It's pumpkin time again, here's how to have a smashing time in the kitchen

Valerie O’Connor makes tasty Thai pumpkin chicken curry, pumpkin brownies and shows us how to make a face mask from leftover pumpkin.

Pumpkins are glorious.

Last year I was given a gorgeous specimen, a light yellow-coloured squash and brought it home, lobbing it on the kitchen table on a Saturday afternoon, and I went to work.