Innholdsfortegnelse for 08-nov-16 i Woman's Weekly

Awayday I spent a lovely day in the Cotswolds with my cousin (and his gorgeous dog). His house is in a beautiful little village called Naunton, which boasts a remarkable and unusually large stone-built, four-gabled, 15th-century dovecote (below). Nesting Spot Inside, the dovecote had 1,175 nestholes, 903 of which are still open and used by nesting birds. The louvre, or lantern, at the top of the building was designed to allow the doves in and out, but not hawks who can’t fly vertically as they would need to. What A Dream This shot from a property magazine I was drooling over is pinned on the noticeboard over my desk now. It’s literally my perfect bedroom view. Well, you can but dream.…

Aries 21 Mar - 20 Apr A surprise encounter may be beneficial and a new acquaintance could turn out to be a real jewel. Taurus 21 Apr - 21 May Be patient in your communications: be sure you’ve understood the other person before jumping to conclusions. Gemini 22 May - 21 Jun If you’ve been having challenges with someone, things can ease up this week. Be ready to act on intuition. Cancer 22 Jun - 23 Jul The stars favour anything creative this week. Give yourself permission to do something that gives you pleasure. Leo 24 Jul - 23 Aug Changes around your home and family could appear. Try to be flexible and don’t focus on one solution, as there are several that would work. Virgo 24 Aug - 23…

‘A new friend insisted we borrow their cottage. It was unlocked, they said, so we could walk right in…’ My summer holidays with my Canadian wife and kids should be easy affairs, and they are… except for one little detail. The Canadians possess an essential niceness and politeness to their existence that has long since disappeared from our fair shores. Travelling in a lift in this well-mannered country can be complicated. No Canadian wants to be so rude as to push in front of the other elevator occupants, so everyone refuses to exit first. This leads to a ‘Canadian stand-off’ in which the doors actually shut before anybody makes anything so boorish as a decision to leave, which in turn leads to a scramble and a serious volley of apologies…

Pick Your Shade An easy way to find a blusher that is guaranteed to suit you is to think about the colour you would flush naturally and mimic that shade as closely as possible. Still not sure? No worries, simply follow our foolproof blusher guide to uncover your perfect match. PorcelainA pale, rosy pink will add a glow to the fairest skin. PaleOpt for apricot or soft peach to brighten your complexion. GoldenCoral looks great with a sun-kissed tan. OliveWarm orangey tones will work brilliantly. AsianA deep peony-pink colour will soften into your skin. BlackGo for beautiful berry tones, like cherry and raspberry. Pick Your Texture Powder If you have an oily or combination complexion type, powders are your best bet for their long-wearing properties. Whereas they can look chalky…

Triangle Trees Using red, green and yellow paint, decorate the tree with scallops, zigzags, baubles, lines and dots. You can try out different shapes and patterns. Try watering down the paint or mixing up different shades. Finish with a glitter shape on top. Easy-peasy A Bit More Tricky Hard–ish Quite A Challenge YOU WILL NEED Card blanks – ours measure 15cm square Watercolours in a selection of colours Fine paintbrush Mixing dish – we used an old plate Tracing paper Ruler Pencil and an eraser PVA glue Glitter Kitchen towel 1 Trace off the triangle and pot templates, far right, using a pencil and ruler. Position on the front of the card and lightly trace off. Don’t press too hard – it will be rubbed off later. 2 Squeeze a…

This quirky toy set will provide hours of fun for kids who like to plant and grow. The base is made in half trebles using car sponges as pads for the soil pieces that can be slotted or sewn in place with gaps for the veg to go into. You can make as many veg in double crochet as you like with your leftover yarn, the more the merrier! Easy-peasy A Bit More Tricky Hard–ish Quite A Challenge MEASUREMENTS Carrot: Approx 11.5cm/4½in long, excluding stalks. Beetroot: Approx 8cm/3in long, excluding stalks and root end. Potato: Approx 12cm/4¾in long. Trough: Approx 30 x 18 x 13cm/11¾ x 7 x 5in. MATERIALS For the set: 1 x 50g (140m) ball of Hayfield Bonus DK (100% acrylic) in each of Bright Orange (981),…

Arthritis produces joint pain, swelling, stiffness and heat. It’s caused by more than 200 medical conditions, particularly osteoarthritis (OA) and inflammatory arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It attacks the cartilage covering bony surfaces, but can damage surrounding tissues, too. It’s important to find out what’s causing it, as inflammation can trigger rapid destruction, and affect other organs. Tests you may need OA shows up on X-rays, although these aren’t always needed. But if your doctor suspects inflammation, you’ll also need blood tests to identify the cause. You may also need tests on other organs to check you can safely take certain medicines. Inflammatory arthritis As well as RA, joint inflammation can be caused by viruses, gout, psoriasis and ‘multi-system’ or immune-system diseases, such as lupus and inflammatory bowel disease.…

