How to hang on to your job in a downturn

As part of his weeklong series, hypnotherapist Max Kirsten outlines how you can avoid becoming a victim of the recession

Carolina Herrera: long hair after 40 is out

The designer takes us through her fashion essentials, including why she dislikes her hands and fashion industry egos

The time-defying diet

Want to knock off 5lb and 10 years in two weeks? Then follow the eating plan for your skin, eyes, hair and waistline

A new year menu: life's too short for diets

'Why deprive yourself just when you really need cheering up?' asks Gordon Ramsay. Now is the time for eating well

• Fruit ’n’ nut chocolate bread and butter pudding

• Chicken korma

Forget the bungalow, retire to Mars

Elon Musk, the tycoon behind PayPal, Tesla electric cars and the rocket company SpaceX, tells Mark Harris his next goal is to put life on the red planet

All hands on deck

From live action and budget craft to mega-yachts, the London International Boat Show is an interactive aquatic feast, says Jeremy Taylor

We don't need no private education

As recession deepens, more parents are moving their children from private to state schools. But it need not be the disaster they fear

Thousands excluded for sexual bullying

Incidents included groping, using sexually-abusive nicknames, daubing explicit graffiti, and committing serious sexual attacks

Chickenpox jab may be added to MMR

All children and pregnant women could be routinely vaccinated against chickenpox under a shake-up of immunisation policy

Brown to bulldoze rural housing curbs

The Prime Minister is preparing to relax planning controls to allow the biggest housebuilding programme for a generation

• Rural homes drive in doubt

• Fast-track for nuclear plants and airports