Tess Daly’s beauty secrets: The TV host on glowing, gummies and what’s hiding behind the sofa

Tess Daly’s beauty secrets: The TV host on glowing, gummies and what’s hiding behind the sofa

By Tess Daly Published: 12:01 GMT, 16 December 2023 | Updated: 13:19 GMT, 18 December 2023 Wash and wow   To combat the effects of my hair constantly being blow-dried and straightened for work, I apply leave-in masks by Aussie or Olaplex. I use a different shampoo every time I wash my hair as I pick … Read more

Lord Byron’s Piccadilly mansion where the romantic poet wrote some of his most famous works including Parsinia and The Seige of Corinth goes on the market for £29.5million

Lord Byron’s Piccadilly mansion where the romantic poet wrote some of his most famous works including Parsinia and The Seige of Corinth goes on the market for £29.5million

A Piccadilly mansion where Lord Byron once lived and wrote some of his most famous works has gone on the market for £29.5 million.  The grade II-listed townhouse, set over six floors and comprising of 14,000 square foot of space, is located in one of London‘s most affluent neighbourhoods, overlooking Green Park in Mayfair. The … Read more

Charming three-storey townhouse where Mary Shelley wrote her classic gothic novel Frankenstein goes on sale for £750,000

Charming three-storey townhouse where Mary Shelley wrote her classic gothic novel Frankenstein goes on sale for £750,000

A charming home where Frankenstein author Mary Shelley penned her masterpiece is going under the hammer. Shelley Cottage, named after its famous former resident, was part of a larger historic Grade II listed building when Mary and Percy Shelley bought it in the early 19th century. The literary greats moved out in 1818 and it … Read more

Could you buy just five things in a year? Tiffanie Darke took up the challenge – her choices may surprise you

Could you buy just five things in a year? Tiffanie Darke took up the challenge – her choices may surprise you

Tiffanie Darke took up the challenge – her choices may surprise you (yes, there were gold trousers!) Imagine if you had been allowed to buy only five things for your wardrobe this year. Sit with that for a second. How many have you bought – can you even remember them all? Were they worth it? … Read more

Jada Pinkett Smith reveals why she’ll never leave Will Smith – even though they have separate homes – and how ‘the Oscars slap saved my marriage’

Jada Pinkett Smith reveals why she’ll never leave Will Smith – even though they have separate homes – and how ‘the Oscars slap saved my marriage’

When a marriage hits a rocky patch, couples find different ways of bringing back the magic – date night or perhaps counselling. For Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband Will, it took a public scandal to reset the relationship. ‘I nearly didn’t even attend the Oscars that year, but I’m glad I did,’ says Pinkett Smith. … Read more

Entire shopping centre sells for just £300,000 in market town that has lost Debenhams, Topshop, River Island and H&M – less than the average price of a British house

Entire shopping centre sells for just £300,000 in market town that has lost Debenhams, Topshop, River Island and H&M – less than the average price of a British house

Cambrian Way in Carmarthen, West Wales, was only built 30 years ago  By Matt Strudwick Updated: 14:34 GMT, 13 December 2023 An entire shopping centre has been sold for just £300,000 – less than the average price of a British house.   The once-prosperous Cambrian Way in the centre of Carmarthen, West Wales, was built just … Read more

How does Santa get down the chimney? Discover the answer in one of this year’s best books for children. SALLY MORRIS selects the titles that will entertain and enthral all the family

How does Santa get down the chimney? Discover the answer in one of this year’s best books for children. SALLY MORRIS selects the titles that will entertain and enthral all the family

CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS BUNNIES IN A SLEIGH by Philip Ardagh Illustrated by Ben Mantle (Walker £12.99, 32 pp) The bonkers, bouncing bunnies are back in a new adventure, just in time to help Santa when his elves fall ill after gorging on sugary treats. They slide down chimneys, stuff themselves into stockings and get mixed … Read more

Divorced, beheaded, survived an IRA attack: Tony Rennell reviews the most compelling history books of 2023

Divorced, beheaded, survived an IRA attack: Tony Rennell reviews the most compelling history books of 2023

HISTORY  Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn And the Marriage that shook Europe by John Guy and Julia Fox (Bloomsbury £30, 624 pp) She was not one of the most beautiful women in the world. A contemporary Venetian diarist described Anne Boleyn as having ‘unusually dark skin, a long neck and a wide mouth’. … Read more

From a pool party with Diana to a road trip with Billy Connolly – a bumper crop of riveting memoirs

From a pool party with Diana to a road trip with Billy Connolly – a bumper crop of riveting memoirs

The Unlikely Duke: Memoirs of an Eclectic Life by Harry Beaufort (Hodder & Stoughton £25, 320 pp) Well, not that unlikely a Duke as Harry Beaufort was born to the role — prep school, Eton and agricultural college (and a family tree going back before the Norman conquest) before taking over Badminton House and its … Read more