Good Housekeeping UK

Good Housekeeping Magazine gives you the best recipes, health advice, beauty and fashion expertise, consumer testing reports, great ideas for your home and real life inspirational stories. It is the one magazine you can always trust for expertise and tireless attention to detail delivered in a positive and accessible way which gives readers direct access to “the best of everything”.

I’m dreaming of...

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

Good tidings she brings... • Corrie legend. Traitors icon. National treasure. Julie Hesmondhalgh is exactly the person we’d want at our Christmas dinner table – and she’s even better company than we imagined, finds Amy Raphael...

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Housewise • All that glitters... Make Christmas sparkle with a touch of gold. From lipsticks and lotions to palettes and perfumes, these beauty gifts add glamour – because everything looks more indulgent when it comes in a sleek, shiny package.

It's a wrap

Golden glow

Housewise • English sparkling wines have never tasted so good, so we recommend stocking up on some home-grown fizz for your festive celebrations. These are the ones that impressed our panel.

Egg Yolk Ravioli with Beurre Noisette • For a dinner-party starter to delight diners’ palates, pair this buttery ravioli with a crisp English sparkling wine.

Gold standard • Spanish-born but Norfolk-based Monica Vinader brings a traveller’s eye to her jewellery. Her work has a timeless quality: sculptural, tactile and with echoes of ancient treasures. Made in gleaming 18ct-gold vermeil, these pieces deliver all the rich, shiny gorgeousness of gold at a more accessible price. Christmas present or self-gifting, these pieces will light up the festive season.

Housewise • Looking to add another decoration (or two) to your Christmas collection this year? Be inspired by our seasonal selection. Whether you're after elegant baubles, festive figures or the fun factor, we have the perfect trinket for your tree.

Small but mighty

Housewise • Get on board

Which kitchen gadgets can help take the stress out of hosting? • Looking to outsource the time-consuming prep on the big day?

Everything is absolutely, definitely 100% fine

The real housekeepers of Christmas • Such a lot of work goes into keeping Christmas traditions alive.

'One year, we served oysters. Then everyone got food poisoning'

Anyone seen the Monopoly hat? • For families across the UK, Christmas means board games – and David Lloyd’s was no exception. Though they weren’t all destined to become classics…

Writing home with... Lauren Laverne • 'There's always a reason for joy in life – and for hope, too'

'The best gift I've ever given was to a total STRANGER' • never wanted to be a mother. So, this year, she chose to donate her eggs – hoping to give someone the happiest Christmas of their life

How posh is your Christmas? • Feeling a bit teary after opening a thoughtful, beautifully wrapped present? Dear me, you’re common, says Liz Settle

'Divorce is hard... here's how I learned to thrive' • Isabel Berwick was blindsided when her marriage ended – but a year on, she’s discovered how to rekindle joy

Santa night’s alright for hosting! • Throwing a festive dinner party or two? Head into the entertaining mêlée with tips from Sir Elton John and David Furnish, two legendary hosts who know the importance of leaving absolutely nothing to chance...

Gift guide • From cashmere gloves to a statement moka pot, these are gifts she'll genuinely love, use and...