If you have a lot of bedding to wash, put it inside a pillowcase. It will make it much easier to carry to the washing machine! Angela Smith, Newton Abbot, Devon If you need to wash clothes on holiday, bring laundry detergent sheets instead of liquid.

Welcome to this week's Chat… Have a read of Carley's story on p30 and see if you agree with me that it sounds like something from a romantic Hollywood movie! Single, stuck in a rut and daydreaming of a different life, she went off on her hols and got

Can you set a puzzle in this format? Send it, with a photo of yourself, to the address on p5. There's £20 for every one we use! This week's puzzle was compiled by Rosemary Janes, Monmouth WIN 5 x £20 Puzzle 6 1 Sewing aid 2 Sandwich cookie 3 Starchy

Stirring the pasta in the bubbling pan, I heard my little girl Brooklyn playing in the next room. She babbled away. Such a cutie, I thought, smiling. It was 5pm on 6 December 2023, and Brooklyn, then 20 months, had just started saying a few words. Ta

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Anyone from your town in the list this week..? Chat winners issue 6 (8 Feb 2024) £1,001 CASH MJ Gillbanks, Liverpool £500 CASH O Pringle, Antrim M Clayton, Burntwood £250 CASH J Savage, Brigg S Sime, Warwick £200 CASH L Cryer, Wellington £100 CASH A

What term has been used in Anton LaVey's Church of Satan for a local meeting group of members, equivalent to something like a congregation or parish in the Christian church? Get from Start to Finish, making words by joining two boxes together as you

Thema, Cutter Expansive and Bliss are systems for classifying what types of objects? Fit the words into the grid, then read down the letters in the shaded circles. EAT EKE EWE SAT SPA SPY TOE TOY TWO TASK TAUT TEST TOTE TOTS TRUE TACKS TASTY TRYST TU

Solutions to Chat issue 15 (11 April 2024) Puzzle 2 Union Puzzle 3 Pastel Puzzle 4 Just enjoy it all Puzzle 5 1A,1C,2D,3C,4C Puzzle 6 Real Puzzle 7 Spike Puzzle 8 Olivia Rodrigo Puzzle 9 Danny De Vito Puzzle 10 Sevenoaks Puzzle 13 Bury Puzzle 14 Anis

Dear Aimee, It was you, my little sis, who first spotted the angry blotches spreading across my shoulders. ‘You bruise like a peach,’ you said. With 18 months between us, we'd always been close. But now, in November 2014, a month after my 18th birthd

Q A friend recently went out of their way to help me land a great job after a tough time. I'm really grateful, but now they've asked me to buy them an expensive gift or transfer them some cash as a thank you. It feels really rude and odd. How do I ha

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The Bossche Bol, a characteristic delicacy of the town of ‘s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, resembles an oversized example of what more common dessert? To find out, solve the puzzle… Add a letter anywhere in each of the boxed-off words to fit the

Which member of the British royal family was born on St George's Day? Solve the crossword, then read down the shaded squares to find the prize puzzle answer. 1 Iridescent jewel (4) 5 Visitor (5) 7 Closed (4) 2 Edgar Allan _, writer (3) 3 Allow (3) 4

WIN 10x£20 Puzzle 5 Look closely at these two pics – there's a difference in five squares. The five grid references (eg, 1A, 2B, 2C, 3C, 4D) are your prize answer. TO ENTER Turn to page 56 for details ■

Elizabeth Chapman, 52, from Steyning Where's your dream holiday destination? Since watching Race Across the World on TV last year, I've had a strong urge to visit Canada and Alaska. My boyfriend lived in Vancouver, Canada, for a while, so it would be

Salt may make food taste better, but you can have too much of a good thing. ‘Because of its sodium content, eating too much salt is linked to high blood pressure,’ says Ruth Goss, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation. ‘Limiting the am