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If your new year resolution is to make ...

With the festive season behind us, you might be thinking about returning to healthy habits to get your year off to the best possible start. We’ve teamed up with Slimming World to bring you this health

Here, let me read that,” Eileen said as she reached out for her father’s letter. “I thought you’d be pleased,” he grunted. Eileen silently counted to ten before answering. There was no doubt her fathe

Our latest fiction writing competition asked entrants to pen a love story, and we found find three romantic tales which we’re sure you’ll enjoy over the next few pages. Congratulations to Daniel Taylor with The Clockmaker’s Valentine , which you can read overleaf, along with two runners-up. Plus on page 58, find out details about our next themed short story competition...

We suspect you know where you were, half a decade ago this spring, when then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the country to ‘stay home, protect the NHS, save lives’. But as research paints an increasingly detailed picture of the ways in which those years shaped everything from our health habits to our identities, academics are asking a different question: who were you back then? And who are you now?

We’ve relied on Charlie Bigham for effortless and tasty ready-made meals since 1996. Thankfully, as these crowd-pleasing recipes prove, his approach to cooking from scratch is just as flavourful and fuss-free