‘Magnesium Cured My Migraines’ Over the years, my migraines had become noticeably more frequent (up to four a month) and really impacted on my everyday life. I was incapacitated and unable to work for several days. I couldn’t drive and the pain was so bad, I couldn’t even speak on the phone. I also felt that I was letting people down. I missed out on lots of social occasions – including a friend’s wedding. Annoyingly, there didn’t seem to be any specific triggers for my headaches. Before an attack, I would start to feel drowsy and my eyesight would get hazy. Then the migraine would kick in – with nausea and vomiting, light sensitivity, and blinding pain in my eyes, across the top of my head and into my neck.…

Stay George Clooney and the Clintons are among the celebs who have stayed at Hotel Les Armures (0041 22 310 9172; hotel-les-armures.ch; B&B from £195). In the heart of the Old Town, this is a charming, intimate 17th-century residence. The renovated four-star Home Swiss Hotel (0041 22 322 9550; homeswisshotel.ch; B&B from £133) is a 10-minute walk from downtown. The contemporary decor includes outsize artistic photographs of Switzerland adorning bedroom walls. A cheaper alternative is Hotel De Geneve (0041 22 908 5400; hotel-de-geneve.ch; B&B from £90). The family-run hotel styled like a mountain chalet has 39 simply decorated rooms and lies just 10 minutes from the lake. Eat Although you’ll need deep pockets when dining out, the city boasts some exquisite eateries. Treat yourself to a dinner cruise aboard Savoie…

This Week CAROLINE RODRIGUES is a home economist and interiors writer. She’ll answer your questions on home appliances. Our Experts • Appliances • Internet • Digital • Animals • Finance/ consumer • Legal Q Why are woodburning stoves so popular? It’s great to come home to the warmth of a real fire, but when the mesmerising flames are enclosed in a stove, the efficiency increases to around 80%, far better than an open fire which scores just 25%. Stoves come in styles to suit every home. Heavy, cast-iron models generally have traditional looks, including intricate detailing and curvy legs, while steel stoves tend to come in more contemporary shapes. Some stoves are made from both materials, and many have design options, such as a pedestal instead of legs, or a…

Anybody who has any rags or bones puts them on eBay Better late than never, eh, missus?’ said the chimney sweep. Sensible people have their chimneys swept in September, and at the end of the month the sweeps all leave the country to spend the rest of the year in Bermuda. It’s a well-known fact that you can’t get a hotel room in Bermuda from October to August, because they’re all booked up with chimney sweeps enjoying the high life and occasionally polishing their brushes in preparation for the big day – 1 September. Have you ever known a sweep to visit at any other time? Well, there you are then. Mr Jeffries, whose father appeared in full sweep’s uniform, brushes and all, at our wedding, was originally pencilled in…

You may have noticed something missing from our usual Woman’s Weekly annual schedule this past few months. As the tens of thousands of you who joined us there know, for the past three years we have held the Woman’s Weekly Live! show in Manchester. This year, we decided it was time for a change. As is so often the way with change, it has taken a little longer than we anticipated. Our plans for the newly formatted show are still in development. But anxious not to let a whole year go by without giving you a chance to experience the magazine in the flesh, so to speak, I’m delighted to say that we’re bringing you the exclusive Woman’s Weekly Christmas Pop-Up at the ExCel Centre, in London, on 17, 18…

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I didn’t want to compete with Christine’s angelic glow Fiction Editor, Gaynor Honesty is always the best policy, as this charming story shows I’d vowed to always be myself. I’d avoid airs and graces. The night I broke that vow, I was in a strange mood. It would have been my 20th wedding anniversary, if things had turned out differently. I wore a red dress. I tottered about in high heels. My nails were painted scarlet, my hair blow-dried straight. I simpered, giggled and acted oh-so-feminine. Unfortunately, that’s the night Adrian (a friend of a friend) attended the same party. He met me while I wore a disguise. I was pretending to be someone else for a while, you see. The next time I saw Adrian, he stood outside my…

You will receive • A Watercolour Kit (two sheets of watercolour paper, a dot palette of paints, an artist-quality brush and two frame mounts) from the Society For All Artists in partnership with Hochanda. • Your live and fully interactive teaching experience will be delivered online to you via your PC, tablet, mobile or TV and will remain available to you to watch any time, for 60 days. • Internationally acclaimed artist Matthew Palmer will lead you brushstroke by brushstroke through your personal Hochanda Masterclass, showing you how to paint two stunning landscapes. Need extra help? The class is fully interactive, meaning that while you paint along, you can ask questions via online chat, Skype or by phone. Even if you are a beginner, your success is guaranteed! To order,…

• Buy4 of any variety for £6.99 • Buy 40 (4 of each variety) for £19.90 (RRP £69.90) – saving £50! This everlasting perennial collection contains wonderful garden favourites specially selected to flower from late spring until autumn. These high-quality plants will add volume to your garden for many years to come, as they multiply from year to year. Supplied as bare root plants. COLLECTION COMPRISES: • Eryngium ‘Sea Holly’ • Lupin ‘Russell Hybrids’ • Kniphofia ‘Red Hot Poker’ • Gypsophila ‘Rosea’ • Echinacea • Liatris ‘Spicata’ • Delphinium ‘Mixed’ • Aquilegia ‘McKana Hybrids’ • Hollyhock ‘Chater’s Double’ • Physalis ‘Franchetii’ WW Gardening Magazine Editor Geoffrey Palmer’s Tip ‘Deadhead perennial flowers as they fade to encourage more blooms. In autumn, remove old foliage and apply a mulch of…

