Innholdsfortegnelse for September 15, 2015 i Woman's Weekly

One of the best things about Woman’s Weekly Live! is the chance it gives us to meet and chat to you, our wonderful readers, face to face. We love finding out about your lives and interests, and especially what you think about the magazine – good and bad! But it’s not just at Live! that you share your views with us. You’re great at writing by email and post throughout the year. One of the things you frequently tell us is that you really value the variety of content, and this issue is a perfect example of just how varied that content can be. There are the fascinating selection of houses that people live in around the world on pages 10-11, then probably the most powerful and thought-provoking debate we’ve…

How do you like your tea? I like a cup of builder’s tea – strong, milk and no sugar. Who would you most like to have a cup of tea with? It would have to be my favourite actor, James Mason. We’d talk about our shared love of the North of England – he was from Huddersfield and I’m from Sedgefield. Tell us about the play you're in, Three Days In The Country It’s a very beautiful, very funny and very sad play about an eccentric Russian household that’s disrupted by the arrival of a handsome young tutor who causes chaos in everybody’s lives. I’m playing Dr Shpigelsky, the estate doctor. He seems a very cheerful person but deep down he’s highly cynical. Do you have any unusual…

Annie Lucas, 59, Offham Tell us about your look… I love loud, colourful clothes – I don’t like to blend into the background! I bought this top and trousers from Zara and my sandals are from River Island. I like shopping in Zara because the stock changes so quickly – you can always find something new and it’s reasonably priced, too. And the best bit of your body? My hair. Sharon Richards, 49, South Darenth Tell us about your look… I prefer dressing smartly to dressing down. I do like a maxi dress and I love my heels. Everything I’m wearing today is from Primark, but I like really like shopping from smaller boutiques, too. I think you find more unusual things that you won’t see…

It was the sound of being grown up, Anne thought: the jingle and jangle of coins as Dad went about his work on the farm. In her imagination, she saw the biggest ones, the copper-bright pennies, tumbling over and over deep in the pockets of his tweed jacket. Every Saturday, since sweetie rationing ended, Dad would stack up six of them, one by one, on to the palm of her outstretched hand. There were no pockets in her skirt, so she dropped them into a china pig and shook it to make a grown-up noise all the way down to the village shop. Dad was patient while she pondered the possibilities of how she might spend them, knowing that she always came back to her favourites. “A twopenny bar of…

THE LIP CRAYON THAT FLUSHES CHEEKS Lips will love Bobbi Brown Art Sticks, £19.50. We love these vibrant summer shades and the incredibly moisturising finish. Their creamy texture is perfect for blending colour on to cheeks, too. THE TINTED MOISTURISER THAT PROTECTS BareMinerals Complexion Rescue Tinted Hydrating Gel Cream, £26, has a built-in sun shield of SPF30. Even better, its clever mineral-infused formula softens skin and helps blur blemishes, giving a flawless finish. THE MASCARA THAT HELPS LASHES GROW Short, brittle eyelashes have met their match! Revlon Lash Potion Mascara By Grow Luscious, £9.99, feeds lashes with nutrients to create a thicker flutter, and delivers instant TLC with its volumising formula. THE NAIL POLISH THAT STRENGTHENS If your nails tend to be on the weak side, Nails Inc Nailpure in…

Easy-peasy A Bit More Tricky Hard–ish Quite A Challenge Finished size: 10 x 5cm plus tail You will need • Tracing paper and pencil • 20cm square of patterned cotton fabric • 15cm square of coordinating patterned cotton fabric • Black stranded cotton embroidery thread • 6 x 3cm rectangle of felt • No.8 embroidery needle • Matching sewing thread • Bodkin or safety pin • Toy stuffing • Dried catnip (optional) Making paper patterns Enlarge the pattern by 210% on a photocopier and trace off, placing the base on folded tracing paper and matching the fold line against the fold. Mark the arrow, dots, cross and details on each piece. Cut out all the pattern pieces. Open the folded pattern out flat. Cutting out Cut one pair of bodies…

Plant clumps of Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ in bold drifts through fading borders. The spiky flowers will add brilliance for up to four weeks in late summer. When planting patio pots for autumn and winter interest, angle ornamental cabbages forward a little so they lean out among the rest of the planting. Grow trees like lime, ash, beech and hornbeam into a high-level narrow ‘pleached’ hedge by tying and interlacing the flexible young shoots on a framework of wires – great for screening tall buildings from view. Transform a sunny area of lawn into a wild-flower border. For a natural effect, scatter dwarf narcissi and crocus randomly among the planted meadow favourites such as cowslips. Woman’s Weekly GARDENING OFFER Buy the Oriental Poppy Mix of three (one of each) for £14.99, or…

