1. Paul Clerehugh's perfect Christmas cake

Making a Christmas cake can be a disaster but it doesn’t need to be that way.

If you want to make the perfect cake here’s the answer.

2. Kitten heels, hairy bikers and top turkeys

The three Copas sisters run a successful turkey farm in Cookham Dean, which has impressed the Hairy Bikers.

Alison Hepworth reports for food monthly.

3. Horoscopes 1st - 7th December

Matters preying on your mind would fare better out in the open. Don’t keep them bottled up inside. Someone’s anxious to get something off their chest; be honest with them and they will find it easier to be candid in return.

4. Is my crazy dog normal?

I have a nine-year-old West Highland terrier. She loves her walks and we often go for several hours – she chases squirrels and generally runs around like a mad thing!

5. Great gift – huge tub of blood, fish and bone

Having perused some of the Christmas gift ideas for the gardener in your family in the supplements and magazines, I wonder if I am really a gardener at all.

6. Go Organic - It’s a tree-mendous time to put your roots down

The next few weeks are an ideal time for planting new trees and shrubs.

7. Foxy crimes down by the dark canal

It really has felt like winter this week, with the clear blue skies and freezing air.

8. Pet Finder: Purrfect puss

Golden oldie Mavis is on the look out for a nice retirement home.

9. The Duke's Head, Wokingham

There are new faces behind the pumps and in the kitchen at The Duke’s Head and they are toasting a bright future.

10. Don't miss your Christmas food monthly

Don't miss your copy of our award winning supplement food monthly which is free with Friday's Evening Post.