Discover what makes these plants popular around Christmas time

Look to the Highlands for Hogmanay inspiration – these recipes are perfect for a New Year’s Eve celebration, or as a hangover cure buffet the following day

This easy, stylish decoration is quick to achieve, and you can adapt the sugarpaste colour and sprinkles to your taste. Once iced, the decorating takes just minutes.

To truly understand Irish food you need to cook with what’s around you in the hedgerows, gardens, fields and ocean. Irish cooking is rooted in simplicity, shaped by the land and sea, and passed down t

Lynn Farram and the congregation of Christ Church, Norris Green, Liverpool

Don’t just spark a flame – scent it! These easy-to-make eco firelighters release natural fragrance as they burn