Hirsutism (excessive facial and body hair) affects around one in 10 of us before the menopause, and as the hairs are often thicker and darker, and/or in unusual places, this may be embarrassing, distressing or expensive to deal with. Hirsutism can run in families and is more common in some ethnic groups. Women naturally produce small amounts of hair-stimulating male hormones (testosterone/androgens) in our adrenal glands, and much larger amounts of female hormones (mainly oestrogen from our ovaries) but in hirsutism, the balance is disturbed. Facial hair also increases after the menopause, as the balance tips again. The causes Around a quarter of women with hirsutism have normal androgen levels, so their skin may be particularly sensitive to these hormones. But most have raised androgen levels, usually with cause unknown…

My Healthy Life Independent nutritionist Fiona Hunter ( fionahunter-nutrition.co.uk ) reveals how she boosts her health and wellbeing. My ‘go-to' remedy I suffer from carsickness, so if I’m going on a long journey, I always pack some crystallised stem ginger, which settles my stomach if I start to feel sick. My favourite meal Breakfast! I start with a glass of 100% orange juice as it provides vitamin C, potassium (which helps control blood pressure) and counts as one of my five a day. Then I have a bowl of porridge or muesli with fresh fruit, semi-skimmed milk and a generous dollop of Greek yogurt. The vitamin C in the orange juice helps my body to absorb iron from the cereal. At weekends I treat myself to peanut butter…

Now that I’m the temporary manager of our charity shop and a thrusting dynamic businesswoman who should probably be on Dragon’s Den, I have a lot of thrusting dynamic business ideas. ‘I know,’ I said. ‘We should have a shop stall at our fete. I bet we’d do ever so well.’ ‘Mmm,’ said Wendy. ‘Do you really think that’s wise?’ Isn’t it marvellous? When George Stephenson first dreamt of Rocket and when Sir Isaac Newton invented the self-dropping apple, I’ll bet there was somebody standing next to them who said: ‘Do you think that’s wise?’ But we entrepreneurs are not to be, oh, what’s the word when you have a good idea and everybody else thinks it’s rubbish? We’re not to be discouraged. That’s not quite the word, but it’ll…

Thank you so much for reminding me of all the great arts-based projects that have been funded by the National Lottery [coverage of the Lottery Awards was in our 14 July and 21 July issues, and the winner, Ministry Of Stories, was announced in our 25 August issue]. I’d stopped buying lottery tickets after a friend convinced me that it was a waste of money, but how wrong she was! In fact, I was so inspired by what I read that I’ve lent my copies of WW to her so that she can see all the wonderful things that the lottery supports. I’ve even stapled a lotto ticket to the front cover of the mag, just for her. Fingers crossed it changes her mind! Karen Laird, via Postbag Thank you,…

Teeth alert: I had inherited a small amount of money and wondered what to do with it. A cruise? Pair of leather trousers? (This was not a serious option.) A timeshare in Corfu? No. The answer was obvious. I wanted to get me a few beautiful set of upper gnashers to shine on the world. A porcelain mirror of sparkling miracles would be mine for the asking. I excitedly took me and my teeth off to a veneer man who I’d tracked in an advert. As he began to shave down my ‘tinies’ to be hosts for my new ‘biggies’, I did fret a little, but I managed to lie back and think of England and the prospect of my future shiny white teeth. I knew that once I had…

Pinata Cake SERVES 12-15 3-6tbsp sprinkles 3 x quantity of Basic Cake Mixture (see below) FOR THE DECORATION AND FILLING: 1 quantity of Basic Buttercream Recipe (see below) 4 x 38g tubes of Smarties 450g (15½oz) rainbow chocolate drops or mini Smarties 20cm (8in) round sandwich tins, buttered, base lined and floured 6-7cm (2 ½ -3in) round cutter Cake plate or board 1 Add 1-2tbsp sprinkles to each quantity of cake mixture and cook each quantity in a 20cm (8in) round tin. If you have 3 tins, then the 3 quantities may be mixed at the same time in a big batch and divided between the tins and then baked. Otherwise if you only have 2 tins, mix a double quantity of mixture and bake 2 cakes, then…

