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Trying To Be Different As I was growing up, I wanted my clothes, at various stages, to conform to my needs, which over the years were: to fit in with my peers, to be practical for running around with my girls and then to look appropriate for my work (I remember, early on in my career, being unexpectedly asked to attend a meeting with the very dapper MD of the company I was working for and being so worried my outfit was too scruffy that I dashed out and bought a smart jacket!). I’ve always enjoyed dressing fashionably but would never describe myself as cutting edge and as the years have gone by, I’ve become better at knowing what suits me and how to adapt and interpret trends. So it…

The History Of Father’s Day Catholic southern Europe has been honouring fathers on the feast day of St Joseph, 19 March, since the Middle Ages, but the tradition was never adopted in the Protestant north. Modern Father’s Day started in the US in 1910, when Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, held a Father’s Day celebration as a thank-you to her father, Will Jackson Smart, a civil war veteran and single parent who raised six children alone. After overcoming some controversy that it was a commercially driven idea promoted by shopkeepers, the event took off nationally, held on the third Sunday in June, and it was adopted in the UK after the Second World War. Hugh Grant – movie actor, 56, best known for his romcom roles in films such as…

The best friend who dumps you Standing in the supermarket with a full trolley, I saw my friend Angela entering the shop. I smiled, feeling certain that she saw me – she was looking straight at me. But instead of responding, she reached down for a basket, turned her back and disappeared quickly down an aisle. If this had been an isolated incident, I would have told myself that she probably hadn’t seen me. But it was the final nail in our friendship coffin. We’d been best friends for around 10 years. We met once a month, usually for a meal. Sometimes it was just the two of us, but often we met with our respective partners. We celebrated our birthdays together, and spoke on the phone regularly. Then I…

COOKERY EDITOR, FELICITY New Potatoes Roasted New Potato & Salmon Salad Serves 4 Calories: 470 Fat: 30g Saturated fat: 5g Carbohydrates: 26g Not suitable for freezing 500g (1lb 2oz) baby new potatoes, halved 1 garlic clove, crushed 2tbsp olive oil 100g (3½oz) pistachios ¼tsp sea salt 200g (7oz) French beans, trimmed, optional 125g (4oz) – total weight – watercress, rocket and spinach 200g (7oz) hot smoked salmon, flaked 200g (7oz) radishes, trimmed and sliced FOR THE DRESSING: 2tbsp virgin olive oil 1tbsp white wine vinegar 1tbsp maple syrup 1tsp Dijon mustard 1 Heat the oven to 220°C or Gas Mark 7. Roast the potatoes with garlic and oil for 30 mins, until potatoes are tender and golden. 2 Spread the pistachios on to a baking tray, scatter with sea salt…

Cornwall The Minack Theatre Nicknamed the ‘Theatre Under the Stars’, Minack Theatre’s unrivalled setting means it should be on everyone’s bucket list. Carved out of the rugged Cornish coast overlooking spectacular Porthcurno Bay, four miles from Land’s End, it’s the most famous cliff theatre in Britain. In local parlance, ‘Minack’ means a rocky place and the crag below the theatre draws local fishermen. Until the 1930s, they would have had the place to themselves, with the cliffs echoing to the cries of gulls, not actors. But from 1931 to 1983, the theatre was planned, built and financed by the purposeful Rowena Cade. When a local drama group were looking for a venue to perform The Tempest, Rowena – who lived in Minack House – decided that the cliffs below her…

Garden Shed My sun loungers took up so much room indoors so I used some wood from our old shed to make this outdoor storage box. My partner then painted this fun picture, which really livens up the garden. Raymond Smith, Catford, London Upload a photo at womansweekly.com/yourgardens – we’d love to see them PAWS FOR THOUGHT Here is my bright-eyed kitten, Domino, looking inquisitive! Kim Shaw, Kilkenny, Ireland Got a pet pic that makes you smile? We can give it a good home Gemma Oaten ‘I a lmost became a pro table-tennis player’ Look What I Made! Jennie Lester, from Surrey, received this patchwork quilt as a thank you from her cousin, Sandra. Sandra has faced some health issues over the past year but the pair managed to laugh and…

