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Ready, set, declutter!

Good thinking… • You tell us what you’ve been reading, enjoying, discovering and thinking about while reading Good Housekeeping…

Come and join us at GH Live! • The festive season starts here

Four days of festival fun! • This year, Good Housekeeping Live with Country Living Christmas Market is bigger than ever. Our jam-packed 2025 programme includes…

‘RIOT WOMEN is a sort of LOVE SONG’ • For Tamsin Greig, a Sally Wainwright drama was a pipe dream. Until, she tells Amy Raphael, she joined a punk band and learned to play bass

‘I thought Tamsin might be posh and snooty’ • Riot Women creator and writer Sally Wainwright shares what it was like working with Tamsin

Housewise • Our bite-sized round-up of EVERYTHING AND THE KITCHEN SINK

Here’s your chance to test for the GHI • This month, we’re looking for GH VIPs to snuggle up and chill out with the latest sleep and wellness innovations

Everything is absolutely, definitely 100% fine • Is it too early to start using the ‘C’ word? Not for our columnist

‘We’re fighting …for CHANGE’ • The Government is currently reviewing the UK’s parental leave system. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for mothers and grandmothers, says Anna Whitehouse

A grandmother’s perspective by Lucia Whitehouse

The ex files • Breaking up rarely means breaking off contact altogether. So what are the rules of ex etiquette? Psychotherapist Lorraine Collins answers some of the thorniest questions

Declutter by degrees • Our household advice editor Katie Mortram tests declutter methods for a living – and now she’s finally created her own

The rules of Declutter by Degrees

So does this method work? Katie’s verdict

How the GH team Decluttered by Degrees • Here’s what happened when we put Katie’s method to the test…

Confessions of a 90s SHOPPING QUEEN • Supermodels, stellar designers, all-night parties and endless Champagne – the 90s was a decade like no other, and Mary Portas saw it all. Here, she charts her fashion journey from window dresser to legendary creative director at Harvey Nichols

So what do you do when NO ONE’S WATCHING? • Forget boast-worthy experiences; the best things in life are done when no one’s watching – even if we wouldn’t readily admit to them says Lucy Sweet

And over to you… • We asked GH readers what you do when no one’s watching. Here’s what you told us (anonymity preserved, of course)…

Writing home with… Lauren Laverne • ‘I think of autumn, the softest season, as the great turning inwards’

Picks of the month

The tweakment tipping point • From Botox to fillers, the UK is spending more than ever on tweakments. It’s making Lucy Sweet’s eyebags quiver with rage, but Rachel Johnson says, ‘Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it’…

‘Since losing my tweakment virginity, I’ll try almost anything (just don’t tell my husband)’

‘It’s the dermatological equivalent of passing off a ready meal as your own recipe’

‘With little time and no spare cash, how do I monetise my passion?’ • Seeking a life pivot but unsure how to make it happen? GH career coach Erica Sosna has the answers to help give you the push you need

‘The word intimacy made me shudder’ • Emma Campbell had triplets, three cancer diagnoses and many disastrous dates before finding her strength – and some...