Innholdsfortegnelse for 27-Dec-2016 i Woman's Weekly

Picture Perfect Here’s a peek behind the scenes of our fashion shoot on page 28. Screen time was the order of the day between shots for (l-r) Senior Designer Lorna, Home Editor Emily and Content Creator Sarah. Sitting Comfortably? That’s definitely what Knitting Editor Teresa was when she tried out the fabulous knitted beanbag on page 80. All Tied Up! Such was the demand for this lovely sparkly scarf the last time we featured it in the magazine, the gorgeous metallic yarn sold out. We’ve got more now and, as you can see from our Woman’s Weekly models, Tina, Esme and Freddie, there are any number of ways to wear the finished article. Get the pattern and yarn pack for £4.99 from theknittingnetwork.co.uk/sparkly…

You Wore It Well Mrs M Trimmer, 1980s ‘My husband took this photo of me on a family trip to London. I was wearing a coat I’d bought from C&A. My hat and gloves came from Woolworths. I remember my young son wouldn’t stand on this statue, so I did!’ Sally James, 61 Tell us about your look… My style philosophy is that I never dress down and I don’t own any clothes that I don’t love. I dress for me, so I would dress the same whether I was spending the day alone or with friends, or whether I was doing the housework, walking the dog or going for lunch! Today I’m wearing a long-sleeved black vest from M&S under a black tunic, which I bought in France. The…

‘Alan the donkey was abandoned in a supermarket car park with no shelter’ ‘Alan once tried to tug off a woman’s bikini, which was a bit mortifying’ Tracy Garton is telling me all about when she rescued Alan – one of the 48 donkeys at the Radcliffe Donkey Sanctuary in Huttoft, Lincolnshire – back in January 2009. ‘He’d been abandoned in a supermarket car park,’ she says. ‘I had no idea how long he’d been without shelter. Donkeys aren’t naturally waterproof, so if wet weather penetrates their coat, they can go downhill very quickly. I was so worried.’ The two-year-old donkey was covered in lice and very thin, and seemed shy. Tracy gave him the name Alan (‘a steady, sensible sort of name’), as she thought it suited him to…

‘ You don’t know one person who ran away to the circus, do you? ’ Wilf, out walking, takes the road which skirts the fields at the back of his house and stretches right over the brow of the hill to as far as you can see. It’s little more than a dusty track; enough for horses and carts to get up. His boots kick up small puffs of dust while tiny stones shoot out from under his feet. Ahead of him is all calmness; he’s walking into a pool of silence with the occasional ripple of sound, a cuckoo from somewhere distant. He likes the call of the cuckoo. It’s such a hopeful sound which speaks of peace and quiet, speaks of beauty. If only there…

The story so far Harry Hedgehog (H for short) lives with his mum, dad and little sister in Hedgetown. He is a very naughty young hedgehog and loves to play pranks to annoy his mum. She owns Shiny Spines, the posh grooming salon in the High Street. Just before Christmas, she holds a Spine Colouring evening for her special customers. Naughty Harry secretly mixes up the colour packets then pops out to the corner shop. However, it's frosty and he slips all the way down the hill and through a big hedge. On the other side, he meets Tom, a boy who thinks Harry is a toy! The story now continues Tom was so surprised to find that he was holding a living, breathing, talking hedgehog – and one dressed…

Lucy Moles and her husband, Marcus Murray, both artists working in the film industry, had dreamt of escaping city life, so went in search of a rural retreat with their two fox terriers, Mabel and Mutley. ‘We were looking online for an old, interesting and affordable property. The instant the cottage appeared, it looked perfect and had the perfect price tag, too,’ says Lucy. Situated in Bruton, Somerset, Amors Cottage is tucked away along a charming medieval alley dating back, in parts, to the 16th century. ‘We raced off to see it, and were overjoyed to have our offer accepted,’ she says. It took a year to set the cottage to rights. They did the majority of the work themselves, but paid professionals to do the electrics, plumbing and tiling.…

Knitting Editor Teresa This fabulous beanbag is knitted on 15mm needles using a super-chunky yarn, stranded double, for even more chunkiness! The stitch, known as brioche, gives a satisfying texture all over. MATERIALS 14 x 100g (100m) balls of Rico Design Essentials Super Super Chunky (50% wool, 50% acrylic) in Emerald (006)*. Pair of 15mm knitting needles; two of 120 x 120cm pieces of fabric for lining, matching sewing thread and sewing needle or sewing machine; 9 cubic feet of fire-retardant polystyrene balls. TENSION 10 stitches and 22 rows, to 20 x 20cm over pattern, using 15mm needles. ABBREVIATIONS K, knit; st, stitch; k1d, knit st 1 row down. NOTE Yarn amounts are based on average requirements and are therefore approximate. Instructions in square brackets are worked as stated after…

