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As a Victoria’s Secret model, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley knows good underwear. She offers some very sage advice

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Why Juno Temple is taking Hollywood by storm

The actress proves that an oddball look, an appetite for a party and an obsession with Agent Provocateur can get you a long way

She's a Sugababe but she's still my baby

Heidi Range, 26, part of the decade’s most successful British girl band, and her mother Karen talk about their relationship

Alpha Mummy

When do children stop believing?

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The rise of Bristol

Welcome to the city of extended youth and Britain's hippest city, with its ethical start-ups, offbeat artists and green-living locals

My Marrakesh excess

Princess Hetti von Bohlen und Halbach, the queen of Morocco’s party scene, is vacating Bled Targui, her pleasure palace

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Daisy Waugh revisits the houses she loved and loathed in 2009 - and tells her detractors they should lighten up

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Feast on Winter's unsung heroes

Winter game, sparkling seafood and crisp winter leaves offer a fresh riff on Christmas cooking, says Lucas Hollweg

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On the bottle: wine for Christmas lunch

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Millers at The Anchor

The whole thing was absurdly decadent, ridiculously indulgent and even silly. Great fun, but just a bit too much of everything

Christmas food

A new Christmas cookie package by Australian cook Donna Hay includes everything you need to make these festive biscuits

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Gordon Ramsay's 50 festive recipes

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10 top tips when cooking for Christmas

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Complete Christmas food guide

Health  

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Pleasure numb in search for happiness

Happiness is fast becoming a national obsession. We’re better off than ever, so why have we never been more miserable?

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What's up doc? Santa is told to slim down

Tongue-in-cheek health stories are GPs' festive fare

Walk your way to fitness

It costs nothing, burns fat and generates the same emotional high as jogging

Nutrition

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Is being big a genetic destiny?

Amanda Ursell answers your nutrition questions

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Men  

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What it feels like to be a pick-up artist

A self-confessed former geek turned himself into a 60-girls-a-night man with the help of the dating guide The Game

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Back to ballistics

Just how fast does a cutting edge superbike feel? To find out Warren Pole scares himself stupid on BMW’s new 193bhp flagship

Modern heroes: meeting our military

Discipline, pride, humility, strength. As more and more of our boys see active service, we discover what Britain's soldiers are made of

Get away from it all (without going too far)

If a stress-free weekend after a week of hell at work is what you need, then try a stay-cation - the budget holiday du jour in these thrifty times

Men 

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Men’s fashion Christmas gift guide

Who ya gonna call?

Education  

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Teaching an old school new tricks

Is super-head Anthony Seldon, Master of Wellington College, really as confident and carefree as he would have us believe?

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King’s College gets chorus of criticism

The Cambridge school famous for its choristers has fallen foul of inspectors getting tough with the private sector

University chiefs enjoy lavish free housing

Vice-chancellors are living rent-free in multi-million-pound 'grace-and-favour' homes while academics face losing their jobs

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Don't have school trips during the (very cold) last week of term...

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