23 December 2012 06:32 PM
Jim Al-Khalili is about to become president of the British Humanist Association. He tells Tom Peck why bishops should be out of the House of Lords – and why he's ready for a row at Christmas dinner
23 December 2012 12:00 AM
Don't stuff your turkey Cook your stuffing separately, that way your turkey will cook much quicker – you can do it in less than two hours for eight people. Roast it breast down and all the fat deposits will make their way down, letting the turkey cook in its own juices. Then, half an hour before it's done, flip it over so you have crackling skin. Then add a pint-and-a-half of stock and that will become your gravy.
23 December 2012 12:00 AM
‘We’d sit in the make-up caravan, our hair unwashed, holding bacon sandwiches’
23 December 2012 12:00 AM
She might have been banished from the Abbey, but that won’t stop Lily James from wreaking havoc on Downton’s Christmas. Gerard Gilbert meets the vivacious young actress whipping Britain’s favourite period drama into a frenzy.
23 December 2012 12:00 AM
She's the first female head coach to be appointed by UK Athletics, and the first black one – and she has been handed a tough task: to build on the remarkable popularity of the London Paralympics. Simon Turnbull meets Paula Dunn
23 December 2012 12:00 AM
Actor, singer, recluse: he has walked a long and less-travelled road since 'Soldier Soldier' – and now he's back in a new prime-time thriller. Susie Mesure meets Jerome Flynn
22 December 2012 12:00 AM
'I wish I'd never worn that prom dress'
21 December 2012 06:48 PM
Though he doesn't enjoy Christmas, his creations have become an indelible part of it
17 December 2012 12:00 AM
It's Been A Wonderful Year For... After winning 100m gold with 80,000 fans chanting his name, 19-year-old Jonnie knows it can never get any better; he discusses his dilemma with Robin Scott-Elliot
16 December 2012 12:00 AM
His new film is directed by Dustin, stars Dame Maggie and is set in an old people’s home. Now he has joined the Hollywood firmament (and turned 70), does anything get under the Big Yin’s skin these days?
16 December 2012 12:00 AM
'Because he was a Fifer, there was a certain brotherhood between us'
16 December 2012 12:00 AM
"A big runaway truck of a man." That is how one of Gérard Depardieu's directors referred to the actor. And she liked him. Nowadays, he not only physically embodies that description; it serves as a pretty good definition of his temperament, too.
16 December 2012 12:00 AM
The writer has been doing research for a novel about a 'complex, troubled Bond'. And he knows how to keep his cards close to his chest. Susie Mesure meets William Boyd
15 December 2012 12:00 AM
Hayley Atwell has been called a young Charlotte Rampling, the next Keira Knightley and Woody Allen's muse. She's conquered the costume drama, the romcom and the action flick. So, who is she really? Gerard Gilbert meets a restless talent who says, with stunning understatement...
15 December 2012 12:00 AM
'God laughs at people who plan'
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