Innholdsfortegnelse for 19-Jul-2022 i Woman's Weekly

When I was young, pretty much every gardener worth their salt had a rockery somewhere on their plot – usually planted up with alpines, those jewel-like plants, most of which were first found in the high, rocky outcrops of the Alps. But over the years, rockeries fell out of fashion (although alpines didn’t), and you would see them less and less. However, now they are back in vogue, which is good news for me, as we now live in a home full of naturally occurring rocks – so the whole garden is rather like a giant rockery! If you fancy the idea of reinstating a rockery in your own patch, take a look at page 42.…

ANN GILDER, 77 Tell us about your look I know what suits me and usually wear a shirt dress, so this style is a little different for me. I spotted it in M&S and fell in love with the print. It’s a slightly more relaxed fit and very comfortable. My silver trainers are also M&S. And the best bit of your body? My legs aren’t too bad. MICHELLE WILLIAMS, 60 Tell us about your look This is the first time I’ve worn this floral dress by Ghost. It’s such a cheerful colour and just so comfy. My gold metallic wedges are F&F at Tesco and my bag is DKNY. I love shopping at Zara and also M&S. I feel they’ve really upped their game recently. And the best bit of…

DAMAGE CONTROL Sea salt and chlorine can leave hair dry and brittle. Beauty Works After Sun Deep Cleanse Shampoo, £10.99, lookfantastic.com, will strip away harsh chemicals, while super hydrator vitamin E replenishes dry strands. GENTLE BRUSHING Make the Tangle Teezer The Wet Detangler Hair Brush, £13, Boots, your go-to hairbrush, especially after swimming or showering. It sorts out knots without painful tugging. SCALP SAVIOUR Often overlooked, your scalp’s health is key to happy hair. With Malibu SPF 30 Scalp Protector, £3.99, Superdrug, you can protect your scalp from burning without getting your hair greasy. CLEAN START Freshen up beach hair on the go with the KMS Conscious Style Cleansing Mist, £19.40, lookfantastic.com. The magical spray cleanses the hair by absorbing excess oils and removing product residues. NOURISH AND RENEW Coco…

BARBECUE SALMON TACOS Spicy chilli, citrusy lime and succulent barbecued salmon – this zingy combination is sure to excite your taste buds. PER SERVING 872 cals, 43g fat, 8g sat fat, 70g carbs SERVES 2 ✣ 1tsp olive oil ✣ 2 skin-on salmon fillets ✣ ½tsp chilli flakes, plus extra for garnish (optional) ✣ 1 romaine lettuce, shredded ✣ Juice of ½ lime, plus wedges, to serve ✣ ½tsp honey ✣ 2tbsp natural yogurt ✣ 1tbsp coriander, finely chopped, plus leaves for garnish ✣ 4 soft taco wraps ✣ 1 ripe avocado, stoned, peeled and sliced 1 Drizzle the oil over the salmon and scatter over the chilli flakes. Place the salmon skin-side down onto a medium, preheated barbecue. Cook for 5 mins – with the lid closed – until…

Lichen planus (LP) can affect many areas – the skin, mouth, genital areas and, more rarely, the tear ducts, nails, scalp, anus, or oesophagus. It’s unclear why this abnormal immune response happens, it isn’t contagious and most often affects middle-aged women While it can settle without treatment, it can last for years. LP can be triggered by hepatitis C infection, flu vaccine, chemicals and metals. It can also be caused by analgesics, such as ibuprofen and naproxen, or some heart disease, blood pressure or arthritis medications. On the skin, LP shows up as shiny flat-topped, very itchy purplish bumps, often marked with white lines, usually on the inner wrists, lower arms and ankles. But it can affect any skin area. Occasionally the skin later discolours, especially on darker skin. Oral…

ARIES 21 Mar – 20 Apr You have a wonderful imagination. Whatever you dream, you can manifest tangibly in your life. TAURUS 21 Apr – 21 May You possess great powers of endurance. No matter what you are facing, you have the ability to come out better than ever. GEMINI 22 May – 21 Jun This week, communications of all kinds should go well. Negotiating deals is under favourable stars for you. CANCER 22 Jun – 23 Jul Your creativity can blossom if you give it more attention. Follow your passion and you won’t go far wrong. LEO 24 Jul – 23 Aug Your home and family are the focus right now. Clearing, cleaning and recycling will bring you inner satisfaction. VIRGO 24 Aug – 23 Sep If you happen…

One of the unexpected consequences of lockdown is that cyclists have discovered our road. They sail past in squadrons of brightly-coloured Lycra, heading for the open countryside, and I can see the attraction. The surrounding area is not only picturesque, but – more important – much of it is quite flat. Almost all of the cyclists are men for whom the first flush of youth is something they keep in the attic, on the off-chance that it might one day come in useful. Many of them have grey beards, which is odd. It struck me one day, as about half a dozen grey beards flashed by, that beards aren’t very aerodynamic. Perhaps they have them to keep their chins warm. Why do I mention all this? Because the best way…

