing, the hosepipe ban was still in place - and it might just be coincidence but Argos has a great price on this Hozelock compact reel kit so you’ll be ready to spray what you see when it’s lifted.