1. It’s time to prepare for the power of primulas

I noticed some cheap bulbs on sale on my last trip to the garden centre. One bulb that can still usefully be planted at this time of year – especially if you put it in a container – is the lily.

2. Rural Reading: New super tidy mentality bad for birds

Soon the great spring migration will begin, and birds will be heading north to spend the summer here. The epic journeys of birds, which may actually have begun already, are one of the great features of the life on our planet.

3. Go Organic - greenhouse makes all the difference

There are few things quite so useful in the garden as a greenhouse. There are also few things quite as expensive.

4. 77 Ways to Improve Your Health

Sticking pins in your body may not seem the most obvious way to improve your wellbeing, but acupuncture is increasingly receiving  getting worldwide recognition for its effectiveness.

5. Cook with Clerehugh - Baba Ghannouj Fritters

Baba Ghannouj is eaten throughout the Middle East. Grilled aubergine is pureed with garlic, salt, lemon juice and good olive oil (sometimes tahini) to make a paste known as ‘poor man’s caviar’.

6. White's Wine - Argentina

Argentina is renowned for its fresh and fruity style affordable wines. With a growing reputation, like its South American rivals Chile, the standard seems to improve with every year of experience and it is pretty easy to pick up some hearty reds between the £5 and £10 bracket.

7. How I beat flight fright

Having a fear of flying is often dismissed as irrational – but for those who dread being airborne, not only can the mere thought be terrifying, but they find their lives are put on hold as a result.

8. Anarchic hotel a taste like Marmite

Hot, cool and award-winning, STUART WHITE visited the boutique Cotswolds88 Hotel in the Gloucestershire village of Painswick...

9. Horoscopes 26th January - 1st February

10. Pet finder: Border Collie Henry

Border Collie Henry is an active little dog but is looking for a new home because his owner became too ill to look after him.