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‘For so many people, Home isn’t a safe place to be. Lockdown has opened everyone’s eyes’ Right now, there are hundreds of women who are more afraid of their own partner than any virus. As calls to domestic abuse helplines have soared and the number of women murdered is now twice the national average, Anna … Read more

HOROSCOPES: Positive changes are coming, Gemini By Sally Brompton for The Mail on Sunday Published: 00:02 BST, 17 May 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 17 May 2020 Gemini 22 MAY-21 JUNE The Sun enters your birth sign this week and although you may not feel any immediate benefits you can expect many positive changes in the … Read more

Just weeks before the world went into lockdown, singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, her teenage son Sonny and her mum Janet set off on their first overseas adventure together to Japan. So would it tighten their family bond… or widen the half-century age gap? They all give their verdict here   Falling into bed, I couldn’t help but … Read more

These fragrant mood-boosters have been lifting my spirits – and my complexion – over the past few weeks  ‘There’s science behind the feelgood factor of fragrance’  It’s fair to say that many of us have extra time on our hands at the moment – however much the siren call of the laptop seems to entice … Read more

Spaghetti with Sausage and Peppers By Annie Bell Published: 00:02 BST, 17 May 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 17 May 2020  Food styling: Clare Lewis. Styling: Sue Radcliffe Sausage and beans in a tasty new guise. Black bean spaghetti is high in protein so you only need a fraction of your usual portion yet will … Read more

Chicken and Mushroom Pasta By Annie Bell Published: 00:02 BST, 17 May 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 17 May 2020 Food styling: Clare Lewis. Styling: Sue Radcliffe Great as a weekday meal as you can make the sauce in advance and a good way to use up any chicken after your weekend roast.  Serves 2  … Read more

Power up your pasta By Annie Bell Published: 00:02 BST, 17 May 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 17 May 2020 It’s our favourite supper staple, but not as we know it! Annie Bell’s fabulous recipes showcase the new-style pasta supercharged with wholegrains and legumes  Zesty and healthy: salmon and spinach with red lentil fusilli. For … Read more

Elizabeth Day: Love thy neighbour – from two metres away By Elizabeth Day for You Magazine Published: 00:02 BST, 17 May 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 17 May 2020 Hair: Fabio Nogueira. Make-up: Ruby Hammer. Styling: Holly Elgeti. Trousers, Amanda Wakeley. Jewellery, Alighieri When I was a child, I loved Neighbours. Not the ones who … Read more

Designer and cook Athena Calderone has transformed her run-down townhouse into the epitome of downtown chic. These are her renovation golden rules… 1. Live with what you really love: When Athena bought her townhouse, a late 1800s brownstone in Brooklyn, New York, she knew it needed a lot of love. But renovating it actually took … Read more

When I feel my anxiety rising, I think, “you are safe and happy, with food in your belly”’ As a lifelong sufferer of anxiety, Nadiya Hussain’s panic attacks have been triggered by the lockdown. She tells Francesca Babb how she’s coping with the fallout, her fears for her mum and sisters working on the frontline and … Read more