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Worth sharing • We love to know what has inspired you in the magazine – here’s the page where you tell us what you’re thinking, making and reading

A celebration of ALL YOU LOVE • Last month, more than 2,200 of you joined the GH team, experts, celebrities and authors at Good Housekeeping Live in partnership with Dyson, our glittering two-day event held at 116 Pall Mall in London

‘Always look for the pluses in life’ • Dame Judi Dench has an enviable zest in life’ for life and loves a practical joke, as GH found out when we met her with the man who makes her laugh most, actor and director Brendan O’Hea

LAST-MINUTE gifts THEY’LL LOVE • If you haven’t ticked everyone off your shopping list, don’t panic! There’s still time to pick the perfect present for friends and family – whatever your budget – with our experts’ guide…

Hampers of LOVE • The Good Housekeeping Institute put 18 food and drink hampers to the test, trying every item and assessing delivery time and presentation, to find the best to send to family and friends

Happy New Year! • GH is pleased to invite you to party season. Make it a showstopping one with glitter heels, sequin dresses, cocktail jackets, fairy-tale skirts… The countdown is on!

Cocktail COATS • This season’s after-dark outfits need a jazzy jacket that will make a glamorous companion to your party look

Put a RING on it • When evening plans call for megawatt glamour, nothing dazzles quite like a showstopping cocktail ring

COMFORT ZONE • Once the party’s over, switch to off-duty mode. Stay stylishly snuggled in woollen jumpers, faux fur gilets, cashmere socks, fabulous fluffy slippers and pretty pyjamas. Grab a cuppa and the TV remote, and relax…

‘I resolve to be resolute about no resolutions’ • Putting pressure on yourself to change overnight is destined for failure, says Miranda Hart, who explains why, if she makes an adjustment, she’ll do it on any day apart from 1 January

Meet our Women of the Year • We champion the remarkable women who have dazzled, impressed and inspired us with their amazing achievements in 2023

Reach for the STARS • Space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock shares her lifelong fascination with the night sky and explains how easy it is to get into stargazing

3,2,1…We’re counting down, not up! • GH meets four women who discovered you don’t have to be young to have an adventure

‘I started my own business and feel re-energised’ • Natasha Kelly, from east London, used her retail expertise to launch a sustainable fashion brand in her 50s.

‘I swam the Channel in my 50s’ • After swimming helped Makala Jones, 55, through depression, she had an idea…

‘I was inspired to go on an adventure’ • Eager to discover the real Italy, Lorna Jackson, 72, went on a three-month solo trip from south to north. Along the way, she learned her own life lessons.

‘You get the LIFE YOU BUILD’ • TV adventurer and chief scout Bear Grylls talks to Jackie Brown about being a good dad, turning 50 and updating Robert Baden-Powell’s famous book

How we became a NATION OBSESSED WITH CRIME • Crime is the most popular genre for television and books. But why do we love it? As DCI Vera Stanhope returns to our screens this Christmas, her creator Ann Cleeves shares her own theory

10 OF THE BEST CRIME BOOKS • Crime fiction is always evolving. GH books editor Joanne Finney selects her standout reads.

10 CRIME TV SHOWS TO KEEP YOU HOOKED • GH celebrity director Nathalie Whittle’s...