‘Since I’ve had my hearing aid, my life is 100 per cent better – it has completely turned around’ Have you noticed yourself leaning in to hear a friend’s conversation? Or do you think that most people around you are mumbling? Well, you’re not alone, and the likelihood is that you have a case of age-related hearing loss. This is a problem for many of us, with one in six* people affected to some degree. Hearing loss that develops gradually is not always obvious and people tend to ignore the symptoms. Sometimes, though, loss of hearing can be more sudden, as a result of other health complications. Whatever the cause, it can impact on every aspect of your life, affecting family relationships as well as work. That’s why it’s so…

WWhat’s This For? Vie 100% Natural Recovery Patches (£4.95 for six patches, from vie-healthcare.com ) While we’re not advocating excessive consumption of alcohol over Christmas, these might offer a helping hand for those who inadvertently overindulge. Formulated with essential herbs, vitamins and minerals that will naturally help your body to break down alcohol, the patch uses transdermal technology to deliver its active ingredients – vitamin C, green tea extract, globe artichoke extract, thiamine, taurine and chromium picolinate – into the bloodstream through the skin. Simply apply the patch to a clean, dry and hairless area of your skin before your first drink. Patches can be left on for up to 24 hours. A Great Exercise To... Strengthen the lower abs and…

This Week SARAH BEE is a social media professional who’ll be able to answer your questions on the world wide web. Our Experts • Appliances • Internet • Digital • Animals • Finance/ consumer • Legal Q I feel totally unprepared for Christmas, again! Where do I start? It’s amazing, isn’t it? We always know when Christmas is coming, and yet somehow every year it manages to ambush us. How does it do that? Fortunately, other people who’ve clearly fallen afoul of this sneaky festival themselves have come up with clever apps, sites and tools to save our collective sanity. Before diving into the shopping and planning, let me recommend a few deep breaths – try the Calm meditation app on your phone or tablet. You can pay to unlock…

So the weeks (or months, if you’re as well organised as I suspect so many of you are) of preparation are over. Christmas is upon us. It can be all too easy, can’t it, to get so caught up in the bustle and busyness of getting everything sorted and ready and done, that by the time it gets to the festivities themselves you’re too exhausted and/or stressed to enjoy them fully. To revel in the time together with the people we love, sharing the celebrations – however extravagant or minimalist – and traditions of this special time of year. With all that in mind, my seasonal wish is that, this year, you find the time and the serenity to properly relish every moment of Christmas and delight in all that…

Aries 21 Mar - 20 Apr This is a great time to plan a trip or go on a spontaneous outing, which will give you a fresh perspective. Taurus 21 Apr - 21 May You might need to deal with a tax matter or something financial. Do whatever you can to simplify your finances and reduce your outgoings. Gemini 22 May - 21 Jun Having a heart-to-heart talk will clear the air in an important relationship, but only if you listen very carefully. Cancer 22 Jun - 23 Jul You could be given more responsibility, especially in the workplace. You’ll need to be firm about your boundaries. Leo 24 Jul - 23 Aug Creatively, you are on good form. It’s time to get out those paints, take that music lesson,…

‘My grandmother killed a lot of people’ If you were to picture a scene from an Agatha Christie whodunnit, where would it be set? In a village tearoom or on a vicarage croquet lawn? Or, if it was a more exotic story, perhaps in the dining car of the Orient Express? It probably wouldn’t be in the dusty basement of a disused fire station in the centre of Manchester, with the actors hardly able to speak their lines for the noise of some very 21st-century trams trundling past on the street above. But then, after countless ITV Marples and Poirots, the rights to Dame Agatha’s novels have passed to the BBC, and the broadcaster – with the approval of the Christie estate – is eager to reimagine the author’s works…

Senior Designer Lorna Jumper, £25, sizes 8-20, Wallis; skirt, £49.50, sizes 8-22, Per Una at M&S; earrings, £6, Red Herring at Debenhams; bracelet, £5.99, New Look Chief Sub-Editor Heather Top, £25, trousers, £42, sizes 6-22, Next; scarf, £9.99, Zara; bracelet, £12, Principles by Ben de Lisi at Debenhams; rings and watch, Heather’s own Lifestyle Editor Jayne Shirt, £59, sizes 8-18, Kin by John Lewis; trousers, £89, sizes 6-18, Coast; shoes, £29.99,Zara; necklace, £12.99, H&M; bangle, £15, Accessorize; watch (overleaf), £12.99, New Look; rings, Jayne’s own Home Editor Emily Dress, £79, sizes 8-22, Monsoon; necklace, £20, Debenhams; bracelets, £5.99 for set, New Look; rings, Emily’s own Editor Diane Jacket, £55, sizes 6-22, Next; top, £39.50, sizes 6-22, Autograph at M&S; trousers, £48, sizes 6-22, Next; shoes, £89, Jones Bootmaker; necklace, £5.99,…