Best For Sensitive Skin La Roche-Posay Toleriane Ultra, £17.50 Revered by dermatologists, this intensive day cream offers instant relief for parched, sensitive skin. You can even use it on dry patches across the eyelids. Plus, the smart anti-contamination tube means it eliminates the need for preservatives that can cause irritation. Best For Dry Elbows, Knees And Heels Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula Solid, £3.65 A family member with eczema has raved about this solid, buttery body moisturiser, which melts on contact with skin. It smooths and relieves rough patches and, as a side note, it’s said to work well on softening scars and stretch marks. Best For Medically Dry Skin Salcura Bioskin Zeoderm Repair Moisturiser, £9.99, salcuraskincare.com This daily facial moisturiser is a 99% natural, non-steroid saviour for severe eczema, psoriasis…

Craft & Home Editor, Esme Our stylish bag and wallet make the perfect travelling companions and they’re great projects for mixing together your favourite prints Easy-peasy A Bit More Tricky Hard–ish Quite A Challenge Holdall Time to make: 5 hours Wallet Time to make: 2 hours YOU WILL NEED 100 x 110cm holiday-inspired cotton fabric 47 x 110cm yellow patterned cotton fabric ' 85 x 110cm blue patterned cotton fabric ' Matching thread ' 85 x 110cm medium loft batting ' 65 x 110cm paper ' Pencil and ruler ' 35cm zip ' Snap fasteners ' Snap fastener pliers ' Scissors ' Sewing machine zipper foot ' Sewing machine walking foot Holdall Make the paper pattern Fold the piece of paper in half lengthways. At each corner, cut out a…

You can’t come back. I’m doing fine, thank you. I am definitely happier than I have been for at least three years. Getting to 60 changed you. Maybe that dark person lurks inside us all, waiting to emerge in a flurry of miserableness. From that birthday, our days muddled from irritation to grumble. Nothing was right. Not from dustmen leaving a mess, to the street lights going off too early for safety. Things that I did were subject to the same ruthless inspection. “Is that washing going in the drier?” you’d said, head in the cupboard under the stairs, as you read the smart meter. “No, it’s dried pretty well on the line,” I replied to your backside. It seemed your mood could have dampened even the most absorbent towelling,…

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Friday 23 June LEARN TO CROCHET WORKSHOP This jam-packed day is a start-to-finish introduction to crochet for those who have never held a crochet hook before, or those who’ve tried but wish to check their technique or get a refresher. Monday 26 June DESIGN YOUR OWN KNITTED CARDIGAN Come along to the Design Your Own Knitted Cardigan full-day workshop. Aimed at confident knitters and budding designers with some knowledge of knitting. Learn how to work out a pattern for a simple stocking-stitch cardigan. Friday 14 July FINISHING TIPS FOR KNITTERS WORKSHOP Aimed at those of you who know the basic knit and purl and can read and understand a pattern, this is a great day out to sort out any niggles you’ve come across at the final stages of a…

Wordwise You have 15 minutes to find as many words as possible using the letters shown in the grid. Each word must contain four or more letters, one of which must be the central square. No letter can be used more than once in each word. No proper nouns, plurals or foreign words are allowed. There is one nine-letter word in the grid, for which this week’s clue is: Type of pen. WORD COUNT 24 = Good More than 29 = Well done! You c an work it out... Sudoku To solve this puzzle, fill in the grid so that each 3 x 3 box, each row and each column contains the numbers 1-9. Linkwords Fit 10 words into the grid so that each links with the end of the…

Aries 21 Mar – 20 Apr This is a great time to learn something new. You might meet someone special with whom you share common interests. Taurus 21 Apr – 21 May Venus in your sign is making you popular. So make sure you get out to meet as many people as you can! Gemini 22 May – 21 Jun Important conversations are under good aspects for you. If you need to sign a contract, do it this week. Cancer 22 Jun – 23 Jul You’re going to need some quiet time. Try to take at least 15 minutes out a day just for you. Leo 24 Jul – 23 Aug You might be considering a move. Planning an overseas trip is also under good aspects for you. Virgo 24…

Decluttering is better than sex – that seems to be the current thinking. Discarding surplus possessions, they say, is not only deeply satisfying but life-changing as well. Indeed, if the raft of volumes on the subject is to be believed, clearing our worktops and streamlining the bookshelves will not only give us less to dust, it’ll open up our minds to exciting new horizons, bring us tranquillity, peace and contentment, and set us on the road to success, riches and eternal positive thought. Well, who wouldn’t want a slice of that? I’ve already experienced the small glow of achievement and relief that accompanies the occasional delivery to the charity shop, so I love the idea of a mass clear-out. I can imagine culling my possessions down to the barest essentials…