This year, top chef Denise Tollyfield will be cooking a selection of delicious Woman’s Weekly recipes throughout the day in our cookery demonstration theatre. There will be menus following the 5:2 diet, budget-conscious meals for families, and tasty dishes for people with food intolerances. Denise has appeared on Gordon Ramsay’s F Word and as a judge on Street Market Chefs. Cookery Demonstration Theatre What’s cooking and when? Stand B22 11-11.30am 5:2 Meals – Meals Under 500 Calories Primavera Pasta Hoisin Duck Wraps Caribbean Chicken Couscous 12.30-1pm Family Meals On A Tight Budget Chinese-style Chicken with Vegetables & Noodles Tomato & Bacon Risotto Baked Pollock With Pea Crust 2-2.30pm Cooking For Those With Food Intolerances Gluten-free Scoop Scones Sugar-free Chocolate Mousse & Berry Layer Gluten- & Dairy-free Peanut Butter Jammy Cookies…

Ideal all year round, this delicate lacy cardigan is crocheted in chain loops with knitted garter-stitch borders, which adds a neat finish. Easy-peasy A Bit More Tricky Hard–ish Quite A Challenge MEASUREMENTS To fit sizes 81-86 (91-97) (102-107) cm/32-34 (36-38) (40-42) in. Actual measurements 92.5 (102.5) (112.5) cm/ 36½ (40¼) (44¼) in. Side seam 33 (34.5) (36) cm/13 (13½) (14) in. Length 54 (56) (59.5) cm/ 21¼ (22) (23½) in. Sleeve seam All sizes 44.5 cm/ 17½in. MATERIALS 4 (5) (6) 100g (330m) balls of Patons 100% Cotton 4-ply in Jade (726). Pair of 2¾mm (No.12) knitting needles; size 1.75 crochet hook; 8 buttons. TENSION 2 repeats of pattern across and 13 rows measures 10 x 10cm, using 1.75 crochet hook. ABBREVIATIONS K, knit; st, stitch; ch, chain; dc, double…

FREE delivery worth £5.99 The most fragrant daffodil that can be smelt 14ft away. BUY 30 ERLICHEERS FOR HALF PRICE AND SAVE £22.50 Narcissus ‘Erlicheer’: Ideal for growing indoors and outdoors, this scented daffodil has multiple, fragrant creamy-yellow florets atop strong stems, making it great for flower arranging. Happy in pots or in the ground, this hardy, bulbous perennial signals the onset of spring. Height and spread: 30cm. Supplied as grade-one-quality bulbs at the optimum time to plant in September. Daphnes are low in maintenance and unfussy on location. These hand-selected plants have won awards for their performance and will fill gardens with up to 12 months of continual flowers. BUY ALL THREE DAPHNES (one of each) for HALF PRICE AND SAVE £27 Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’: This plant has clusters…

Placebo Puzzle Placebos (‘dummy’, inactive medicines) make some patients feel better when they believe they’re getting the real thing, so new drugs are often compared to a placebo to see whether they really work better. But US researchers say some placebos appear more effective in osteoarthritis than others. Volunteers given two inactive painkilling gels said one dyed blue (which had been ‘talked up’ beforehand) was better at relieving pain. This may help to explain why research sometimes produces conflicting results. True Or False? Lack of sleep leads to overeating. True, according to US researchers who say it increases our hunger hormones, so maybe we should count sleep hours, as well as calories, if we want to maintain a healthy weight. Mindfulness For Teenagers British researchers are to study whether learning…

My sons always put their in-laws first Q I know the Irish saying ‘A son is a son till he takes a wife, a daughter’s a daughter for all of your life’. But I just didn’t expect when I was bringing up my four sons for this to be the case. They were such loving boys but now it feels that, although they love us, their wives’ families always come first. I know it’s not just me. I read that the Middletons see much more of the royal babies than their paternal grandparents do. Maude, Maidenhead A I think this was probably truer 50 years ago than it is now. However, most girls when they have a baby want their mother around more than their mother-in-law. And beware: if you…

Where I went On an activity adventure break in Hampshire – with my mum. What I did We picked up bikes at Beaulieu village for a leisurely cycle around the open heath and through ancient woodlands. We also tried archery at a local farm (Mum beat me hands down!), plus kayaking on the Beaulieu River with some terrific guides who taught us all about the local history and birdlife to spot (newforestactivities.co.uk). Where I stayed Nestled among the trees, Moorhill House Hotel (newforesthotels. co.uk) was warm and welcoming. It gave us the chance to relax and put our feet up and take advantage of the excellent swimming pool and sauna. What I ate Very well at the hotel’s restaurant! From a delicious three-course meal at night – I enjoyed the…