When Twiggy greets you with an unreserved, heartfelt compliment, you take a moment to thank the fashion gods for blessing you with the foresight to have thrown on a semi (read: meticulously) put-together outfit for your interview. This is, after all, a woman – nay, superstar – who has spent the last 50 years working in the fashion industry, gracing a myriad magazine covers (including our own). To recap, Twiggy (born Lesley Hornby), all Bambi-like lashes and blonde, elfish hair, was discovered aged 16. Fast-forward five decades and Twiggy shows no signs of slowing down. Following a hugely successful collaboration with M&S on her self-titled clothing line, Twiggy is turning her attentions to the sweet-smelling beauty world with a range of bath, body and fragrance gifts out for Christmas. The…

Film & Television 1 Complete this quote from screen legend Mae West: ‘I’m a woman of very few words but lots of ___.’ 2 Who does Bill Murray voice in the new film version of The Jungle Book? 3 Name the TV show in which winning baker Nadiya Hussain explored her culinary inspirations. 4 What is the title of the odd-couple detective drama set in 1950s Cambridgeshire starring James Norton and Robson Green? 5 Who, famously against type, portrayed on TV and in film the outrageous sitcom character Eurydice Colette Clytemnestra Dido Bathsheba Rabelais Patricia Cocteau Stone? 6 What TV sitcom is based in a supermarket called Valco? 7 What judicial body do the Crossing Lines team of special investigators work for? 8 What cult buddy movie starring Susan Sarandon…

DINNER Pesto Salmon En Croute Serves 10 Calories: 593 Fat: 39g Saturated fat: 12g Carbohydrates: 22g 1 Trim off the tail end of the salmon fillets and reserve. Take one sheet of pastry (keep the rest chilling) and cut to a shape just larger than one fillet, ours was 15 x 30cm (6 x 12in). Place the pastry on a parchment-lined baking sheet, prick several times with a fork and bake for 15 mins, until golden. 2 Put the spinach into a large bowl and microwave on High for 2 mins. Put the spinach into a sieve, resting over a bowl of water. Press out excess moisture with a potato masher. 3 Stir together the curd cheese and pesto. 4…

Top Trees These rustic-style trees look great on a side table or even grouped together as a centrepiece. Either keep them au naturel or spray them with metallic paint for a more contemporary feel. YOU WILL NEED For one pot: • 2 long, sturdy twigs • 10 twigs (to be cut down) • Thin wire • Hot glue gun • Oasis/florist foam • Pot • Hessian • Moss and berries 1 Take the two longer twigs and join them using a hot glue gun. Twist lengths of thin wire around them for extra support. 2 For the crosswise twigs, cut two short twigs of equal length and lay side by side. Repeat with two more twigs, making them slightly longer. Continue cutting twigs slightly longer each time. 3 Fix the…

TRY THESE ESSENTIAL OILS MANDARIN WARMING AND SOOTHING Calms the nerves and eases stress CINNAMON WARMING AND STRENGTHENING Stimulates digestion and is a powerful antiseptic GRAPEFRUIT REFRESHING AND ZESTY Uplifting for the emotions ROSE SWEET AND SENSUAL Helps induce a sense of deep relaxation BLACK PEPPER STIMULATING AND WARMING Aids circulation and digestion CLOVE SWEET-SPICY AND UPLIFTING Eases indigestion, aches and pains CEDARWOOD WARMING Can ease congestion FIR FRESH AND UPLIFTING Soothes muscular and rheumatic pains Scented candle care • The first time you use your candle, burn it for 3-4 hours so that you get a large pool of melted wax across the entire surface, as this gives an excellent scent throw. Burn it for less time and the candle can create smaller rings of wax that can restrict…

Knitting Editor Teresa No Fair Isle required here, as the clever technique used on our hat and the matching cape (in our next issue) involves garter-stitch stripes and strands of colour that are woven vertically through the stripes. The result is truly spectacular and the hat is topped off with a bright pompom. MEASUREMENTS To fit average ladies’ head. MATERIALS 1 x 50g (75m) ball of Drops Nepal (65% wool, 35% alpaca) in each of Dark Purple (4399), Purple Mix (4434), Light Olive (8038) and Cerise (6273)*. Pair of 5mm (No.6) knitting needles, tapestry needle. TENSION 17 stitches and 37 rows, to 10 x 10cm, over garter stitch (every row knit), using 5mm needles. ABBREVIATIONS K, knit; p, purl; st, stitch; tog, together; dec, decrease; inc, increase (by working twice…

