My festive rescue: Stir-fried aromatic Hispi cabbage 

My festive rescue: Stir-fried aromatic Hispi cabbage By Mary Berry Published: 00:02 GMT, 13 December 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 13 December 2020 A lovely green vegetable side, pointed cabbage, known also as Hispi cabbage or sweetheart cabbage, is softer than white cabbage but not as floppy as Savoy cabbage, so it’s perfect for a … Read more

Tom Parker Bowles & Olly Smith: Eating in and drinks 

Tom Parker Bowles & Olly Smith: Eating in and drinks By Tom Parker Bowles & Olly Smith Published: 00:02 GMT, 13 December 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 13 December 2020 Tom’s food books of the year If there’s ever been a year to appreciate a glut of food titles, it’s 2020. It was difficult whittling … Read more

My festive rescue: Roast potatoes 

My festive rescue: Roast potatoes By Mary Berry Published: 00:02 GMT, 13 December 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 13 December 2020 A roast potato should be ultra-crispy and golden on the outside with a fluffy light middle. Par-boiling the potatoes ahead and roughing them up before roasting gives a lovely crispy outside, with the semolina … Read more

 Fashion: Your party, your rules

If you want to get glammed up to hang around the house, who’s going to stop you? Oversized sleeves add serious flare to a sleek fitted dress Dress, £110, asos.com Earrings, £255, lovenesslee.com Rings, £120 each, deborahblyth.com Shoes, £300, loefflerrandall.com Winter whites always make a statement. Froufrou gloves? Yes, please! Top, £250, Rotate Birger Christensen, … Read more

My festive rescue: Celebration trifle 

My festive rescue: Celebration trifle By Mary Berry Published: 00:02 GMT, 13 December 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 13 December 2020 This is the trifle I make year after year and all the family love it. Be sure to whisk the egg mixture quickly when pouring in the cream and milk: this cools the mixture … Read more

My festive rescue: Sausages wrapped in bacon 

My festive rescue: Sausages wrapped in bacon By Mary Berry Published: 00:01 GMT, 13 December 2020 | Updated: 00:01 GMT, 13 December 2020 Cocktail sausages from the supermarket rather than from the butcher tend to come in packs of 18. Double up the recipe if you want more – they’re always a hit with children! … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: Accused is a superbly told tale of a baby, a dingo and a cruel stitch-up 

Accused: Trial In The Outback Tues/Wed, Channel 5 Rating: Talent YouTube Rating: Something strange has happened at Channel 5 lately, by which I mean it isn’t as obsessed with, say, endlessly showing ‘the human face’ of bailiffs, and is actually offering some decent shows to watch.  I think the opposite of rot set in with … Read more