Innholdsfortegnelse for 17-Apr-2018 i Woman's Weekly

I sometimes think that if we’re lucky, life’s like a special meal in a restaurant. The starter is our childhood, full of excitement of what’s to come. The main course is our early adulthood, perhaps raising children or forging a career. And once the family has grown up, hopefully it’s time for dessert – a chance to enjoy ourselves with less immediate responsibilities. Later retirement is the coffee, as the meal draws to a close. I suppose a life well-lived is one where at the end we are full, and happy to stop eating, ready for whatever may lie ahead. Unfortunately, though, life doesn’t go that smoothly for everyone. So do look out for ideas on helping the lonely members of our community on page 10, plus we’ve got some…

‘We were excited to find we had real smuggler links’ • Best known for starring opposite Judi Dench in BBC sitcom As Time Goes By, actor Geoffrey Palmer, OBE, 90, more recently appeared in 2014 film Paddington. We caught up with Geoffrey and his wife, Sally Green, at Simpson’s In The Strand... How do you take your tea? I prefer lemon and ginger. That’s what I like – something herbal. But not green tea – I think that’s rather nasty. Do you have it with a biscuit? No, I try not to, because I’m fat enough already. What's your proudest achievement? Surviving this long in reasonable shape! My secret is having a wife who looks after me and trying not to complain too much, but I don’t always succeed in…

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Aries 21 Mar - 20 Apr Your energy level is high and you’ll be able to accomplish a great deal. Exciting times ahead! Taurus 21 Apr - 21 May If you’re thinking of changing your appearance – a new hairdo, clothes, or look – this is a good week to do it. Gemini 22 May - 21 Jun If there’s a subject you’ve always been interested in but not explored, now’s the time to learn something new. Cancer 22 Jun - 23 Jul Get your priorities in order this week. Are you living your life in accordance with your top three priorities? Leo 24 Jul - 23 Aug Gratitude is the attitude this week. The more you’re thankful for what you have, the more will be given to you. Virgo…

Age UK Age UK aims to reduce loneliness in older people by offering activities and services, such as help to get online, befriending schemes and lunch clubs. To find out about volunteering opportunities, visit ageuk.org.uk or call 0800 169 8787. Contact the Elderly Contact the Elderly is a national organisation that runs tea parties for the elderly throughout the UK. To find out more, visit contact-the-elderly.org.uk or call 0800 716 543.…

Sleep Well One in three of us struggle to get a good night’s sleep, according to the NHS. Lack of zzzs can leave your skin dull and dry, so give your beauty sleep a helping hand with Tisserand Sleep Better Pillow Mist, £8.95. It contains a mix of pure jasmine, sandalwood and lavender essential oils to help you relax and drift off in no time. Ace Your Base Lighten up your make-up with L'Oréal Bonjour Nudista Awakening Skin Tint, £9.99. Easy to blend, it’s packed with a cocktail of skin-nurturing vitamins that will leave your complexion looking fresh and dewy – perfect if you’re suffering from post-winter dullness. Do A Detox Banish the winter blues well and truly from your skin with a clay mask to draw out impurities and…

YOU WILL NEED •A Bit More Tricky Takes 4 hours Tracingpaperandpencil 25cm of 112cm-wide lightweight denim fabric 25cm of 110cm-wide mustard patterned cotton fabric 30cm square of three coordinating patterned cotton fabrics 45cm of 90cm-wide lightweight wadding One 20cm zip for vertical bag One 22.5cm zip for horizontal bag 20cm of 1cm-wide ribbon Matching sewing threads Stockists: Bethan Janine Cuckoo Calling Scandi flowers & trees on white, Bethan Janine Cuckoo Calling flower medallions on mustard, Bethan Janine Cuckoo Calling dandelion heads on orange and Bethan Janine Cuckoo Calling silhouette of feather stem on pink, £2.95 per fat quarter, Celtic Fusion Fabrics ( celticfusionfabrics.com ). Towels (in background), from £4, George Home at Asda FINISHED SIZE: VERTICAL BAG 20 X 21CM, HORIZONTAL BAG 9 X 23.5CM…

