Editors' picks
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Travel Photographer of the Year 2012 – the best pictures
From Siberia to the Namib desert, and from remote cultures to city streets, scroll through our gallery to see the winners of this year's competition
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Readers' tips: Britain's best winter gardens
You don't have to wait for warm sunshine to enjoy beautiful landscaping and clever planting. Readers recommend their favourite gardens to visit on crisp wintry days -
Travel news roundup
A hotel for teens, bargain visit to Santa, plus snow watch on Europe's big freeze and your tweets on terrible Christmas gifts -
Quirky shops for Christmas gifts
Trailing round the stores for presents needn't be a nightmare. Here are 10 unusual shops full of interesting gifts -
A winter sun retreat in Cyprus
Far away from Cyprus's notorious party spots, a new agrotourism project is saving a dying village. Tim Bryan beds down in a former stable