The Debenhams Blog

Bye bye dry January: Cocktail recipes to try this February

2 weeks ago

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Put down that non- alcoholic beer and pick up the tequila, it's officially the end of dry January and we are going to celebrate in style with some colourful, creative cocktail concoctions. Stock your freezer full of ice, dust off your alcohol cupboard and polish your shaker because you're in for a treat with these fruity flavours. The dark and rainy The ve[...]

What's new at Costa Coffee

3 weeks ago

Emily Tuley

Food, Home and Lifestyle, Recipes

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This year we are bringing a new concept to the Debenhams blog, now that we have our food editor you’ll be seeing a lot more food content creeping in and with that will come lots more baking, recipes, and delicious treats. Each month we will dedicate a whole blog feature one of our amazing Food heroes in a post completely dedicated to them where they can tel[...]

Veganuary: Our food editors story

1 month ago

Emily Tuley

Brand Partners, Food, Home and Lifestyle, Recipes, Style Edit

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This January I chose to eat a vegan diet. I'd never really thought about it properly until I began researching content for another blog post I was writing about, it was all about the Veganuary charity, different vegan recipes, places you can eat out and how easy it was to make the change. I thought that if I was encouraging my readers to try a plant-based di[...]

Healthy juice and smoothie recipes

2 months ago

Emily Tuley

Food, Home and Lifestyle, Recipes, Style Edit

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Well, here we are again, the start of a brand new year full of possibilities and new adventures. Start off your new year the right way by undoing all the damage you did at Christmas, so wake up and shake up and get your body moving. Gone are the mince pies and mulled wine, its time to kickstart the new year the right way. We have found some delicious and nut[...]

Last minute Stocking Fillers

2 months ago

Kaitlin McKenzie

Gifts, Style Edit

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Start Christmas day right with stocking fillers they'll actually love. With Christmas less than a week away, you're on the home straights. It won't be long until Santa has made his final rounds and the big day can begin. We know you're already dreaming of stuffing yourselves with turkey, but don't forget to grab those last bits and bobs to stuff the stockin[...]

Debenhams does Veganuary

2 months ago

Emily Tuley

Food, Recipes, Style Edit

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It’s that time of the year again, January has shown its sorry face bringing with it, empty bank accounts and that extra Christmas layer. We are all partied out and ready for a month of chilling out, getting back into our normal routines and saving as much money as possible. It’s also the return of the “New Year new me” mindset, soon enough everybody will be [...]

Christmas cocktails

2 months ago

Emily Tuley

Food, Home and Lifestyle, Recipes

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We are full of Christmas spirit this year and that's all thanks to the wonderful gin from our Eden Mill pop-up stores. We have joined forces to give you some fun, festive and fabulous cocktail recipes guaranteed to keep you dancing into the New Year. Whether you’ve been naughty or nice there’s no better way to celebrate Christmas than being surrounded by fri[...]

How to beat the Christmas stress

2 months ago

Kaitlin McKenzie

Gifts, Home and Lifestyle, Style Edit

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Skip the Christmas stress this year with our tree-topping tips. It may be the most wonderful time of the year, but it can also be the busiest. With parties, shopping, decorating, baking and making to be done, it's easy to get overwhelmed. That's why we've put together a handy seasonal survival guide to help you beat the Christmas stress. Read on for our Dec[...]

The Christmas tree trend lowdown

3 months ago

Kaitlin McKenzie

Home, Home and Lifestyle, Style Edit

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December is almost upon us and that means one thing and one thing only. It's finally socially acceptable to put the tree up! (Don't worry, we've had ours up for a while now too). This year, make your festive centrepiece really light up the room by decorating it in one of the three key Christmas tree trends of the season. Get red-y for Christmas the old-fash[...]

The Debenhams pop-up gin experience

3 months ago

Kaitlin McKenzie

Home and Lifestyle, News, Style Edit

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This Christmas, visit our pop-up gin bar in collaboration with award-winning British Gin brand, Eden Mill. Winners of the London Dry Gin of the Year and Gin of the Year at the 2018 Scottish Gin Awards, Eden Mill, will be hosting pop-up gin bars from Saturday the 1st of December in forty of our stores. Visitors to our pop-up bars will be able to sip perfectl[...]