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SECRET SPOTS YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO DISCOVER
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December 18, 2025
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Udderly mad and absolutely fab
A text I received earlier this year said this: “En route to The Cow because apparently there’s a python being passed around.”
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December 18, 2025
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This week's bestTV
Fallout was a surprise - video game adaptations are notoriously unreliable, but Jonathan Nolan's world of monsters in a retro-futurist apocalyptic America worked well.
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December 18, 2025
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Have you heard the whispers about an AI hearing aid revolution?
There's a story about a whisper network operating among New York's rich and powerful, who are leveraging their connections to get their hands - and ears - on a revolutionary piece of tech.
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December 18, 2025
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'BEATLEMANIA WASN'T LIKE TAYLOR SWIFT - IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, LIKE A METEORITE'
Sean Ono Lennon has a timely festive message in his Oscar-winning film inspired by his parents' song, Happy Xmas (War is Over) - and a thumbs-up to the actor who's about to play his dad.
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December 18, 2025
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How your signature could save your life!
Join the call for 'Justin's Law' to make defibrillators mandatory in all UK health and sports facilities
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December 18, 2025
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True crime pays off in Jack Holden's extraordinary solo turn and those red shoes pirouette back with feeling
Justly acclaimed at Sheffield Theatres and Southwark Playhouse, Jack Holden’s true crime, high-octane, sort-of solo show gets fresh exposure.
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December 18, 2025
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Don't look back in anger... The celebrity moves and feuds of 2025
The stars' year in property - from Liam Gallagher's shiny new pad to Eric Clapton's swimming pool woes.
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December 18, 2025
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Bar snacks
Murphy’s says sales of its Irish stout have surged by 607 per cent in the past year, while the number of pubs serving it on draught has climbed to 1,551 (up 480 per cent).
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December 18, 2025
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At the table AA Gill's favourite is still in a league all of its own
Restaurants and newspapers are kindred spirits of a kind.
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December 18, 2025
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One to Watch
SUPERSTITION IS WORKING ITS MAGIC FOR ASHA BANKS — SHE'S SMASHING IT ON STAGE, SCREEN AND BEHIND THE MIC
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December 18, 2025
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Whoop founder Will Ahmed
The health entrepreneur goes to work on an egg (or eight), loves meditation and cold plunges - and monitors everything
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December 18, 2025
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First Night Cinders and Red Riding Hood soar in Sondheim's fairytale mash-up
Stephen Sondheim's 1980s musical mashup of various, mostly Grimm fairy tales - Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel - is triumphantly revived by director Jordan Fein.
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December 18, 2025
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TAKE A HIKE TO TOPANGA WITH ALANA HADID
Canyon sunsets, misty hot tubs by a crackling fire, artisanal treasures — this Californian gem keeps pulling the designer, film-maker and sister of Gigi and Bella back
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December 18, 2025
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The best exhibitions to visit this Christmas
London's galleries are at their best over Christmas, firstly as escapes from the shopping madness and then, between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, when half of London has cleared out and there's room to actually have a glimpse of a painting or two.
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December 18, 2025
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Director Rob Reiner and his wife found dead and their son charged with murder
“Rob Reiner, who has died with his wife in tragic circumstances, had a knack of making films that might be described as gently cultish.
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December 18, 2025
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New MI6 boss warns of Russia threat in first public speech
“Blaise Metreweli, the head of MI6, is hardly the first chief of the Secret Intelligence Service to identify the Russians as the biggest threat to UK security.
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December 18, 2025
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The most atmospheric candles to help you wax lyrical this Christmas
From cocooning comfort to a dusky party scent, try this season's wonder wicks
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December 18, 2025
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McCullum’s era is coming to a sorry end in Adelaide
England falter in perfect batting conditions, leaving the head coach on the brink. By Cameron Ponsonby
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December 18, 2025
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THE WORST OF TIMES: TROUBLE AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY
Impoverished staff on strike. A devastating cyber attack. Multiple changes of leadership. Books poorly protected. Claudia Cockerell investigates a national treasure in crisis
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December 18, 2025
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After Andrew's downfall, will it be a Christmas horribilis for the royals?
What does Christmas 2025 hold for the royal family, following a year that seems to have rivalled the famous annus horribilis of 1992, when three royal couples separated and a fire tore through Windsor Castle?
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December 18, 2025
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The best homeware gifts
UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL PIECES FOR INTERIORS FIENDS.
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December 18, 2025
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'PREPARING THESE MEALS ISN'T A GAME, IT'S SERIOUS — LIVES ARE AT STAKE
As our campaign hits £2.6m, Ian McKellen and Standard proprietor Evgeny Lebedev get stuck in with peeling apples.
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December 18, 2025
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Keep a cool head on the road and play it safe with this brightidea
Being seen and safe on the road as I weave my way to work through these dark, wintry months is paramount.
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December 18, 2025
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On the shelf... Delicious recipe books for the cooks in your life
There are few handier Christmas presents than a cookbook.
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December 18, 2025
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Joy to London: the 12 hottest tickets of Christmas
From carols on a grand scale to Scrooge done two ways and a rather cute little bear, here's your festive calendar sorted
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December 18, 2025
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The $100bn battle for the soul of Hollywood
The bidding war for Warner Bros will determine the future of film - will London escape the fallout?
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December 18, 2025
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Joshua risks his credibility for £70 million
The former world champion can't look silly against YouTube sensation Jake Paul or his reputation will be shredded. By Matt Verri
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December 18, 2025
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Gunmen kill 15 at Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration
“This violence did not emerge from nowhere.
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December 18, 2025
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Celebrity astronauts and the rest of the year that was in science and tech
Perhaps the biggest advances in medicine this year were made through CRISPR technology - a type of targeted gene therapy that can alter the DNA of living beings.
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