1. City Woman: Studio offers the full works

No sooner has the final cork popped on your office Christmas party, and you’re already planning your New Year’s Eve party.

2. City woman - how to get party hair

3. City Woman: Let go of fear for better birth

Childbirth is the one time a woman’s body really shows what it can do.

4. City Woman - go east to find gift inspiration

Gearing up for your Christmas shopping? If you’re heading into the capital, you might want an alternative to the Oxford Street crush.

5. City Woman: Lesson in survival

Survival bootcamp isn’t about bushcraft when it’s for girls. Leigh Mencarini met mum-of-two Heidi Bannister to find out how she wants to help women invest in themselves.

6. City Woman: Where the heart is

Most of us will have moved homes at some point, and faced the challenge of making new friends and adapting to new environments.

7. City Woman: Life after cancer in the spotlight

October has seen a number of fundraising activities taking place for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

8. City Woman: Who is the goddess?

Wife, mother, daughter, friend, colleague... today’s woman fulfils a variety of roles every day.

9. Action packed Languedoc rocks

Underground, overground and under the sea, the intrepid LEIGH MENCARINI leaves few stones unturned in the south of France.

10. City Woman: Serenity in a shell

A revolutionary massage therapy is bringing a ‘peace’ of beach tranquillity to Reading. Leigh Mencarini discovers the secrets of the lava shell.