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Dear Keren I’m 46 and I’ve been single until now. I’ve recently moved in with my partner and we’re planning to get married. I like sex, but he wants to make love daily – sometimes twice a day – and I often don’t feel like it. I’ve tried to talk to him but it doesn’t get me very far. I don’t want to hurt his feelings and I don’t want to spoil our relationship. Name and address withheld When you say you don’t ‘get very far’, it makes me wonder what’s happening in your conversations. Sometimes when we’re anxious, we either skirt around the subject so that the other person has no idea we’re trying to discuss something with them – or we approach it in the wrong way. Do…

‘Why don’t you and I go out to dinner tonight? My treat, of course…’ The people who write old proverbs have no idea what they’re talking about. Do too many cooks really spoil the broth? Well, it depends how much broth you’re making, doesn’t it? I think one cook would probably struggle to make broth for, say, a banquet of 200 people without spoiling it. By the same principle, a problem shared is not a problem halved. It’s more like a problem doubled. First, you had the problem, then you shared it. Now somebody else has the problem, too. They are worrying about it on your behalf. Still, I have never been one for keeping my problems to myself. The great thing about sharing problems – and, let’s be generous,…

• Plant the ‘miniature' Gladiolus nanus varieties in containers to decorate the patio. These petite and demure varieties are early flowering with star-like blooms, often with distinctive cerise markings on the petals, surrounded by fans of tall, tapering green foliage. • Give evergreen groundcover a flowery overcoat by allowing the delicate and versatile Clematis alpina ‘Frances Rivas’ to sprawl over it. The pale-blue nodding blooms appear from March to May. Facebook Feedback What is your favourite movie quote? SARAH JAUCH ‘Life is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re going to get’ – Forrest Gump EM DAY ‘Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn’ – Gone with the Wind SUSAN NEWSON ‘Just keep swimming, just keep swimming' – Finding…

Lucy Bacon, 30 Tell us about your look… Well, I work for Topshop, so most of what I’m wearing is from there! This coat has been my absolute best buy. I’ve worn it right through the winter and it’s still on trend for chilly spring days. My lilac sweater is from Zara – another colour (besides pink) that I’ve recently fallen in love with. I like layering, as you can create a very unique and individual look. I usually wear trainers, and have quite a collection. These are by Adidas. And the best bit of your body? My hair colour. Nicola Corrigan, 49 Tell us about your look… I love orange, so this oversized cable-knit sweater is a favourite of mine. I spotted it in a local independent boutique. My…

Explore Suffragists at the Hall Back in 1918, the UK Parliament passed an act allowing women to vote. Join the immersive drama tour of the Royal Albert Hall and hear the stories of the suffrage campaign, as part of their ‘Women and the Hall’ season, celebrating a centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918. Running until 10 June. • To book, visit royalalberthall.com Watch A Midsummer Night’s Dream Following its successful run at the Lyric Hammersmith and Royal Exchange in Manchester in 2012, A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been revived. Opening in London on 13 April, it will head to cities including Hull, Oxford and Cambridge until 9 June. • For more information, visit lyric.co.uk Discover Legoland The world-famous Windsor Resort has officially re-opened for the 2018 season.…

‘It’s a real privilege to go through life with him… It clarifies your priorities’ Sally Phillips has been providing the laughs on-screen for years, having played such characters as sweary Shazza in the Bridget Jones movies and Tilly in TV’s Miranda. But off-screen, the mum-of-three has had to deal with more serious issues. Sally married Andrew Bermejo in 2003, and their eldest son Oliver, 12, was born with Down’s syndrome. While chatting with us, the 47-year-old reveals that she and Andrew separated just over a year ago, and he’s ‘set up a bachelor pad round the corner’. And while Sally admits it’s been hard to raise a child with Down’s syndrome, it’s clear when we speak to her how much she loves Oliver and how proud she is of him.…

