Innholdsfortegnelse for 25-Jul-2017 i Woman's Weekly

Best Foot Forward Knitting expert Freddie, Senior Designer Lorna and Deputy Ed Geoff all arrived in the office in matching shoes. Can you work out whose red feet are whose? Answer at the bottom of the page, and it’s not the order they’re standing in! Food And Drink We had a real food fest at WW HQ this week. First, we were sent the new range of cordials from Frobishers. I tried the Peach & Lychee and can report that it’s delicious with sparkling water and ice. Other members of the team made cocktails with theirs and were equally impressed. Then the new English Provender Hot Tomato Pickle – it definitely earns its name! – arrived accompanied by a scrumptious ploughman’s spread. Yum! Frobishers cordials, from Waitrose and Ocado or…

Aries 21 Mar – 20 Apr This is a great time to start a new venture, a new project or a new relationship. Taurus 21 Apr – 21 May Do you have any little jobs to do around the home? This is the week to tackle cleaning or renovating. Gemin 22 May – 21 Jun Try not to question yourself so much. If you are excited to do something new, just give yourself permission to enjoy it! Cancer 22 Jun – 23 Jul Your finances are under excellent aspects this week. Put the energy in, you’ll receive a great deal in return. Leo 24 Jul – 23 Aug The New Moon in your sign is energising you, making this a great time for new beginnings. Virgo 24 Aug – 23…

January 2011. As it began to grow dark, Tom Watkins’ hope that he’d find Cody, a two-year-old part-collie, began to fade with the light. He and his team had already spent hours searching. And then... in the mud of Bourne Woods in Frensham, Surrey, Tom spotted a paw print. Soon after, using torchlight to see through the rain and gloom, one of the team spotted Cody’s red collar hanging from brambles. Even now, Tom didn’t allow himself to get too optimistic. He’d put up several ‘Missing’ posters featuring Cody, but knew from experience that dogs are trickier to find than cats: ‘A missing cat (if they haven’t had an accident or been locked in a shed) will probably gravitate towards shelter, food and water or may just have found someone…

This week’s columnist: Author Jane Wenham-Jones Say what you like about Enid Blyton, but thanks to her astonishing output – upwards of 700 books – generations of children became avid readers, and I was one of them. I devoured so many of her series – especially my big favourite, The Famous Five. She got kids picking up a book not being able to put it down – even if Blue Peter was on – and that’s all good with me. I do, however, have one small gripe with Ms Blyton, despite my considerable collection of her works. And that concerns the 17 bottles of loo cleaner currently languishing in my bathroom cupboard. I am convinced it was a literary diet of remote farmhouses with pantries full of powdered egg and…

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If you want your garden to grow, it’s important to enrich the soil with organic matter. You can use well-rotted farmyard manure or buy a cleaner, manufactured soil conditioner. Best of all, though, is to make your own by recycling your kitchen and garden waste, and even your old woolly jumpers! For the sake of the environment it makes sense to take this greener approach to reducing the amount of rubbish you send to landfill. Composting at home is free and can help reduce global warming gases, so it’s good news for the planet, too. What’s more, homemade compost is a quality, nutrient-rich plant food that, when dug into the garden, will keep the soil healthy and in good heart. Plants love it as it improves soil structure, making it…

Dr Melanie Wynne-Jones has more than 30 years’ experience as a GP Surgery News The Lab Strikes Back Bacterial resistance is a worldwide cause for concern; frequent antibiotic use encourages bacteria to mutate so they’re no longer susceptible, even to the powerful ‘last resort’ drug, vancomycin. But researchers have synthesised three modifications to the way vancomycin attacks bacteria, making it harder for the bugs to keep up. It’s hoped a commercially-produced version could be 25,000 times more potent against fatal infections. True Or False? Swallowing a pill will never replace endurance-training. False, according to US scientists, who have discovered a chemical that activates mouse genes, making them able to run almost twice as long without getting tired, and less likely to gain weight or develop diabetes. Prostate Cancer Progress Men…

