As a 30% US tariff looms over South African wine, the industry faces its biggest shake-up yet, but from Stellenbosch to Shanghai, smart alcohol brands are turning headwinds into headway.

House martins and swallows are our constant companions, whether snapping up fluttering mayflies in the car park of Glencar Waterfall during a downpour, or swooping from the eaves of The Shandon Hotel ...

Run over a distance of 2m the Guinness-sponsored Galway Hurdle is always staged each year towards the end of July, early August, at the Galway Festival. Did you know - 18 of the last 22 winners ...