The perfect christmas

The September sun was still warm when I reached the familiar stretch of beach. I glanced up at a messy display of cotton-wool clouds in the sky. They were bobbing randomly overhead and I almost felt I

ISOBEL could tell her six-year-old pupil Angela hadn’t been practising. Having clomped her way through her scales, she was stumbling painfully through her pieces. Isobel tried to think of some encoura

Liz had a theory about what was behind the rumours of witches and buried treasure

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Follow our easy plan to get your feast on the table using just one oven… THE DAY BEFORE ■ Prepare the turkey, butternut squash, stuffing balls, gravy stock, sprout gratin, and trifle (except cream lay

1-4 WEEKS BEFORE For the pie Assemble and freeze. For the sides Prepare the roast potatoes, make the cabbage and the cranberry sauce, then freeze until needed. 2 DAYS BEFORE For the turkey Brine and c