http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/?service=Rss http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/cesar-millan-is-the-lsquodog-whispererrsquo-the-stars-swear-by-but-are-his-controversial-techniques-really-brilliant-or-just--barking-14713950.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/cesar-millan-is-the-lsquodog-whispererrsquo-the-stars-swear-by-but-are-his-controversial-techniques-really-brilliant-or-just--barking-14713950.html?r=RSS <p> Oprah Winfrey, Scarlett Johansson, Vin Diesel, Will Smith and Nicolas Cage may be top dogs in the celebrity world. But when it comes to their pooches, real-life Doctor Dolittle Cesar Millan is definitely the leader of the pack. </p> Features Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:16:16 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/harvesting-the-growing-popularity-of-allotments-14710026.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/harvesting-the-growing-popularity-of-allotments-14710026.html?r=RSS <p> One gardener suffers from anxiety but is able to get out of the house and mix with others. Another is a youth worker who brings her charges along to learn valuable new skills. </p> Features Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:09:49 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/northern-irelands-murky-world-of-informers-14710018.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/northern-irelands-murky-world-of-informers-14710018.html?r=RSS <p> Some call it &ldquo;the dark side&rdquo;, others &ldquo;the dirty war&rdquo;. It is a place of life and death. </p> Features Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:57:38 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/great-leaps-of-our-imagination-14704669.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/great-leaps-of-our-imagination-14704669.html?r=RSS <p> While Northern Ireland's shipbuilding and linen manufacturing heritage is well known, the province has a much greater engineering past than is generally appreciated. </p> Features Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:22:41 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/how-these-six-numbers-changed-my-life-forever-14703211.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/how-these-six-numbers-changed-my-life-forever-14703211.html?r=RSS <p> If you heard my life story from the start, you wouldn&rsquo;t say I was lucky. I was brought up in a loving but working class family in East Belfast. The Troubles were a way of life. Troops with guns on street corners were as much a part of the landscape as lamp posts. </p> Features Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:00:59 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/in-a-spilt-second-an-olympic-dream-died-for-skater-jenna-14699318.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/in-a-spilt-second-an-olympic-dream-died-for-skater-jenna-14699318.html?r=RSS <p> While most of us were fast asleep in the early hours of Wednesday morning, one Northern Irish woman was wide awake. The nerves and adrenaline pumping through the veins of Jenna McCorkell (23) from Coleraine would have ensured that she was in a mindset that was far from relaxed. </p> Features Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:13:50 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/the-smile-high-club-14696089.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/the-smile-high-club-14696089.html?r=RSS <p> It was an apprehensive bunch of twenty-somethings that gathered early in the morning in the departure lounge of Belfast International Airport. The six boys and six girls were dressed down in jeans for a day&rsquo;s travel. </p> Features Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:17:25 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/gerry-adams-the-one-we-think-we-know-14691325.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/gerry-adams-the-one-we-think-we-know-14691325.html?r=RSS <p> <b>He hugs trees, he wants to talk about Jesus, he now is willing &mdash; even eager &mdash; to share the story of abuse in his family. And this week he spoke about his wife's battle with cancer. But how does this fit in with the other Gerry Adams, the one we think we know?</b> </p> Features Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:41:29 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/so-how-did-a-farmerrsquos-son-from-co-down-become-a-key-figure-inside-the-vatican-14685879.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/so-how-did-a-farmerrsquos-son-from-co-down-become-a-key-figure-inside-the-vatican-14685879.html?r=RSS <p> Ambassadors get a bad press. Almost no one in their home country knows what they really do and they suffer from the image of a life filled with Mercs and perks. </p> Features Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:05:10 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/why-has-a-wine-made-by-monks-at-an-idyllic-devon-abbey-fuelled-an-unholy-row-14683154.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/features/why-has-a-wine-made-by-monks-at-an-idyllic-devon-abbey-fuelled-an-unholy-row-14683154.html?r=RSS <p> Buckfast was not designed to appeal to youth culture but it tastes as if it was. There is a fragance of tobacco in it and it has the flavour of Coca-Cola. If you were trying to suggest dereliction and youth in your marketing, you could hardly do better. </p> Features Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:09:22 +0000