Please put your hand up if you’re interested in losing weight instantly. Wow! There’s one heck of a lot of women out there desperate for a quick fix. Well, I have some good news: I have the miraculous cure we’ve all been looking for! And do you know what? It’s actually healthy. We can all lose weight in seconds if we each make the decision to empty our handbag. Our bodies will rejoice and thank us profusely. Just think how much excess baggage we carry around with us on a daily basis. Unless, that is, you’re one of the very rare few who have beautifully neat and tidy handbags. My lovely friend Bev is like that, but she is unique, as far as I know. Her handbag deserves awards. Is…

• Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol It took 33 years to build Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s masterpiece. Sadly he didn’t live to see it, but it was completed as a monument to his genius in 1864. • Mathematical Bridge, Cambridge This bridge across the river Cam was built in 1749. Its wooden beams seem to be curved, but actually they’re all dead straight – a trick of complex geometry that gives the bridge its name. • Glenfinnan Viaduct, Inverness-shire Opened in 1901 and one of the first major concrete structures in the UK, this spectacular railway viaduct appeared in the Harry Potter films. • Tyne Bridge, Gateshead The towers of this bridge, which has connected Newcastle and Gateshead since 1928, were meant to be warehouses. But the internal floors were never built.…

Knitting Editor Teresa Spruce up your living space with brand-new cushions – the first has a ridged pattern that is created by picking up stitches six rows below and knitting together. The embossed leaf effect is knit and purl stitches, and the final one has panels of intarsia leaves. A Bit More Tricky Ridged Cushion MEASUREMENTS Approximately 35 x 45cm/ 13¾ x 17¾in. MATERIALS 4 x 50g (116m) balls of Wendy Merino DK (100% wool) in Purple (Mulberry 2372) and 1 x 25g (200m) ball of Wendy Air (70% kid mohair, 30% nylon) in Lilac (Tilly 2624)*. Pair of 4mm (No. 8) knitting needles; 35 x 45cm cushion pad. Yarn is available from theknittingnetwork.co.uk. TENSION 22 stitches and 28 rows, to 10 x 10cm, over stocking stitch, using 4mm needles…

Being a carer is tough, even when done willingly and with love. Around one in eight adults is a full or part-time carer, often juggling work and family too, and saving the economy over £132billion a year. Many put their own lives on hold, and they’re twice as likely to have physical or mental health problems, too. You may want to devote every moment to the person you’re caring for if they only have limited time. Longer term, this is difficult, and you must consider your own needs, even if you can’t face thinking about life after caring. But it’s important, both now and for the future, to maintain other relationships and friendships, even if you’re busy and tired. It’s worth mastering a smartphone – calls, texts, emails and the…

What’s A Natural Nutritionist? The saying goes, ‘You are what you eat.’ But I say, ‘You are what you can digest.’ Digestion is vital to good health. You can eat all the raw, organic food in the world but if you don’t digest it properly, it’s not going to help. So many things can affect digestion – stress, too much caffeine or smoking... My job is to look not only at what you eat but what your lifestyle is like surrounding that, which can have an impact. I gave up a promising law career and left my home in Lithuania to study at the College of Naturopathic Medicine in London. While I was studying my law degree I was becoming increasingly interested in nutrition since becoming vegetarian and turning to…

When it comes to after-dinner treats, this one certainly hit the high notes. The dining-room doors on La Bella Vita swung open to reveal a musician and two singers, who burst into a repertoire of arias from Mozart’s Magic Flute, Puccini’s La Bohème and more. Italy might be the home of opera, but we’d never expected the performance to come to us. The musical surprise was among the standout memories during a week that took us on a historic and gastronomic voyage of discovery from Mantua to Venice. To the uninitiated, hotel barges might conjure up images of cramped and pretty basic narrow boats. While many of them began life as working vessels transporting cargo, their modern-day guise is very different. La Bella Vita, one of a fleet of barges…