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According to our feature on page 40, one of the many things that could be responsible for sapping your energy is something called ‘decision fatigue’. You’ll have to have a look at the piece to find out what the rest are, but I can well believe that choice, while being vital to our wellbeing and sense of control over our lives, has become something so demanding and overwhelming that the seemingly endless need to make choices and decisions is impacting on both our physical and mental health. The decisions we make on a daily basis can be as trivial as what to wear, or have for lunch. But even those can be challenging when faced with the quantity of alternatives in our wardrobes (or, er, is that just mine?) and…

Denise Welch and I meet in rehearsal rooms in North London on 23 May, a day after her 59th birthday. But, for a variety of reasons, this birthday has added significance for the actress. It is also the anniversary of her beloved mother Annie’s death five years ago. Against expectations, though, Denise has always taken comfort from the fact that her mother died on her birthday. ‘She brought me into the world and first held me on 22 May,’ she says. ‘I was holding her as she left the world on the same date in 2012. To me, that somehow completed the circle of life.’ But now, sadly, there is a new reason to recall the date each year. When she awoke the previous day to the news of the…

40,000 pets go missing each year in the UK. 200,000-plus lost or found pets have been registered on Animal Search UK’s database, which is free to use – animalsearchuk.co.uk. 80,000 people registered with Animal Search UK volunteer to be pet patrollers, and receive information on missing pets in their area. 15 staff make up the HQ and Missing Pet Search Teams, including monitoring a 24-hour hotline, on which people can leave any information they have about sightings. ‘If someone’s knocked over a pet in an accident, they can tell us and we’ll gently break the news to the owner,’ says Tom. Pet insurance may cover the cost of Animal Search UK’s services, which range from £100 (for a ‘ Missing’ poster campaign), to £ 1,000 a day for a vehicle…

Fiction Editor, Gaynor Enjoy this haunting, rite-of-passage wartime story! I’m nearly ready, my flask full, sandwiches wrapped in foil. Last of all, I pick up the binoculars case, battered now, but lovingly buffed down the years. Outside, there’s a fullish moon – “bomber’s moon”, they used to call it. A moon like that was a double-edged sword, Peter would remind me, climbing into his tree house with the binoculars: the light would guide our pilots home, but also guide the enemy in over the Channel. At 14, he hero-worshipped the fighter pilots from the nearby base. At 17, I’d had my head turned in a different direction by the same young men stationed there: men who came from all over – Poland, Czechoslovakia, Jamaica. Their arrival was the most exciting…

Knitting Editor Teresa To celebrate Prince George’s birthday, we’ve designed this adorable soldier motif sweater using the intarsia technique. You can achieve the same effect by knitting in plain stocking stitch and Swiss darning the soldier motifs, using the chart as a guide. TESTED BY US So It Works For You Easy-peasy A Bit More Tricky Hard–ish Quite A Challenge MEASUREMENTS to fit ages 1-2 (2-3) (3-4) (4-5) years. actual chest measurements 60 (64) (68) (72.5) cm/23½ (25¼) (26¾) (28½) in. Side seam 20.5 (23) (26) (28.5) cm/8 (9) (10¼) (11¼) in. Length to shoulder 32.5 (36) (40.5) (44) cm/12¾ (14) (16) (17¼) in. Sleeve seam 20 (23) (26) (29) cm/8 (9) (10¼) (11½) in. MATERIALS 3 (4) (4) (5) 50g (180m) balls of King Cole Merino Blend 4-ply (100%…

Monday 4 September HOW TO MAKE YOUR CHARACTERS COME ALIVE WITH DELLA Characters are the lifeblood of fiction. But how do you create strong, believable characters? How do you make the reader care about them? Learn to create characters who will enchant and surprise both your reader and you! Monday 2 October HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL WITH DELLA Do you have a novel in you? Have you begun a novel and run out of steam? Or do you just need a bit more know-how and inspiration? Come along and find out how to start or progress your novel. Beginners to Intermediates Monday 9 October CREATING CHARACTERS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN! With suzAnne Think of the characters in fiction that you remember. What is it about them…

