Innovative recipes to spice up your post-Christmas meals

Christmas dinner is one of the highlights of the festive season but leftovers can be as delicious as the main event. If you’re bored of turkey, or tofurkey, sandwiches then these two treats will keep you and your family happy this Christmas. Finding something different to do with the copious …

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In praise of robins – our festive feathered friends

ROBINS have been a familiar sight on our Christmas cards since Victorian times. Royal Mail staff wore bright red coats back then and were nicknamed robins or redcoats, after the little bird, and at some point card illustrators began to draw robins on festive cards. Sadly, Victorians used to kill …

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Banquet of Christmas treats for royalty in Worcester

AS Christmas 1214 approached Worcestershire’s high society was all a-twitter. King John was on his way and intending to spend the festive season in the city.  In the event pressing business in London restricted his stay to just two days, but that was long enough for John to enjoy a …

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