Sports Calendar

Bill Bailey reveals his animal passions

The comedian who takes his pet cockatoos for walks in the park is bringing his passion for twitching to TV

The Wholly Grayling: On diet

My big-bum blues in an Italian lingerie shop

Italians are slim because their food is disgusting

Diets don’t work — so how can I lose weight?

These days, any number of experts denounce diets. But what are their recipes for shedding the pounds?

Thomasina Miers’s sopa de lima

A Mexican twist on the hearty chicken soup

Thomasina Miers’s poached pears with chocolate sauce

An outrageous indulgence. Enjoy!

What to eat so you never have to diet

Diets don’t work. What works is a permanent programme of sensible eating. Here is a framework of recipes around which to build your new regimen

My slimming secret? I’m a bloke

Men lose weight more easily than women do. As a result they can teach women a thing or two when it comes to dieting

No kidding: Diary of a child-free couple

My husband betrayed me — with his secret diet

I thought I knew my husband inside out. Then I discovered his secret broccoli-boiling. Would life ever be the same?

Losing weight: It’s all in the mind

The eating expert on how to manage your attitude to foodstuffs

How not to get fat

Slim people don’t have to diet. So how can you become one of them and stay that way?

Wine: Year-end specials

The pick of this year’s bargain bottles

Thomasina Miers’s goat’s cheese, pomegranate and squash salad

An off-the-wall salad to startle your taste buds