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Curry crisis

Chicken tikka masala is now an integral part of British culture, but can our curry houses survive the recession - and the government's immigration policy?

Worrall Thompson caught shoplifting

The Ready Steady Cook star was arrested and cautioned by police at a Tesco store in Henley-on-Thames
Love to read?

Love life down the pan? In need of relationship counselling? Then turn to the classics for advice, says Maura Kelly
Ask Hadley

Does a new year automatically mean a new wardrobe? And what style icons should a 13-year-old be copying?
Pain but no gain

Cosmetic surgery: Breast implants are not the only perils in a growing but unregulated industry
- Plastic surgery news
- More on beauty

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All ages fashion: peplum Gallery (5 pictures)
This is my year to ... Video (1min 58sec)
Spiced red wine torrejas Video (2min 45sec)
Best bobble hats Gallery (15 pictures)

How to dress: polo necks - video (3min 32sec)
Beauty tips: static hair - video (5min 13sec)
How to dress: flapper dresses - video (3min 31sec)
Beauty tips: Hangover cures for your skin - video (6min 01sec)

Alok Jha and Ian Sample investigate our understanding of the brain (32min 43sec)
Global Development podcast: gender equality (25min 20sec)
Guardian Books podcast: Cookery books and 9/11 stories (31min 30sec)
Science Weekly Podcast: The science of human attraction (11min 11sec)

No Trousers on the Tube day - in pictures (10 pictures)
Snooping around – in pictures (4 pictures)
Fashion wishlist: what we like this week - in pictures (5 pictures)
Get the look: polo necks - in pictures (4 pictures)

Food & drink

How to cook: Keralan fish grilled in banana leaf

Video (5min 23sec) Thressi Kottukapally shows us how to cook her fish in banana leaf
Nigel Slater's Nordic recipes

Whether backed with bacon, or in a Nordic risotto, cured fish and creamy milk is a marriage made in heaven

Fashion & beauty

Lauren Laverne's style counsel: the perfect guide to dressing up

In the shifting world of fashion, we all need someone to lean on. So here, our fabulous new columnist explains why what we wear matters
- Lauren Laverne's fashion favourites
The fashion briefing - in pictures

Gallery (5 pictures) Alexander McQueen jewellery and fashion's bright young things
- The edit: gloves – in pictures

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Health & fitness

This column will change your life

Staying calm: What if we could harness technology itself to induce serenity, wonders Oliver Burkeman
What I'm really thinking: the bottle-feeding mother

'I feel as if the breast-feeding mothers are judging me, looking at me as a lesser mother'

Women

Interview: Louise Mensch

Video (8min 15sec) Tory MP Louise Mensch discusses women in politics, Twitter, the Occupy movement and her role on the Commons select committee on culture, media and sport
- Margaret Thatcher: a feminist icon?
Demi's new role: her funniest yet

The news that Demi Moore is to play pioneering feminist Gloria Steinem is another hilarious example of miscasting, says Marina Hyde

Celebrity

Angelina buys Brad his own waterfall

Angelina Jolie calls Brad Pitt 'so hard to buy for' – and then gives him a California waterfall for Christmas
A brand with truly global ambitions

Forget US military might: Paris Hilton Enterprises is a far more effective way of spreading the American Dream across the globe

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Can't get enough of New Year celebrations? Then get ready for the old Gaelic version

In the old-style calendar, 12 January was the traditional date for New Year, and it's still celebrated in some parts of Gaelic-speaking Scotland
Summer of Cycling is also summer of love between bike organisations

Carlton Reid: This summer could be a breakthrough for the cycling world, not least because it has seen an outbreak of co-operation
Dear Jeremy work and careers advice: have your say

My line manager is too cautious about my pregnancy; also, can I change jobs after eight months without being seen as a quitter?

Family & relationships

Dear Mariella

When a woman writes in to ask for help with dealing with her terror of the dark, she encounters an unlikely fellow sufferer – Mariella herself
Uncle James, don't move out!

When her brother found himself with nowhere to live, Claire Donnelly invited him to stay 'for a month or so'. A year on, the family can't imagine life without him

Homes & gardens

Fields of dreams

At the start of a new year, winter offers a much needed change of pace – and a chance to ponder the future
Highland fling

Shut out the January cold and cosy up with tweeds and checks – they're the only way to keep warm this winter

Craft

How to make a coin purse

Pack up your pennies in this easy-to-make, cute coin purse by Charlie Moorby
Erica Wilson obituary

Leading light in the world of needlework and embroidery who was determined to repopularise handicrafts in America

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