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 on animal health. Q My friend’s dog had a seizure and I felt so helpless. What could I have done to help? Just like people, dogs can suffer from epilepsy, and some may have a number of seizures during their lifetime. In these cases, the owners will have had advice from their vet, and may keep a prescription drug ready to use when needed. The first time you see a seizure can be very scary, but try to stay calm. Turn the lights low if you can, and keep any noise down. Make sure the animal is still breathing, and…

Kathlyn Harper, 1980 This is my husband and me, dressed for my niece’s wedding in Glasgow University Chapel when our daughter was a bridesmaid. I was 50 at the time. My dress was cream with shoes, bags and gloves to tone. I loved big hats and wore them regularly to church. We’d love to see how great you looked – in any era up to and including the 1980s. Please send a good-quality photo with your name, address and daytime phone number clearly written on the back, to: Fashion Dept, Woman’s Weekly, 161 Marsh Wall, London E14 9AP. Photos will be returned.…

Harvester’s app lets you know about the latest deals and offers that the restaurant chain is running. Enjoy exclusive offers and rewards. Regular deals includes Kids Eat for £1 during the school holidays and special set-menu offers around certain calendar hooks, such as Mother’s Day. They also regularly run deals that offer guests up to 40% off their bill. • For more information, visit harvester.co.uk/offers/new-harvester-app Wicked Wit ‘A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose’ Actor and comedian Tom Wilson…

When To See Your GP Back pain usually improves in a few weeks. But if not, see your doctor, or in case of the following: • The pain gets worse over time. • It stops you doing everyday activities. • You’re struggling to cope with the pain. Get immediate medical advice if you have any of these additional symptoms: • A fever. • Difficulty weeing. • Chest pain. • Loss of bladder/bowel control. • Unexplained weight loss. • A swelling in your back. This advice is general. For tailored advice, or if you’re worried, consult your GP. Lighten Your Load On average, a woman’s handbag weighs 6.2kg – as heavy as two house bricks! ‘Having a heavy bag on your shoulder, plus the shift in posture you make to carry…

The Stripy Jumper This versatile striped jumper with three-quarter sleeves is machine washable. Jumper, £55, sizes s-xl, Monsoon Wear It Smart Wear It Casual Take The Trousers And Wear Them Like This, Too…

Pesto Pork With Sautéed Cabbage And Leek A delicious midweek dish if you’re looking for a light supper – or, for a heartier meal, add a big spoonful of buttery mash. SERVES 2 1 Season the pork medallions with salt and pepper. Heat a small frying pan with 2tbsp of the olive oil and cook the medallions over a medium heat for 3-4 mins each side, until just cooked through and golden. 2 Meanwhile, heat the remaining olive oil in a medium-sized frying pan and cook the cabbage-and-leek mix over a medium heat for 5-6 mins, stirring occasionally until just tender. Season generously with salt and pepper, then spoon on to warmed plates. Top with the pork, spoon over the reduced-fat pesto and serve…

Ask again to see your medical records QWe’re planning to move to America and I know we’ll need a medical, where they’ll ask to see our health records. I want to know if there’s anything in our records that might affect our plans. I mentioned this to the practice nurse and she said that would be difficult, as patients can’t see their old records. But I thought there was a freedom of information act that allows us to see any information held about us. What can I do? Sally, London A My understanding is that there’s nothing in the law that would prevent you from seeing your records, so it may be worth talking to her again or asking to speak to one of the GPs. You can find some…

The story so far: In Norfolk, KAZ is deliberately befriending Ingrid, the woman she’s convinced took her baby cousin from a shopping centre almost 30 years earlier. On a bedroom wall in the cottage she’s rented adjoining Ingrid’s, Kaz has stuck hundreds of images, notes and cuttings about the case. RICH, her estranged policeman boyfriend, leaves her a message saying he’d like to meet up, while an unsuspecting Ingrid invites her to a barbecue when her son visits at the weekend. Arriving back in Norfolk, ADAM is unsettled when his mother introduces him to her Kaz, a patient he recognises from his hospital. When Rich and Kaz finally speak, she tells him she’s found CHRISTOPHER MATHERS and his abductor, and Rich advises her to go to the nearest police station.…