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Beauty: Seven superhero products to rescue skin this winter

10 January 2025
Beauty: Seven superhero products to rescue skin this winter

Beauty: Seven superhero products to rescue skin this winter

10 January 2025

Winter can take a real toll on the skin. Alice Ryan finds face and body products to both protect and restore


Event: Cambridge Chocolate Festival is back! Here’s what you need to know

10 January 2025
Event: Cambridge Chocolate Festival is back! Here’s what you need to know

Event: Cambridge Chocolate Festival is back! Here’s what you need to know

10 January 2025

Here’s a date for the diary: the fourth Cambridge Chocolate Festival is confirmed for February 15


Veganuary: Cook a plant-based crowd-pleaser with The Happy Pear

03 January 2025
Veganuary: Cook a plant-based crowd-pleaser with The Happy Pear

Veganuary: Cook a plant-based crowd-pleaser with The Happy Pear

03 January 2025

To celebrate Veganuary, The Happy Pear’s David and Stephen Flynn share a winter-warmer recipe from new cookbook 20


Out & About: Take a mood-boosting walk through Cambridge's Botanic Garden

03 January 2025
Out & About: Take a mood-boosting walk through Cambridge's Botanic Garden

Out & About: Take a mood-boosting walk through Cambridge's Botanic Garden

03 January 2025

One of the best ways to beat the January blues? Take a walk. . .


Win: A pair of new-season Vionic sneakers **CLOSED**

03 January 2025
Win: A pair of new-season Vionic sneakers **CLOSED**

Win: A pair of new-season Vionic sneakers **CLOSED**

03 January 2025

Start the year on the right foot – by winning a pair of cool and comfy sneakers, worth £140!


Beauty: Been given a gift set that’s not quite ‘you’? Donate it to Toiletries Amnesty

27 December 2024
Beauty: Been given a gift set that’s not quite ‘you’? Donate it to Toiletries Amnesty

Beauty: Been given a gift set that’s not quite ‘you’? Donate it to Toiletries Amnesty

27 December 2024

Don’t leave them in the bathroom cabinet to gather dust: donate unwanted beauty gifts to the Cambridgeshire NGO working to end hygiene poverty


Fashion: Level up your loungewear this Twixmas with Walden boutique Blue

27 December 2024
Fashion: Level up your loungewear this Twixmas with Walden boutique Blue

Fashion: Level up your loungewear this Twixmas with Walden boutique Blue

27 December 2024

It’s Twixmas and the dress code is loungewear – but make it fashion. . .


Win: A bumper beauty bundle from Green People **CLOSED**

27 December 2024
Win: A bumper beauty bundle from Green People **CLOSED**

Win: A bumper beauty bundle from Green People **CLOSED**

27 December 2024

Good for you and for the planet: start the year by winning a bundle of Green People beauty products – worth £109!


Beauty: Your complete makeup kit for party season

20 December 2024
Beauty: Your complete makeup kit for party season

Beauty: Your complete makeup kit for party season

20 December 2024

Christmas calls for a capsule makeup kit to take you from night to day with minimum fuss and maximum impact. Alice Ryan packs her festive beauty bag


Fashion: Looks for every day of Christmas from indie boutique Blue

20 December 2024
Fashion: Looks for every day of Christmas from indie boutique Blue

Fashion: Looks for every day of Christmas from indie boutique Blue

20 December 2024

From drinks parties to Boxing Day walks, stylist Maggie Devine showcases looks for every Christmas occasion from Saffron Walden boutique Blue


Recipe: Make your own festive Fitzbillies gingerbread

22 November 2024
Recipe: Make your own festive Fitzbillies gingerbread

Recipe: Make your own festive Fitzbillies gingerbread

22 November 2024

Christmas at Fitzbillies, Cambridge’s 104-year-old bakery, means gingerbread. Here’s how to make Fitzbillies’ gingerbread people at home


Christmas: ‘Scent-scaping’ makes a house a festive home

22 November 2024
Christmas: ‘Scent-scaping’ makes a house a festive home

Christmas: ‘Scent-scaping’ makes a house a festive home

22 November 2024

Tara Carlile-Smith, founder of Freckleface Home Fragrance on Cambridge’s Rose Crescent, tells us how fragrance can fill the house with festive spirit


Win: Dinner for two at Parker’s Tavern in Cambridge **CLOSED**

21 November 2024
Win: Dinner for two at Parker’s Tavern in Cambridge **CLOSED**

Win: Dinner for two at Parker’s Tavern in Cambridge **CLOSED**

21 November 2024

You could win a three-course dinner for two with wine – worth up to £250! – at Cambridge's acclaimed Parker’s Tavern


Win: A Christmas wreath from Ely’s Thatch & Roses **CLOSED**

21 November 2024
Win: A Christmas wreath from Ely’s Thatch & Roses **CLOSED**

Win: A Christmas wreath from Ely’s Thatch & Roses **CLOSED**

21 November 2024

You could win a luxury door wreath of your choice – worth £85 – from Ben’s Yard florist Thatch & Roses


Win: A festive British Hamper Co food and drink hamper **CLOSED**

21 November 2024
Win: A festive British Hamper Co food and drink hamper **CLOSED**

Win: A festive British Hamper Co food and drink hamper **CLOSED**

21 November 2024

Win a classic Happy Christmas Hamper, filled with everything from cake and pud to cheese and biscuits, worth £97!


Win: A Freckleface burner bundle and wax melt subscription **CLOSED**

21 November 2024
Win: A Freckleface burner bundle and wax melt subscription **CLOSED**

Win: A Freckleface burner bundle and wax melt subscription **CLOSED**

21 November 2024

Start the year on a fragrant note with a wax melt bundle – and six-month subscription – from Freckleface in Cambridge


Win: A food, drink and pamper basket from Top Hampers **CLOSED**

20 November 2024
Win: A food, drink and pamper basket from Top Hampers **CLOSED**

Win: A food, drink and pamper basket from Top Hampers **CLOSED**

20 November 2024

Filled with everything from artisan cheese and fine wine to pamper products, this hamper is the gift that continues to give. . .


Win: A dream spa day for two at Riverhills in Suffolk **CLOSED**

20 November 2024
Win: A dream spa day for two at Riverhills in Suffolk **CLOSED**

Win: A dream spa day for two at Riverhills in Suffolk **CLOSED**

20 November 2024

Here’s your chance to start 2025 as you mean to go on: with a gin-themed spa day at Suffolk retreat Riverhills. . .


Win: Free tickets to nine top Cambridge visitor destinations **CLOSED**

17 November 2024
Win: Free tickets to nine top Cambridge visitor destinations **CLOSED**

Win: Free tickets to nine top Cambridge visitor destinations **CLOSED**

17 November 2024

From meeting a family of capybaras to taking a food tour, Great Days Out in and Around Cambridge is giving away nine amazing experiences for 2025


Win: A pair of Xander Kostroma pashminas **CLOSED**

17 November 2024
Win: A pair of Xander Kostroma pashminas **CLOSED**

Win: A pair of Xander Kostroma pashminas **CLOSED**

17 November 2024

You could win a stunning and super-soft pashmina for yourself – plus one for a friend!