We quickly notice sudden colour changes in ourselves or others, but it can take longer when they’re subtle, develop slowly, or are hidden by clothes. There’s often a simple reason (such as fabric dye in clothing), but skin and other changes can sometimes be a sign of illness. White Our skin colour depends on brown pigment (melanin) and blood vessels beneath the surface – we can look paler, even if we’re naturally dark-skinned. Sudden pallor can be a sign of physical/emotional shock (for example, severe bleeding) as our bodies divert blood to our brains and other essential organs; we’ll probably feel clammy and faint. Fingers and toes may go white or blue even when it’s not very cold because we have Raynaud’s disease, a disorder of tiny surface blood vessels.…

My ‘go-to' remedy When I’m feeling tired or run-down, I make an effort to drink more water and have lots of extra goodness in my food. One of my favourite ways is to make a superfood smoothie with frozen berries and banana, a handful of spinach, a teaspoon of milled chia seeds, a squeeze of Manuka honey, a handful of ice and 200ml [7fl oz] of coconut water. Or if I’m super rushed and busy, Comvita Olive Leaf Extract is a great natural supplement that is proven to boost your immune system. My favourite meal I adore Mexican food: Wahaca is one of my favourite restaurants and I love their super-fresh guacamole, creamy enchiladas and frijoles (beans). I’m also a big breakfast fan, so I adore a breakfast buffet full…

Anyone who dismisses Jilly Cooper as Jolly Sooper, posh chronicler of modern manners who, like her Spitting Image doll, is obsessed with sex, clearly hasn’t met her. You’d walk a long mile before you came across such delightful company: she’s warm, witty, a fearless pricker of pomposity and one of life’s great gigglers. We are sitting in her beautiful, book-lined drawing room at the heart of her 13th-century house in Gloucestershire. Her rescue greyhound, Bluebell, is intent on befriending the visitor, a trait she’s clearly inherited from her mistress because Jilly is much keener to talk about me than her. But, six years in the making, her latest novel, Mount!, set in the world of flat racing, has recently been published and that’s what we’re here to discuss. The long…

This week’s columnist: Actress Maureen Lipman I like to cook. But I make a terrible mess. Particularly at Christmas, and on Friday nights. Usually, I’ve just got the kitchen straight from the Friday family dinner when I realise it’s Wednesday and people are ringing to ask, ‘Are we doing it this Friday or what?’ Trouble is, I cover every surface so that there is nowhere to serve up. I have plenty of surfaces and I’m not exactly whisking roux or stuffing poultry between its skin and its breast. I buy in the starter and do chicken or lamb for the carnivores, fish for the prodigal vegetarian and turkey dinosaurs for the picky grand-kinder. I make excellent roast potatoes and green veg – I like to keep them green because my…

Perfect Pudding I gripped the wooden spoon and tried to twist it in the sticky mixture. My 12-year-old arms nudged it a little and I remember smiling with pride. ‘Finished!’ I cried. It was October half-term 1994, and, together with my older sister Ruth, now 37, I was helping our mother make the traditional family Christmas pudding, affectionately referred to as ‘Nanna’s pudding’, after my grandmother who’d passed away two years earlier in 1992. Every year, my sister and I would help my mum create this light, spiced pudding, and Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without it. Each time, towards the end of the recipe, the mixture became too stiff for my little arms to stir, but the year I turned 12 I was finally able to help right to…

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Christmas is love, family. It’s forgiveness. It’s reconciliation There’s a bit of an atmosphere in the room. Hardly surprising, really. Oh, I’ve had the odd email. A birthday card. Flowers on Mother’s Day. But this is the first time she’s been to the house for over a year. She’s looking well. Blooming, even. I’m not going to ask if she’s still with him. I can’t even say his name. We’re in the kitchen having a sort of catch-up. Very polite and superficial and awkward. Nothing like we used to be before it all happened. I’d been baking when she arrived. Now the cake is cooling and I’m washing up. Abi’s telling me about some extra teaching she’s been given at the college. And then she says it. “I don’t mind…

