Health

From a showstopping pavlova to a £7 sherry: what top chefs bring to Christmas dinner

Looking for a great supermarket champagne? Need an easy recipe to take to a party? Or just some really good cheese… Yotam Ottolenghi, Giorgio Locatelli, Ixta Belfrage and others reveal the best snacks, drinks and desserts to make and buy for the big day

The Trump Administration’s Unintended Autism Experiment

Parents are desperate to get leucovorin for their children, but promised help has not arrived.

A chef’s Christmas: Anna Haugh’s Irish family favourites

Red chicory leaves with blue cheese, honey and walnuts; a big jug of caramelised swede and honey soup; a turkey wellington with red wine gravy, cranberry relish and a hispi and sprout slaw; and a showstopping yule log to finish

They survived wildfires. But something else is killing Greece’s iconic fir forests

In the Peloponnese mountains, the usually hardy trees are turning brown even where fires haven’t reached. Experts are raising the alarm on a complex crisis

May Britt, Swedish actor and former wife of Sammy Davis Jr, dies aged 91

Britt, whose marriage to Davis in 1960 provoked threats due to racism and anti-miscegenation laws in the US, has died of natural causes in Los Angeles

Millions of Americans May Soon Face Huge Costs

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The Risk of Trump’s Marijuana Order

The president’s move to loosen marijuana restrictions risks sending the wrong message about the drug.

Trump administration unveils plans to end gender-affirming care for minors

Proposal would prohibit Medicaid funds from being used to cover puberty blockers, hormone treatments or surgical procedures

I’m over useless skincare. But how can I take care of my face?

Enter what I call ‘no-skincare skincare’ – things that support the skin without disturbing it

What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Younger

The three reasons old people are happier that work for any age

Japan's rising sushi star

Sushi Meino is one of the hardest reservations to get in Tokyo right now. While less than 6% of Japanese sushi restaurants are owned by women, Chef Mei Kogo and her team are changing the game.

Trump cuts funding for hospitals over gender transitions on minors

The Trump administration is taking action to cut off all Medicare and Medicaid funding for hospitals and practitioners that perform gender transition medical treatments on minors.