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Fiction Editor, Gaynor We think you’ll love this touching Land Army story The cow, like all the others, knows that Sally’s hopeless at this Land Army lark. At milking. Much the same way as the horse knows she’s hopeless at making it pull the cart. It’s as if the animals don’t want her working there. Mr Hetherington has enough problems, they seem to infer. It’s her mother’s fault; she arranged it. And if she’s expecting a letter, she can wait. She hasn’t a word to write to her. Sally heaves herself back to her feet after yet another toppling by a cow. Why do they have to be so big and clumsy, so strong? And why so... scary? Picking up the milking stool, she sits back down on it and…

Knitting Editor Teresa Worked in stocking stitch with moss-stitch edgings, the subtle flare of the box-style pleats that are created with cable needles give this cardigan such a flattering shape Easy-peasy A Bit More Tricky Hard–ish Quite A Challenge TESTED BY US So It Works For You MEASUREMENTS To fit sizes 91 (97) (102) (107) cm/36 (38) (40) (42) in. Actual measurements 101.5 (108) (114) (120.5) cm/ 40 (42½) (45) (47½) in. Side seam 39 (39) (39.5) (39.5) cm/15¼ (15¼) (15½) (15½) in. Length to shoulder 60 (60) (61.5) (61.5) cm/23½ (23½) (24¼) (24¼) in. Sleeve seam All sizes 48cm/19in. MATERIALS 10 (11) (12) (13) 50g (116m) balls of Sublime Extra Fine Merino Wool DK (100% wool) in Peridot (487)*. Pair of 4mm (No.8) knitting needles; 2 cable needles; 7…

Health Advice From Woman’s Weekly’s GP Dr Melanie Wynne-Jones has more than 30 years’ experience as a GP Surgery News Teenage Angst Around a quarter of UK 15-year-olds say they’re bullied several times a month, and three-quarters feel anxious before school tests. These rates are among the highest in a world survey of teenagers by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, although UK teenagers still scored 70% for life satisfaction. Interestingly, worse scores were linked to high home internet usage on weekdays. True Or False? People who eat nuts are healthier. True, according to international research that says those who nibble 20g a day are less likely to die of lung and coronary heart disease and some cancers. Fit To Drive? New guidance from the General Medical Council means…

He may be struggling with his age QMy husband and I haven’t made love for over a year. He keeps saying we’re too old for it. I had begun to believe him until I went out with a group of friends who are the same age a few weeks ago and they told me they’re all still very physical with their partners. I’m now wondering if he’s gone off me. Name and address withheld A It’s easy for us to blame ourselves for something that’s very unlikely to have anything to do with us. So the answer is to try to do something to resolve the situation. As you discovered by talking to your friends, we’re never too old for intimate sexual relationships. That said, some people may not want…

Japan: Land Of The Rising Sun Departures up to November 2017 and March-November 2018. The price includes: Return flights, taxes and transfers Four-star hotels with breakfast and three meals See Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kegon Falls, Lake Chuzenji and Mt Fuji view, plus Ginza boat trip, aerial gondola and bullet train Bruges By Eurostar Departures up to November 2017. The price includes: Eurostar and return rail from most mainline stations*, taxes and transfers Three nights in a three- or four-star hotel right in the heart of the old preserved town Walking tour of Bruges, a visit to a traditional chocolatier, plus see Ypres and its First World War battlefield Australia Departures August and October 2017. The price includes: Return flights, taxes and transfers Three- to five-star hotels with breakfast in Melbourne, Adelaide,…

Our Experts Appliances Internet Digital Animals Finance/ consumer Legal This Week EMMA MARCHINGTON a small animal vet at Brelades Vets in Surrey, is our expert in animal health. Choosing A Puppy Q I’m thinking about getting a puppy from a private breeder; what should I look out for when we go to choose her? It’s important to choose your puppy from a responsible breeder, otherwise you could end up with an animal that is underage or unwell – leading to vet’s bills and stress at what should be an exciting time. Ideally you will meet both the parents, but do make sure you at least see the mother. Try to see your puppy with its littermates. It’s a good sign if all the pups are energetic, interested and playful. Your…

Are you the sort of person who creates vivid mental pictures as you read? If so, you should brace yourself for a shock because you join me this week at the swimming baths. Every Wednesday I meet two friends, Jane and Nikki, for a swim. There’s no need, by the way, to brace yourself for the sight of either Jane or Nikki in swimwear. Jane is short and slim. She drinks herbal teas, avoids sugar, when she steps on to the scales they sigh with pleasure. Nikki, by contrast, is tall and well built. And by ‘well built’ I don’t mean hefty. I mean that she was put together by craftsmen who took care with their work. If the Venus de Milo had arms, she would soon get fed up…