Recipe for success - best cookery book?
Roadside shrines - tacky or touching?
Dogmatic or pragmatic - which are you?
Premature ornamentation - Xmas tree up?
White poppies - disrespectful or not?
Carmenere's cinder toffee: sweet, sticky, made-in-five-minutes toffee squares that'll spark off a few 'yums' among the 'oohs' and 'aahs' of your little fireworks-watchers.
CaptainNancy's (admirably succinct) family rules: "Don't be a dingbat/duffer. Keep calm and carry on. Dream big. Shut up and get on with it."
Parents who 'steal' places for their children at popular schools should face tougher penalties, says the schools' adjudicator. Thousands of families could miss out on free nursery places. Read these stories and more...
THE EVERYDAY KITCHEN 
Waitrose has been in collaboration with Mumsnet to produce a web series showcasing how quick and tasty culinary achievements can be an everyday feature in your kitchen. Click HERE to watch the final episode and to try this week's recipes.
HALIBORANGE
Struggling to entertain the troops? Help is at hand, as Britain's Got Talent stars Flawless have used their skill and passion for dance to create a series of tutorials for the Haliborange Shiny School.
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