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The coolest start to 2024: see the Northern Lights
With the start of a new year comes a whole world to explore, so why not go big or go home? Here are four bucket list experiences to make 2024 incredible... Holistic Fit-cation Jumpstart your fitness journey with a two-day wellbeing retreat
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How to make a Christmas pudding with the wow factor
For the first time I can remember, last Christmas I was home in time for the big dinner with the family (obviously, I went to work first, of all the traditions at this time of year, that’s the one non-negotiable) – how could cooking for 13 feel harder
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Make a bread wreath with Fen Farm Dairy’s Baron Bigods cheese
Christmas is a time of indulgence, when we throw cautions and diets to the wind and eat all our favourite things. One of mine is luscious, gooey baked cheese and you can’t do better than buy local and get your hands on one of Fen Farm Dairy’s Baron
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How to create this stunning festive centrepiece for your Christmas party
For me, December is the best month of the year, although I have to admit my tree goes up in November! I just love everything about Christmas and, as my favourite pastime is entertaining, I love filling the house with friends and family and creating
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Bake Off contestant Maggie Richardson's Christmas Orange Cake recipe
Long gone are the days when children were excited to receive an orange in their Christmas stocking. The gift of an orange in your stocking comes from a story about St Nicholas who threw three bags of gold down the chimney of a cottage belonging to
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Christmas recipes: Mince pies, Truffles and Christmas pudding
Family traditions are so important for many, especially at Christmas, when food becomes a huge focus. My grandma was German and every Christmas a package would arrive from Germany with stolen, marzipan and lebkuchen (delicious spiced biscuits coated
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How to reduce your calorie intake over Christmas
Husband and wife team, doctors Michael Mosley and Clare Bailey, are embarking on a live theatre tour, promoting their easy-to-grasp messages aimed at improving a nation’s health. Katie Jarvis chats to the two, while managing not to derail their long
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How-to hacks for festive feasting by Guy Warner
You’d think by now we’d have got the hang of Christmas. Yet every year, there is a tendency to create the same slightly fraught, high-pressure kitchen chaos that could be featured in any episode of Boiling Point! Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas
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Julie Friend’s scrumptious edible Christmas gifts
I like to make people things at Christmas and either give as a present or take to somebody’s house if I am invited for drinks or a meal over the festive season. I also like to have a store of homemade things ready for when I have guests. These
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Ring the changes this Christmas with these tasty alternatives to traditional dishes
Ring the changes this Christmas with these tasty alternatives to traditional dishes Orange and Cranberry Roast Wreath recipe Orange makes this roast extra zesty, and its stunning wreath shape will look beautiful on your festive dinner
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Chef Oli Martin shares a great make-ahead salmon recipe
Christmas is a family affair for chef Oli Martin. Big gatherings, parties and a smorgasbord of festive feasts are the order of the day for the chef director of Aven Restaurant, Fell Bistro and Foray Catering. ‘I absolutely love Christmas, we all
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How to make a delicious table centrepiece using a whole brie
Caterer Catherine France is a whizz at pepping up a party platter whatever the time of year. Here she shows you how to make a mouthwatering party wreath centrepiece When her daughter Helena was little and competing in events with her pony, ‘catering
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I compared Quality Street, Roses & more - this missing chocolate ruined Christmas
This year might be the first time I have been able to secure all the classic tubs of chocolate for Christmas and I’m not ashamed to admit it might have made my year. I’m always far too late to every supermarket and end up coming home with a “luxury