VIRGIN COCKTAILS For the drivers, mums-to-be, teens and those who just don’t want the alcohol Passion Punch In a large jug with plenty of ice, mix 150ml (¼pt) fresh orange juice with 150ml (¼pt) passion-fruit juice. Top up with 300ml (½pt) lemonade and serve with slices of blood orange. Virgin Mojito In a large jug or glass drinks dispenser, place plenty of ice, add the zest and juice of 5 limes, then add the husks of the squeezed limes, quartered, a good handful of fresh mint leaves and top up with cloudy lemonade. Peach Bellini In a large jug, mix 150ml (¼pt) peach juice and 300ml (½pt) cranberry juice with lots of ice. Top up with 300ml (½pt) lemonade and strain into glasses. WHISKY Whisky Royale Pour 45ml (3tbsp whisky),…

Round Robins As soon as Teresa Poil from Horsham, West Sussex, saw this Christmas wreath in her 15 December 2015 issue of Woman’s Weekly, she knew she wanted to have a go at it. Having never cabled, or knitted anything as intricate as the robins before, she had her work cut out. Luckily, it all went to plan. It now takes pride of place on the kitchen door. ‘It’s given me a massive confidence boost,’ says Teresa, who’s already on to her next challenge! Cosy Does It ‘Craftwork and sewing keep me going,’ says Doreen Bull, from Markfield, Leicestershire. At 93 years young, Doreen’s not one for an easy life. She’s always looking for fun ways to keep busy, and this patchwork knee quilt is one of her proudest achievements…

Knitting Editor Teresa An elegant centrepiece for your Christmas table, this bowl is worked in rounds using a cotton 4ply yarn, then starched over a mould (try using an existing bowl of the correct size) to give it its stiffness. MEASUREMENTS Approximately 20cm/8in in diameter and 9cm/3½in deep. MATERIALS 1 x 100g (355m) ball of Sirdar Cotton 4ply (100% cotton) in Grey Dawn (520)*. Size 3.00 crochet hook. Granulated sugar for stiffening. ABBREVIATIONS Ch, chain; st, stitch; dc, double crochet; tr, treble; slst, slip stitch; chsp, chain space; tr2tog, work 2tr together as follows: [yarn round hook, insert hook in next chsp, yarn round hook and pull through, yarn round hook and pull through 2 loops on hook] twice, yarn round hook and pull through all 3 loops on hook;…

Perhaps that was it; he really did need someone. Todd smiled Everyone has a tree inside them,” said Cathy, the yoga teacher. Todd looked sideways at Tanya, to see if she thought it an odd thing to say but she was concentrating, gazing straight ahead. That was the thing about Tanya, she didn’t let things bother her. Now she was standing on one leg, solid as a rock, whereas Todd was swaying all over the place. Tanya was definitely an oak tree. ‘I’m like one of those raspberry canes Grandad used to have on his allotment,’ thought Todd, remembering how they bent and swayed in the wind. Tanya had put a chair next to his mat so he could grab the back if he felt he was going to fall.…

Morning Sickness – The Plus Side? Women who suffer from morning sickness may be up to 50% less likely to miscarry, according to US researchers (up to 75%, if they actually vomit). The link isn’t clear, although symptoms (which can last all day, or throughout pregnancy) may be caused by hormones produced from early pregnancy onwards. In extreme cases, women can become dehydrated and require hospital admission, but if it’s less severe, rest, ginger biscuits, frequent small starchy meals and, if necessary, medication can help. True Or False? Scrooges' brains don't have a ‘Christmas spirit network'. True, according to Danish researchers, who say MR scans show that certain brain areas light up when people who celebrate Christmas are shown festive images – but remain dark in those who don’t. The…

What advice would you give a friend? Q I’ve been having a relationship with a man who I met at work. His marriage has been bad for years and he has always said that he’ll leave his wife. I gave an ultimatum and he promised he’d be living with me by the end of 2016. He’s now saying he has to stay for Christmas and New Year and will then tell her. I’m 54 and I don’t want to be living like this for the rest of my days. Name withheld A If this was one of your friends, what would you say to her? Would it be: ‘Why don’t you just stay and see what happens and, if nothing does, put up with it’? If that’s how you…

I don’t like to complain but isn’t the carriage rather on the orange side? To mark this bumper issue of Woman’s Weekly, settle down in your seats and unwrap your noisiest sweets for our annual panto. Please remember to keep your mobile phones switched on, so that members of the audience can enjoy your amusing ringtones. Scene I The kitchen of a large country house, where our heroine – Cinderella – is blackleading the Aga. You might think it unusual that the producer has given Cinders a large country house, but think about it: how many people from run-down hovels get so much of a glimpse of a royal ballroom? Cinders: Once I’ve finished blackleading the Aga, Cook, I’m going to get ready for Prince Charming’s ball. Oh, it will…