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Video: get fit like a film star

Kelly Bowerbank continues her fitness course with Efua Baker, body sculptor to Hollywood stars including Sienna Miller and Christian Bale. But can she stay on track?
- Watch the first film in the series, plus detailed exercise instructions

Has couture lost its cutting edge?

It used to be a loss-making laboratory for fashion's wild ideas. Now couture makes money – but has it lost its spark?
Internet dating at 40 - baby at 43

Cathy Comerford was single and facing 40. So she decided to take a strategic approach to internet dating
French Elle at the centre of race row

Bloggers were outraged when the fashion magazine wrote that black people have started to adhere to 'white fashion codes'
How to cook perfect ginger cake

Is ginger the king of winter cakes, or do you have another favourite companion for a cup of tea at this time of year?

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Downton chic: at the Paris couture shows Gallery (10 pictures)
Pastel court shoes – high street and designer

Gallery (17 pictures)
Fashion: Eddie Redmayne Gallery (6 pictures)
How to cook: fish curry with tapioca Video (4min 54sec)

PIP breast implant boss arrested - video (41 sec)
Beauty tips: deep hair conditioners - video (9min 19sec)
How to dress: coloured jeans - video (3min 08sec)
Beauty tips: treatment pads - video (7min 10sec)

The Headspace Think Yourself Healthy podcasts: stress (15min 40sec)
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The Headspace Think Yourself Healthy podcasts: stop smoking (15min 11sec)

Haute couture: Valentino – in pictures (9 pictures)
Top 10 menswear moments - in pictures (10 pictures)
Haute couture shows: Jean Paul Gaultier – in pictures (7 pictures)
Trading up, trading down – in pictures (6 pictures)

Food & drink

Chefs on wheels: a revolutionary takeaway

A new takeaway provides fresh food cooked to order and delivered to your door by a local chef, writes Patrick Kingsley
Angela Hartnett's midweek supper: spaghetti with clams

The chilli adds zing to this delicious, easy-to-make seafood recipe

Fashion & beauty

Menswear trends for next season

The autumn/winter 2012 menswear shows were big on sex, money and power. Simon Chilvers reveals what the best-dressed men will be wearing next season
- Those A/W 2012 menswear trends - in pictures
- Men's fashion
Getting into print: Lauren Laverne

Digital, hyperreal and very busy… the only rule to wearing the new prints is to be sure it's a mismatch
- How to dress: peplums - video
- Q&A: Louis Vuitton's Kim Jones

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Health & fitness

Cosmetic surgery advertising ban?

Group calls for tighter regulation of industry and says adverts for operations such as breast enlargement should be outlawed
Fruit and vegetable consumption by poorer families falls

Rising food prices and recession resulting in lower income households cutting their recommended five-a-day portions

Women

Project Unbreakable: how words of abuse can be used to heal

Photographer Grace Brown's project in which former victims of sexual abuse are photographed with their former attackers' words has struck a chord across the globe
India's women given low-cost route to sanitary protection

Few Indian women can afford sanitary towels. But one social entrepreneur aims to change that, and provide an income too, writes Lakshmi Sandhana

Celebrity

Madonna gets the gong

Marina Hyde: The continuing feud between Elton John and Madonna got even more waspish at this week's Golden Globes
Alex James gets backstage pass into KFC's kitchens

Is there no job the former Blur bassist won't do, asks Marina Hyde
- Cindy Crawford's daughter makes modelling debut

More blogposts

Mick Jagger snubs David Cameron's Davos party

The Rolling Stone is not alone in his protest: these days, celebrities wouldn't be seen dead at Davos
Simon Cowell reaches for the stars

The Karaoke Sauron wants to send the winner of Britain's Got Talent into space – and Richard Branson is paying for it
Five highlights of Toy Fair 2012

Keith Stuart: Remote control robots that send data to online games; Moshi Monsters mashed up with Hex Bugs; Gears of War Meccano! All the cool stuff from the Toy Fair show floor

Family & relationships

Dear Mariella

Can you sleep with someone without starting a relationship and still have him respect you? Mariella Frostrup advises a young woman uncertain if she should give in to temptation
'He wasn't the best dad to me, but …'

When her father died, Deborah Dooley decided not to go to the funeral. But would she really be happy to stay away?

Homes & gardens

Reasons to be cheerful: Ikea's new designs for spring

There are sunnnier times ahead - and plenty of rich colour - if a sneak preview of Ikea's new designs are anything to go by, says Susie Steiner
The latest trends from the design shows

It's all about....Scandinavia. Huma Qureshi goes trendspotting at Home and TopDrawer
- Danish reissue wins design award

Craft

How to make an apple pin cushion

Put fabric scraps to good use with this fruity pin cushion project from Mollie Makes magazine
How to make a decoupage jewellery box

Craft blogger Betty Bee shows you how to turn a boring bathroom cabinet into a beautiful decoupage jewellery box

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