Emergency Contraception A copper intrauterine device (IUD/coil) is the most effective way to prevent conception after unprotected sex, according to a new Quality Standard from NICE. Unlike the morning-after pill, which must be taken within 72 hours, the IUD can be used up to five days later, or within five days of ovulation. Contact your GP or sexual health clinic (nhs.uk) as soon as you can. True Or False? Eating the same foods every day is good for you. False, according to researchers who say that although sticking to our ‘go-to’ foods may help to shed pounds, eating a wide variety of foods as part of a healthy, balanced diet is better for our health – provided we don’t actually eat more! Smartphone-ready Health The NHS is to spend millions…

It’s important to be mindful of others Q I went to a concert a few weeks ago that was superb. The audience showed their appreciation by clapping and the conductor said they’d do an encore. He then said he was going to repeat one of the pieces as he’d just heard that the composer had died. The woman next to me became hysterical and sobbed inconsolably. It left a very unpleasant taste to what could have been a lovely evening. I wrote and complained and was told I had no compassion. Norah, Dublin A I think we all need to consider the background reasons why people behave in the way they do. The conductor was clearly moved by this person’s death and wanted to honour them, which in principle was…

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Art Deco Ladies These extremely popular Art Deco figures can be found in a variety of materials, including plaster and spelter (a zinc alloy similar in appearance to bronze), but the best examples are cast in bronze by well-known makers such as Josef Lorenzl, Ferdinand Preiss and Demétre Chiparus. The figurines were highly stylised and often portrayed scantily clad women in underwear, sporting attire or the newly fashionable trousers. This table lamp (below) at 53cm high is made of spelter, unsigned and is worth around £100. Meanwhile, the patinated bronze pyjama girl (top right) is also unsigned and consequently has a value of only £400-£600. The rarer and more desirable model in patinated bronze with carved ivory limbs and head (far left) stands 35cm high on a stepped green onyx…

Karen Murray, 54 Tell us about your look… I love autumnal colours – khaki greens, browns and tans. They’re so my colours! I like a smart casual look and bought this jacket from H&M a couple of years ago. It always spruces up an outfit. I’ve added a lace top from Tesco – I love a bargain and it was such a good fit that I’ve gone back and bought another! My chinos are a great wardrobe staple. I also love jeans but am equally happy in a wrap dress or maxi. I wear sandals until it gets too cold and love a bright nail polish. And the best bit of your body? I like my slim wrists. You Wore It Well Dorothy Conway, 1954 ‘I am now 80 but…

Christmas Cake Recipe A moist and moreish fruit cake Serves 24 1 Heat the oven to 160°C or Gas Mark 3. Put the sherry or brandy in a large pan. Add the orange zest and juice, prunes or apricots, currants, sultanas and raisins. Cover and heat gently for 5 mins, until the fruit is plumped up and most of the liquid absorbed. Cool. Tip half the fruit and liquid into a food processor and blend until smooth. 2 Cream together the butter and dark or light muscovado sugar, until light and fluffy. Gradually whisk in the eggs. 3 Sieve in the flour and mixed spice, and tip in the almonds; do not mix in. Spoon in the whole fruit…

Meet The Team FREE Craft Workshop on Thursday, Friday and Saturday Join us for these free taster sessions; book at the booking desk in the pop-up area 10.30–11.30am Stitch a cute owl – for all levels 12 noon–1pm Stitch a Christmas card – for all levels Crochet Workshop on Thursday and Saturday Join us for these free taster sessions; book at the booking desk in the pop-up area 2–3pm Learn to crochet – for absolute beginners 3.30–4.30pm Amigurumi – for those who can already crochet Full-Day Amigurumi Workshop Friday 18 November To book your place, call 0800 024 1212 between 10am and 4pm (Monday to Friday). Payment by MasterCard, Visa or Maestro; no booking can be taken on the day. We must receive your booking by phone no later than…

Rupert is laid up. He twisted his ankle doing the hokey-cokey Monica is a compulsive shopper. It’s been coming on for months. She’s one of the clients on my round, pixie cut and pink highlights. Last week, I had to shout through the letter box, because the front door was blocked with packages. She called from an upstairs window, “Round the back, Delores. It’s easier.” Well, I pushed open the door to the kitchen and there were boxes of new shoes and handbags everywhere. Not to mention the hats, balanced on every surface. I said, “Monica, where on earth would you wear that hat with the imitation fruit piled on top?” She grinned. “Oh, that’s Nanna Peg’s. She saw it on eBay. Ever since she did that silver surfer course…