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’Tis the season to be jolly… and thank goodness for that, because never have we needed a good laugh more. Which is why we decided there was only one way to celebrate this issue, our 600th: by challenging the people who amuse us most in the world to g

Full disclosure, I am a massive Christmas lover, but also a firm believer that nothing remotely festive should occur before 1 December. If I so much as hear a chord of that Mariah song in the midst of November, I am livid. So when I was asked to revi

What’s inside: Festive snacks: pecan snowballs, nutty nougat and cranberry relish. Smug mum says: I feel weird reviewing this as Ottolenghi is a close friend, but here goes. Rosemary spiced nuts remind me of hubby – he’s saved as ‘spicy nuts’ in my p

As a long-time admirer of staying still, keeping warm and retaining my physical health, ice skating is horrifying to me. It’s been 10 years since I last set foot onto the ice, but if anything was going to coax me out of my rink-averse mindset, it wou

My day begins at 5.30am. Jericha: I’ll be woken by my 38-year-old daughter, Cardinal, howling for her breakfast. She’s always ravenous, particularly if her current girlfriend, Constable Sue, has stayed the night as they do tend to rather go at it. Su

Remember the Pied Piper? Folkloric anti-hero, controversial pest-control expert who rid a town of rats then took the townspeople’s children on an extended playdate when they failed to pay his invoice? That guy must have retrained during the pandemic,

If you’re low on Christmas spirit, head straight to Harrods where The Fabulous World of Dior has transformed the legendary department store into a festive wonderland, from glittering window displays to a gingerbread replica of Monsieur Dior’s atelier

There’s a scene in Till that is one of those rare cinematic moments that follows you home, crawls into bed with you and lingers in your thoughts long after the credits roll. The scene in question plays out when Mamie Till-Bradley (Danielle Deadwyler)

His bolognese. He makes it with extra chilli – we have a very vanilla relationship, but we like spice on the table. I don’t understand meat pies! And I dislike pastry. There’s something about the richness of the kidney and all the things that go in t

Editor-in-Chief Lisa Smosarski Editor Alix Walker Deputy Editor and Photography Director Tom Gormer Creative Director Matt Phare Assistant Editor Lisa Harvey Editorial Assistant Holly Bullock Design Art Director Amber Sinclair Senior Designer Poppy