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Christmas stress and arguments

This Christmas is your Christmas. You have the right to enjoy it as much as the ones you love. Jane Barnfield Jukes shares her top tips for beating festive stress.
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Theatre review of the year 2018

Laurence Green selects his top 10 theatre productions from a year which saw a resurgence of quality musicals and some memorable reworked classics.
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Christmas dinner for dogs

Giving your dogs Christmas dinner leftovers is not doing them any favours - and could do them harm. So follow these simple rules and make it a merry xmas for your...
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Inheritance Tax to go digital: less admin, better...

Sarah Coles says 'This will come as no comfort to anyone currently mired in the (IHT) process. You’re likely to hit your deadline for submitting your forms well...
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The other Dubai

There’s another side to high-rise digital Dubai. Michael Edwards stays at Al Seef Hotel by Jumeirah, in the heritage area, and learns how the Emirati are...
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Food & Drink

Finding the perfect Christmas dinner

Whether you prefer a traditional Christmas roast, or want to try something a little different, we have a wide variety of tempting festive specials, sure to make your Christmas extra special.

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Theatre

Switzerland

A twisting, chilling tale filled with razor-sharp dialogue as Phyllis Logan plays the esteemed crime novelist Patricia Highsmith in Joanna Murray-Smith's Switzerland at the Ambassadors Theatre. Laurence Green reviews.

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Gardening

December in the garden

The gardening is virtually done for another year but brave the cold, and save yourself some time in the spring.

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Nutrition

Six diet swaps to lower cholesterol

High cholesterol is a risk factor for heart disease but by changing the way you eat and adopting healthy lifestyle habits you can reverse the risk and improve your levels. Read our six tips for reducing cholesterol levels.

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Home & Lifestyle

Serious Lights - sight and posture

Discover life-changing light. Driven by an inventor’s passion and endorsed by over 500 opticians.

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Film

The Wild Pear Tree

A sobering, beautifully shot film of dashed hopes and inter-generational relationships (directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan) that implants itself on the mind. Laurence Green reviews.

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