This is the year you finally make the most of December
Perfect presents in price order, from stocking fillers to splurges
A chef, an editor and a Neal’s Yard cheesemonger hash it out
Osso buco and smoked polenta: Ella Risbridger’s dark-defying recipes
The queen of Christmas shares five no-recipe recipes for seasonal gratification
Jancis Robinson recommends standout champagne, Crémant and sparkling wine
A society photographer shares her secrets
The region’s wine woes are multiplying
I’m just an American, standing in front of a maître d’, asking for not the worst table in the house
What Somaya Critchlow sees
With her new exhibition the photographer who defined celebrity is looking to her legacy
Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!
First, rude. Second, here’s my diary of not joining the queue for the super drug
Trump loves fossil fuels but his sidekick Musk wants a piece of the action
A table of wonders in the West Country
A French dinner party recipe that will work for almost anyone
Behind the scenes at the museum’s biggest-ever showcase of its staff art
Charles Foster believes he has a duty to defend against a state-sanctioned and medicalised means to self-obliterate
Denise Dupré has got American money to spend on French wine tourism
After decades without conclusive evidence, surely there aren’t people still holding out hope. Right?
A live-in carer on how to coax clients away from ready meals
