Cash in on the Christmas housing market

The run-up to winter holidays is usually the worst time to sell, but this year is different as the rules are upended

Justine Roberts: Mistress of the Mumsnet pack

Her website is home to a host of angry mothers who have savaged leaders Gordon Brown and David Cameron

Siobhan Fahey returns from the dark side of pop

From Bananarama and Shakespears Sister to break-ups and breakdowns, Siobhan Fahey is back from the dark side of pop

AA Gill reviews: Chez Bruce

Gill used to live in Wandsworth. But does this top-rated restaurant in his old stomping ground make the grade with him?

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Michael Winner

My appalling-taste, personally-signed Christmas card promotes myself, my books, my television show. I want it on mantelpieces

How I lost the gift of joy for a while

Last year, Giles Andreae, the man behind the Purple Ronnie cards, was hit by depression. He gives a searing account of the illness

Laser eye treatment: back to the future

Twenty years after the first laser eye operation, we look at the weird and wonderful history of the procedure

Students abandon the drink for gyms and juice

Unions look to healthy lifestyle options and charity sponsorship to boost revenues as booze revenues plummet

Universities warned to expect heavy cuts

Higher education funding chief says fields for research funding will become limited and money for teaching scaled back

Ferrari 458: red and sexy, but is it any good?

The firm has always made status cars for those with money to burn but the new supercar seems geared to a greener buyer

Krav Maga: extreme violence for office workers

Why residents of Britain, one of the world’s safest nations, are learning how to rupture testicles and burst eardrums