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Want to get festive? Here are 15 film locations from Christmas movies that you can actually visit in real life - if you live in the UK or New York, that is.

Huddle up under the blanket on winter weekends and revisit some iconic films that turned 20 in 2021

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year for festive romcoms, but woke British viewers have picked apart our holiday favourites to highlight their sexist plots. So who makes the naughty list?

10 Christmas Movies Set in the U.K. to Kickstart Your Holidays

Glory be, they didn't muck it up. Bridget Jones's Diary , a beloved book about a heroine both lovable and human, has been made against all odds into a funny and charming movie that understands the charm of the original, and preserves it. The book, a fictional diary of a plump 30-something London office worker, was about a specific person in a specific place. When the role was cast with Renee Zellweger, who is not plump and is from Texas, there was gnashing and wailing. Obviously the Mira...

Why the midi heel is the shoe of the moment The sky high stiletto is out Lockdown saw many of us embrace trainers or flat, bypassing heels entirely Credit: Pål Hansen Heels are dead. Or so I proclaimed in an article two years ago explaining why I was hanging up my stilettos and embracing a pain-free future of ballet flats at weddings and trainers on first dates. I had all the zeal of a convert and was convinced I’d never go back. Yet as the pandemic dragged on my cravings set in, and I found...

As Bridget Jones, she had to choose between ‘bad boy’ Daniel Cleaver and the more wholesome, dependable Mark Darcy, who eventually won her heart. But in real life, Renee Zellweger has fallen ‘head over heels’ for a British TV presenter who seems closer to the roguish cad of the film series – at least based on his public reputation. After the 52-year-old actress was spotted kissing Devon-born Ant Anstead during a shopping trip in Los Angeles last week, one friend said: ‘Renee is hea...

ADVERTISEMENT Kate Winslet was another name thrown in the ring, but producers reportedly thought she was too young to play the lead. 2. Hugh Grant only came on board when Richard Curtis signed up as the writer.  Speaking about casting, Hugh Grant didnt sign up for the film until writer Richard Curtis was called in to work on the script.  "The only reason [I was a hard sell] was because I didnt feel they had the script quite right for a long time. And I kept saying, its not working. Just get R...

Love bombing, seduction – and destruction. We speak to a doctor who explains why narcissism can be so alluring

Daily Times April 19, 2021 When it comes to onscreen fistfights, it’s hard to think of a less bad-ass throwdown than the one between Colin Firth and Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones’s Diary. Midway through the hit 2001 rom-com, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this week, Firth’s Mark Darcy and Grant’s Daniel Cleaver take their battle for the heart of the titular diary-writer (Renée Zellweger) into the streets of London while a spirited crowd gathers to watch punches get thrown. But thi...