Life and style
We planned epic Scalextric tournaments as we watched TFI Friday – the Christmas present I’ll never forget
I finally got the racing car set I’d always wanted when I went to university. But it didn’t work out quite as I imagined
Rich Pelley
24, Dec, 2022 @12:00 PM
Alex Horne on the secret to his cult show Taskmaster: ‘It must be offbeat but not wacky, off-kilter but not bonkers’
How does the comedian and creative genius come up with the show’s endless stream of inventive challenges?
Simon Parkin
24, Dec, 2022 @12:00 PM
Kate and Greg Mosse look back: ‘The shirt I’m wearing has since been made illegal’
Writers Kate and Greg Mosse on how a brief encounter on a train changed their lives
Harriet Gibsone
24, Dec, 2022 @12:00 PM
‘Dig deep and think as hard as possible’ – the secrets of success in Scrabble, Sudoku, Jenga and more
From a 9-year old Scrabble prodigy to the UK jigsaw champion, we asked master gamers and puzzlers to reveal their secrets
Rebecca Liu
24, Dec, 2022 @11:00 AM
Are Americans buying real or fake Christmas trees? Here’s what the data tells us
Wholesale growers expect to increase tree costs between 5% and 15% as research suggests artificial trees gaining popularity
Gloria Oladipo in New York
24, Dec, 2022 @10:00 AM
‘Nick jumped in the water and this shot happened’: Pasha Francuz’s best phone picture
How the Ukraine-born photographer, on a hot day by a pool in San Francisco, came to snap Santa socks
Grace Holliday
24, Dec, 2022 @10:00 AM
Edward Enninful: ‘In African families, you can be one of three things: a doctor, a lawyer or a failure’
The Vogue editor on loving reality TV, nearly losing his trousers at Buckingham Palace and the showbiz icon who ruined his day
Rosanna Greenstreet
24, Dec, 2022 @9:30 AM
Do you smell what I smell? How scents linked to Christmas have changed
While oranges and cloves moved from medicine cabinet to kitchen, rosemary fell out of festive fashion in England
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
24, Dec, 2022 @9:00 AM
I curled up with my sister and we opened our stockings together one last time – the Christmas present I’ll never forget
Ninka had been diagnosed with leukaemia when she was 16 but for one final festive celebration, she was out of hospital and back home with us
Bibi van der Zee
24, Dec, 2022 @8:00 AM
You be the judge: should our daughter pay more towards the heating bills?
Mum says Abigail keeps on the radiators all day; Abigail says she needs to stay warm while working from home. You decide who’s right in this heated debate
Interviews by Georgina Lawton
24, Dec, 2022 @8:00 AM
Can you beat this fiendish Christmas quiz?
Wizard of wordplay Frank Paul shares some of his trickiest brainteasers
Frank Paul
24, Dec, 2022 @7:00 AM
The Norse god Baldr was killed by a spear made of what? The Saturday quiz
From a Beatle to Bubbles the clown, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
Thomas Eaton
24, Dec, 2022 @7:00 AM
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