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Music review: The Flaming Lips

It's the Beatles, Jim, but not as we know it, writes Kim Gillespie.

4 amazing Christmas cake recipes

Rich fruit cakes improve with age. They're best baked at least one month before enjoying so the flavours mellow and the texture compacts, making the cake easier to cut.

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Italian fare in grand tradition (+recipes)

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Jan Bilton: Hard-pressed to pick a favourite (+recipes)

Recent research from international scan data company Aztec indicates households have an average of 2.9 types of oil. How many different oils do you have stored in your pantry?

DVD review: Strong story of future behind walls

Portraits of the future don't always paint the most wonderful of pictures of where we are heading and Brick Mansions is one such example.

Fashion: Find the shades that colour you beautiful

Knowing what colours work for you and which don't is one of the most important aspects of good styling, writes Lisa Lyford.

Music review: Lucinda Williams, Down where the Spirit meets the Bone

Lucinda Williams walks a fine line vocally between swagger and vulnerability, an approach that is clearly evident on this, her 14th studio album.

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