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We need to talk about mum: How drama workshops are helping children affected by a parent's mental illness

Mental health awareness may be on the rise, but for the children caught up in family illness, support can be sadly lacking. Catherine O'Brien meets the professionals breaking boundaries.

Make, do and mend yourself: From anxiety relief to building self-worth, creativity is the hands-on way to heal

From getting over a divorce to dealing with bereavement, getting creative has helped these four women swap the therapist's couch for easels and knitting needles.

Emotional ties with author Cecelia Ahern

The novelist on writing her stories by hand, marrying in secret, why Chanel Chance reminds her of her dad and sharing the red carpet with Hilary Swank.

Idris Elba on meeting Prince, private jets, and his first fashion collection

The actor on fulfilling his childhood dream, wishing people would see their potential, his sense of style, never taking time off and his secret skill.

Happy Spritz-mas! How to choose the perfect Christmas scent 

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Spray your way to gift-giving glory with a luxurious fragrance to suit everyone. Chosen by The Perfume Society's Jo Fairley.

The new queens of the small screen: From Kaley Cuoco to Lena Dunham, the TV actresses commanding Hollywood salaries

Front row: The glossy girls' guide to gifting, plus hot fashion buys

To the Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards at Claridge's, where we asked some of the most fashionable guests to share their Christmas wish lists...

Emotional ties with lipstick brand creator Poppy King

Poppy King on 1940s glamour, her leopard-print obsession, turning a passion into a career, staying connnected to family on the other side of the planet and the power of a slick of red.

FRONT ROW: All the fun of the (faux) fur 

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There is barely a fashion editor or celeb-about-town who doesn't own one of Charlotte Simone's faux-fur stoles.

'Every day was an adventure': A widow whose husband died of meningitis talks about their life together

It's five years since Helen Bromovsky's 'amazing, crazy love affair' with her husband Francis was cut short. But a fashion project inspired by their travels is helping to fund research into the illness.

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QUICKFIRE: Q&A; with actor Tom Bateman

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The actor on working with Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh, people who are rude to waiters, what a castle by the sea means to him... and being a potato head.

Spotlight on haute couture collector Jacqueline de Ribes

The 86-year-old French aristocrat has a legendary sense of style. Her couture wardrobe is this week the subject of a new exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The not-desking generation: Meet the professionals trading the traditional office for a more diverse work community

A recent study predicts that in five years' time 40 per cent of us will be freelance. Here four women talk about creating their own unique work communities.