Q Can I use my mobile phone on Wi-Fi rather than my expensive mobile network? Yes. You can certainly access your home Wi-Fi, which will enable you to dial direct from your contacts list. And when you’re out and about, using Wi-Fi hotspots can save a lot of money. One option is to use a broadband phone service, technically known as Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP. Examples include Microsoft’s Skype, Google’s Hangouts and Apple’s FaceTime. Q How do I sign up? Download an app, complete a simple registration procedure and you’re good to go. Q Do my family and friends have to download the app, too? Yes – the fact you need all your friends and acquaintances on the same system is one of the things that holds back…

Book Hairspray You’ll be able to ‘hear the bells’ all over the country on a new UK tour of this colourful musical extravaganza, set in 1960s Baltimore. Opening on 9 September in Leicester, it will then go on to 25 theatres across the UK. For full venue details and to book, visit hairsprayuktour.com Visit Woman’s Weekly Live! As you read your copy of the magazine this week, most of our team is at EventCity in Manchester, where workshops, and demonstrations galore will be taking place from 10 to 12 September, and there will be lots of stalls. Come along and see us, and be inspired by craft, knitting, fiction, cookery, fashion! For details, visit womansweekly.com/live2015 Enjoy Jane Austen Festival Starting on 11 September in Bath, this 10-day festival will take…

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There have been documented reports of dogs predicting the onset of labour in pregnant women – stories of dogs becoming virtual shadows of their pregnant owners on the day before or on the day of labour as a warning signal. They have a long-established history of working with people who have disabilities, including guide and hearing dogs, and can be trained to do everything from opening doors to pushing buttons at crossings. Dogs have more than 220 million olfactory receptors in their noses, whereas we humans only have five million, so when it comes to sniffing out explosives and drugs, they really come into their own, and operate in airports, ferry ports and even minefields in Iraq. They can also be trained to sense environmental changes, including finding leaks in…

Yes ‘People don’t like to talk about death, but we need to’ Margaret John, 75, is a member of Dignity in Dying, a campaign to legalise assisted dying. She has terminal cancer I am terminally ill with ovarian cancer and currently being denied choice about the end of my life. Not only am I in considerable pain, I experience constant nausea. Neither can be controlled. All of my life I have campaigned for a right to choose and I believe that I should have the right to end my life at a time of my choosing. Time is running out for me. After keeping it at bay for five years, in the past few months my condition has deteriorated rapidly. I can no longer play the piano, a major part…

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Lay hard wood flooring The oak flooring runs through the hall and into the living room, which helps the two spaces to flow seamlessly together. Hard-wearing oak flooring is perfect for a busy hallway – leave uncovered with a runner, so it can be fully appreciated. Lay a striped runner in a tonal colour on the stairs Choosing a striped runner or carpet creates the illusion of elongating a room. It’s the ideal choice for a hallway and up the stairs and it can be easier to change than fitted carpet when it begins to wear. Hang dramatic wallpaper to make a statement up the stairs If you like wallpaper but your hall lacks light, opt for one that’s pale or reflective, as a dark or heavy patterned paper will…

Saving and swapping seeds isn’t just a brilliant way of saving money on creating a great garden, but it’ll also open it up to whole new avenues of possibility. Seeds are valuable and can be used as currency with friends, neighbours and relatives to expand the range of plants in your garden – and you won’t have to spend a penny. What’s more, these swaps will provide you with interesting stories about their origins and the people behind the plants that you’re growing, which adds to the fun. Saving seeds, especially vegetables, is also one of the best ways to achieve self-sufficiency. If you join an online site or gardening club seed circle, you might get access to rare and exotics that other grow-your-own enthusiasts are growing and sharing. Which…

1 Bleaching dark hair mak es it less noticeable. As with hair removal creams, use a brand suitable f or your face and try a test patch first. 2 Shaving is quick and eas y but blunt, har sh stubble may soon reappear. 3 Threading, plucking, waxing or home depilation devices could all w ork but may be painful, dis tort the hair f ollicle or allo w infection (folliculitis). 4 Salon electr olysis or thermoly sis can be v ery successful. Multiple tr eatments can remove hair permanently but may cause f olliculitis or leave pigmented areas. 5 Laser epilation has similar side effects, but can be quicker or more effective for larger areas. It works better with dark hair s on light skin.…

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