Brighten up your winter wardrobe in an instant, says Annmarie O’Connor.

WILDLIFE cameraman Gordon Buchanan, who was once nearly eaten alive by a white polar bear while filming from a Perspex box in Norway, has learnt from mistakes about how to navigate the ferocious animals he films. 

In honour of London Fashion Week, Claire Droney hangs out in the city’s coolest spot — Shoreditch.

A fundraising drive aims to support kids with heart defects writes Helen O’Callaghan.

Kya deLongchamps says while smoking may be a bad habit, she has a sneaking regard for classic table-lighters.

Twitter users will be able to control the appearance of a garden which is set to go on show at the Chelsea Flower Show this year.

I’VE never been one to follow the fashion rule book.

A telephone in Castletownshend is testament to the notion of the common good, writes Órla O’Donovan

It’s that time of the year again when we need to get ready for the winter.

Do you have a DIY question you would like answered? Send it to interiors@examiner.ie

THE issue of payments to inter-county managers will return to the top of the GAA agenda next month when Director General Páraic Duffy publishes a discussion document on the controversial matter.

Illusionist David Blaine is to become a father.

IT didn’t take long last year, just a few minutes after the final whistle and with the masses already breaking onto the sacred sod, before the announcement blared over the Croke Park tannoy system – ‘Gardaí and stewards, to Plan B please, Plan B!’.

BAKEND Temple, on a hill west of Angkor, offers spectacular views of the setting sun.

A GARDEN done by an expert who had worked closely with green design guru Diarmuid Gavin of TV makeover fame, is an unexpected bonus at the back of 3 Melbourn Close.

A BRITISH man yesterday claimed a new world record for keeping a football in the air, after sailing past the previous record of 19 hours and 30 minutes in London.

OSCAR winner Kate Winslet helped two prisoners re-enact the plot of The Shawshank Redemption at Limerick Prison yesterday but, this time, there was no Hollywood ending.

IF THE Keep Britain Tidy campaigners are to be believed, there has been a 20% rise in the number of rats on our sister island.

The organs of a 13-year-old boy who died after falling through a roof helped improve the lives of up to five other youngsters, an inquest heard today.

Magician David Blaine pulled his latest shock stunt today when he appeared to cut off his own ear.