As winter draws in and long cold nights are upon us we are longing for warm and cosy homes. There are many ways to make your home more welcoming this winter. Revamping the fireplace, adding a touch of luxury with a new mirror, buying a couple of throws to put on your sofa – just a few of the many design ideas that will spruce up your home this Christmas.
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Whether you’d like to add a bit of colour to your casual winter dinner or surprise your Christmas guests with an unusual twist on a familiar dish, red cabbage is a winner. Recommended by Riverford, you can rest assured that these red cabbage recipes by Kirsty Hale are not only eye pleasing but also mouth-watering.
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Courtesy of HOME Manchester, Mums & Dads magazine is delighted offer a set of family tickets for the 10am performance on Saturday 24 January of The Tongue Twister, part of HOME’s annual Re:play Festival.
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Saturday 20th December 2014, 3pm – 8pm
Celebrating the shortest day of the year has become the Horse and Jockey’s excuse for a Christmas party. Centred around children, this event transforms the Green into a winter wonderland complete with Father Christmas handing out presents in his grotto, real life reindeer and rides. The night is filled with music from choirs, bands and plenty of mulled wine.
Christmas comes but once a year, which is lucky because it’s normally a manic whirlwind of buying, wrapping, baking, decorating and excessive festive fun. I adore Christmas, but I hate being buffeted about in big shops and queuing for hours at the till. I love small, independent shops like Giddy Goat Toys in Didsbury. .
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The U13s netball squad are through to the quarter finals of the U13s Independent Schools Netball competition. . . the girls will face Bedford School at home in the quarter final which will be played after Christmas.
Read MorePantomimes and Family Christmas Shows usually start early December and last till and of January. Here is Mums&Dads list for this year
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Construction work is well underway on a new, purpose-built state-of-the-art Junior School building and central ‘Hub’ at Withington Girls’ School, within the grounds of existing site in Fallowfield, Manchester, costing £4.3m.
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Nine year old Manchester Grammar School pupil, Myles Maguire, played the match of his life when he came head to head with squash superstar, Nick Matthew, this month.
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Hello to the season of shows, and pantos, and grottos, and spending too much, and cooking non-stop…all that and more could be found at our winter issue.
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‘Russian’ and the ‘Singapore’ methods of teaching primary school children maths based on abstract reasoning and an ability to solve problems rather then memorising a lot of tricks.
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