Energy sapper INACTIVITY Not exercising because you feel too tired? ‘It’s a vicious circle because being active will give you energy,’ says Janey Holliday, who runs outdoor boot camps for women (fitforaprincess.co. uk). ‘It’s usually the thought of exercising that puts people off, so just pull on your trainers and tell yourself you’ll just do 10 minutes – and you’ll probably end up doing more. Studies show that the body’s feel-good endorphins kick in after 17 minutes, so get through that first bit and you’ll feel the difference.’ Energy solution Start with a brisk morning walk. Studies show morning exercisers are not only more likely to stick with the routine but will have more energy for the day ahead. In a study by the University of Georgia, taking light exercise…

Make a change but do it slowly Q I’m tired of being everyone’s mother. My children are adults and still think I’ll always pick up the pieces and do things for them. My two sisters phone me whenever they feel slightly upset, my mother-in-law is ageing and relies on me, and my husband thinks I’m there just for him. I’m tired, and who is ever there for me? I don’t feel seen as a person by any of them. Cheryl, Coventry A When everyone treats us in the same way, it isn’t a coincidence. You’re doing something that makes them believe this is what you want and should be doing for them. Many of us create a role we like when we’re younger but may not want later on. I’m…

Answers for 11 July puzzles are on page 59. The answers to all this week’s puzzles will appear in two issues’ time Word CounT 34 = Good More than 40 = Well done! 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: Bold and certain. 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.…

Gardening Editor Adrienne’s Garden Shed New Zealand flax or phormium (left) will dramatically change the look of your garden. Make a bold statement by a pond or in the middle of a gravel bed. It needs a sunny spot to thrive. Prune espalier and cordon-trained fruit trees to allow more light and air to reach the ripening fruits. Shorten this year’s shoots that have already started to become woody at the base. Water plants regularly, especially in the vegetable garden. Fruiting crops will fail to mature if they don’t get enough water. Facebook Feedback If you could trade lives with one person for an entire day, who would it be and why? MelonIe PIckerIng The Queen... so somebody else can cook, clean and wait on me instead of the other…

Mr Toad and his friends have come a long way in a century plus, on page, stage and screen. The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame was first published in 1908. Alternately, it focuses on four animals with human characteristics and behaviour – Toad, Mole, Ratty and Badger – in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The novel was in its 31st printing when playwright AA Milne adapted part of it for the stage as Toad Of Toad Hall in 1929. Now it has been adapted again, by Julian Fellowes, for the stage as a musical, which will run at the London Palladium until 9 Septembe To book, call 0844 874 0665 or visit windinthewillowsthemusical.com Along the way, there have been countless productions, the most famous being: 1985: Broadway…

Keep up-todate photos and a recent video of your pet. Animal Search UK will store 10 photos and a video on its database free, just in case, when the press of a button will inform volunteers in your area from its network of 80,000 Pet Patrollers across the UK. Cat gone missing? Empty the contents of your vacuum cleaner in your garden. This may sound strange – and messy – but the familiar smell of home may help them get their bearings. Cats are more likely to go missing because they’re more independent,’ says Tom. ‘If people see a dog in the street, they’ll usually apprehend them, so if a dog doesn’t turn up within 24 hours, it’s often being kept deliberately concealed by someone.’ Be careful about offering a…

Cookery editor, FeliCity TESTED BY US so They Work For you FELICITY’S TIP Check there’s enough room in your fridge to fit the assembled cake and stand – because it needs to be in there overnight before serving Oreo Cookies & Cream Fridge Cake  800ml (1½pt) double cream 1tbsp vanilla bean paste 3tbsp caster sugar 4 x 154g packs Oreo Original cookies 100g (3½oz) milk chocolate, grated 42g pack Mini Oreo cookies 1 Whip the cream, until softly peaking, then stir in the vanilla bean paste and sugar. 2 Arrange 1 pack of Oreos in a circle on a serving plate or a cake stand. 3 Dollop on about a quarter of the cream and gently spread over to cover the biscuits. Sprinkle with a quarter of the grated chocolate. Repeat…

