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If you have a smartphone or expect Santa to put one underneath the Christmas tree for you this year, check out any one of these eights apps perfect for the holidays.

Almost 83,000 people are backing a Facebook campaign to make Highway to Hell the UK Christmas Number One to celebrate 40 years of AC/DC.

Australian expats staying in London for Christmas won’t feel so far from home, as Australia Post has released a world-first “video stamp”, where your loved ones can include a recorded video message with their Christmas parcels.

Cultures collide in a column by wife and mother ALEX BLACKIE, who shares the ups and downs of her Anglo-Australian family life in London. This week it doesn't matter where in the world you celebrate it, just be careful what you wish for this Christmas.

Four people died yesterday when a boat carrying 150 asylum seekers capsized off the coast of Christmas Island.

The annual Fanatics Santa Pub Crawl is quickly becoming an institution for Aussie visitors to London, with hundreds of Aussies dressed in Santa costumes let loose on the cities famous pubs and sights.

Here’s our top five Australian Christmas carols for 2012 that sum up the Australian Christmas experience. Which is your favourite? Vote now for your number one Aussie Christmas song.

You have no money and you are stuck in London over Christmas. In fact, stuck in the UK opting to make cash during the festive season of Jesus whilst your lovely friends indulge in European Christmas markets.

TOP TEN | Staying in London this Christmas? Say “goodbye” to seafood and backyard cricket, and “hello” to mulled wine, roasts, log fires and ice skating. We've shortlisted our Top Ten Christmas activities in London, so you can make the most of this festive season.

It's an undeniable fact of life that the two greatest Christmas songs of all time are The Pogues’ ‘Fairy Tale of New York’ and Paul Kelly’s ‘How to Make Gravy’. Some will tell you art is subjective and beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that — ...

CHRIS'S KITCHEN | Last week our resident Aussie chef in London Chris Ark gave us his expert tips for the perfect Christmas turkey. Now he gives us trimmings to die for and some yummy compliments to a sumptuous festive feast.

RIGHT SAID ED | 2011 has been an action packed year for Australian Times. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, our readers and our writers, for contributing to such an awesome year.

CHRIS'S KITCHEN | With less than two weeks to go until one of the most festive days of the year, our Aussie chef gives us some tasty tips for how to make your Christmas turkey gobble-icious.

RIGHT SAID ED | It's that time of year when inevitably my expat Aussie mind starts thinking of home. Thinking of the sun and the surf and my mates playing cricket on the beach. Of Christmas with the fam. Of an Aussie summer and cold VBs on the back verandah.

What do you get when you throw one of Australia’s funniest comedians in a cold Christmassy London, shake him around a bit and let him loose with a pen? Read on to find out what funnyman SAM SIMMONS really thinks of Christmas!

People dream of being in London at Christmas. Few places in the world can capture the spirit of Christmas quite like London. And the weather is exactly what is required; part of the theme in fact.

It’s that time of year when London decks the halls and gets fully into the Christmas spirit. From festive lights to winter pub specials, panto theatrics to ice skating on the Thames, NINA McGRATH explores what the English capital has in store for us at this time of the year. ...

To coincide with our Australian Times Christmas issue, our resident top Aussie chef in London Chris Ark dusts off some beauties that’ll have both the pantry and the belly feeling festive.

Don't let the fear of the unknown hold you back - with the right preparation and knowledge, you can make your move to Spain a success!

Australian casinos are emerging as a hub for travelers, despite the fact that there are numerous casinos worthy of inclusion on a bucket list.

Meeting new people and venturing off the main path are best done in the autumn.

Deborah James has tragically passed on at the age of forty. The Journalist was previously given five years to live after bowel cancer diagnosis.

The Demons leadership has decided to ban Stevn May for one game after he had gotten into a fight with one of his team mates Jake Melksham.

Love Island UK is back and its set to warm up your winter season with heated love connections and bad break-ups and really bad tag lines.

There are numerous train connections for tourists in and around London and visitors will quickly become familiar with the comings and goings of the London Underground - affectionately known as "The Tube".

Arguably the hardest to call out of the four feature races in the first three cards at this year’s renewal of the Cheltenham Festival, with Honeysuckle, Shishkin and Allaho all odds-on favourites for the Champion Hurdle, the Queen Mother Champion Chase and the Ryanair Chase, the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle ...

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The foreign exchange (forex) market is one of the most actively traded markets in the world. Due to this, it can be highly volatile. Although this provides the potential to profit, it also involves risk, as with any investment.

Mailing gifts from a great distance can pose problems for many. Whether it's for Valentines Day, a birthday, or any other special occasion, we've got you covered with this gift guide on wonderful presents which are suitable to be shipped overseas!

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As the name suggests, stacking rings are pieces of jewellery you can wear along with the other rings.

After a four day decision on the the Daunte Wright case, Kim Potter was found guilty on both counts of murder.

Scott Boland was initially a backup plan in case of injuries or a coronavirus emergency but it seems he turned around the fate of Australia.

It may be the season for peace on Earth and goodwill to all men, but you don’t have to look very far in the financial pages to find stories about businesses doing exactly the opposite.

President Joe Biden has outlined plans to massively ramp up COVID-19 testing in an effort to curb – or at least slow – the spread of the highly infectious omicron variant across the U.S.

While this information is yet to be confirmed by both Dua Lipa and Anwar Hadid, their alleged breakup is due to the clash in schedules and all the traveling for both of their careers.

Young people in Australia, the UK, Nordic countries and North America have, on average, been drinking significantly less alcohol than their parents’ generation did when they were a similar age.

Epidemiologist believes that Australia should administer booster shots in the time frame of three months rather than 5 months.

If omicron is as severe as some projections suggest, then a post-Christmas lockdown is very much on the cards. If that happens, more government support will need to be forthcoming.

After the long COVID-induced lockdowns of 2021, I’m more excited than usual for a joyous gathering at Christmas, where four generations of our family will sit around our much-used dining table for dinner.