Only £79 per person held at WW in London Friday 11 August Thursday 9 November First stePs in crochet WorkshoP This full-day course is aimed at total beginners. Get to grips with how to handle your crochet hook and yarn, master a variety of stitches and tackle reading patterns. Monday 14 August MotiFs, Mandalas and Granny squares WorkshoP Join our experts to road test the basic stitches you’ve already learnt with some stylish circular projects and strengthen your pattern-reading skills. Friday 6 October Fair isle and intarsia WorkshoP Never shy away from another colour knitting project with this bright and colourful course. Join our experts to spend a morning tackling Fair Isle, learn a few ways to go about holding multiple colours as you work a row. In the afternoon,…

3 Hair-Washing Tips For A Healthier Scalp 1 Massage your scalp thoroughly when shampooing to encourage exfoliation and blood flow to the hair root. 2 Make sure the water isn’t too hot. It will dry out your hair and scalp and make your hair more prone to breaking. 3 Always use a conditioner every time you wash your hair, to add extra moisture and protection. Try Plantur 39 Conditioner (RRP £7; plantur39.co.uk). My Healthy Life Young Dentist of the Year, Dr Rhona Eskander (drrhonaeskander.com) specialises in Invisalign (invisible braces) and Regenerate (regenerating tooth enamel). Here she reveals how she boosts her health and wellbeing. My ‘go-to’ remedy Meditation and yoga: The stretching and breathing helps keep me in check and it’s the perfect way to take time out and reflect.…

Dear Keren I’m 60, divorced and have spent my life bringing up three children who are now independent. I married the wrong man in the 70s and have regretted it ever since. I need to relocate but have no friends or relatives in other areas, although I do have a few close people here. I’d like to travel but I have very little money, so I thought I could do voluntary work, but it sounds scary. I have no useful qualifications and don’t Life’s too short to have regrets that last 40 years, and long-term negative thinking has never done anyone any good. It’s just exhausting. I understand that life hasn’t gone the way you wanted, and that’s probably true for most of us. It’s important to be aware of…

Woman’s Weekly Intern, Emily Where I went Located in Mariposa County, California, Yosemite has 3,000km2 of luscious waterfalls, deep valleys and open wilderness waiting to be discovered. What I did After entering the park and taking in the stunning Tunnel View, my family and I walked several trails, including the 8km walk around Mirror Lake. As captivating as our surroundings were, it was tainted a little by panicking we’d run out of our dwindling water supply in the blazing July sunshine! Where I stayed We stayed at Tenaya Lodge, about an hour outside of the national park’s visitor hub. This idyllic retreat acted as a gateway to adventure, while also providing a perfect place to roast s’mores over a campfire at night. What I ate Typical American food was served…

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. Summer Safety Tips For Pets QWhat are the biggest risks for my dog this summer? The biggest problem is still people leaving their dog in the car in hot weather. With all the publicity there has been about this, I’m sure every dog owner is aware of the risks, but many people still don’t realise just how quickly things can go wrong, even on an overcast day. Sadly, I have seen the results of this myself first hand. If you will need to leave the dog, even for a couple of minutes, it’s best not to take them with you at all.…

You will no doubt be pleased to learn that Mr Dear’s novel is coming along nicely, thank you for asking. It’s true that he hasn’t really made much progress with the actual plot, or indeed the words, since you very kindly popped by last week. You wouldn’t look at chapter one and immediately dash off to nominate the author for a Queen’s Award for Enterprise. However, he’s made some very important decisions. ‘I thought that my hero, you know, the crime novelist who solves the mystery, could be played by Patrick Malahide,’ he said as I prepared to go out. ‘What do you mean? Played by in what?’ The television series, of course. Patrick Malahide is always very reliable. He was very good as Inspector Chisholm in Minder, and he…