She’s forever known as Dorien Green, who had Birds of a Feather fans howling with laughter at her witty one-liners and open-mouthed in shock over her provocative and skimpy dress sense. The award-winning series ran on and off for 31 years and pulled in audiences of up to 20 million viewers at the height of its popularity, but Lesley Joseph, who created Dorien, confesses she wasn’t one of them. ‘I never watch myself on television,’ she reveals. ‘I’m too critical about the way I look – I look too old, I look big, I look small, I look this or that. ‘I can’t take it. I’d watch Dorien and think, “Ugh, look at her!” I’m very self-critical. I haven’t seen half the episodes of Birds of a Feather.’ Lesley, 76,…

When I wrote my memoir, This Much Is True, the thing I was most pleased about was what I said about my parents, because obviously people don’t know them and it’s nice that they live on in my book. They’re long dead but they very much live in me and my memories I feel like they’re with me all the time because I was very close to them. I didn’t have any brothers or sisters and I think that made us even closer. Mummy and Daddy both shaped my life hugely. I was closer to Mummy than I was to Daddy and she was a formidable, huge, warm, bubbling personality. She wasn’t educated and she desperately wanted to be, so she pushed for me to go to a good school…

BARDOT NECKLINE The ideal solution if you’re looking to show a little skin while keeping your arms covered. Adjust the neckline according to how much skin you’d like to show – wearing it on the shoulders or pulling it down slightly to reveal more décolletage. Wear a strapless bra with it. BELTED The simple addition of a belt can help cinch in your waist and create hourglass curves in an instant. Easy to wear, they add shape and definition to your smallest part. Opt for a style in the same fabric as the dress for a subtle effect, or stand out with a contrasting design. SMOCK STYLES If comfort is key, then look no further than a smock dress. The unrestricted design makes it a warm weather essential, as the…

Should I call off the deal? Q I’m trying to buy a local business and I have verbally agreed to it but not signed the contract. The goalposts keep moving on their part and I no longer think it is a viable proposition. We live in a small place and I think the owners will bad-mouth me, which won’t be good for my business. I just don’t know what to do. Name and address withheld A If your intuition is saying this is a bad buy, I would listen to it. That said, talk to a business adviser, who can verify if your concerns are valid or if they are being fuelled by fear of this big step. If you decide to pull out, you sadly can’t stop them saying…

Difficulty level YOU WILL NEED ✣ 2 x 15mm copper tubes ✣ Print, photo or postcard ✣ Ruler ✣ 15mm copper pipe cutter ✣ 4 x 15mm copper elbows ✣ Thin paintbrush ✣ Gorilla Glue ✣ 15mm copper pipe clip ✣ Mountboard ✣ Blu Tack or glue 1 Divide the copper pipe into two lengths 1cm longer and two lengths 1cm wider than the print to be framed. Cut these using the pipe cutter. Take one copper elbow and dab a little water inside with a fine paintbrush (do not wet the outer pipe as it will mark). Squeeze a generous amount of Gorilla Glue inside the elbow and push one long piece of pipe into one end and a short piece into the other. 2 Repeat until you have…

Difficulty level MEASUREMENTS Approx height including base: Desert cactus ,22cm/8¾in; Snake plant, 24cm/9½in; Bunny Ears cactus, 17cm/6¾in. MATERIALS 1 x 100g (295m) ball of Stylecraft Special DK (100% acrylic) in each of (A) Greengage (1124),(B) Apple (1852), (C) Walnut (1054) and (D) Citron (1263)*. Pair of 3mm (No. 11) knitting needles; toy stuffing; 0.50mm flower-arranging metallic wire; 7.5cm high plant pots; 53mm cardboard discs; small pebbles; large piece of brown felt. Yarn is available from theknittingnetwork.co.uk ABBREVIATIONS K, knit; p, purl; st(s), stitch(es); b, through back of loop(s); tog, together (work as many sts tog as stated); skpo, slip 1, k1, pass slipped st over; ss, stocking stitch (k on right side and p on wrong side); up1, make 1 st by picking up loop lying between needles and working…

Most of us love to go to the seaside, so it’s no real surprise that our coastline is the place to find some of the summer’s best entertainment. Here are just a few of the wonderful upcoming events to be enjoyed over the next couple of months. Taste East Devon Festival Attention all foodies! One of our loveliest regions is hosting a mouth-watering 16-day food and drink festival on 3-18 September. Some of the county’s top producers, chefs, restaurants and venues have joined forces to present a delectable array of farm feasts, brewery open days, mini masterclasses, seafood-tasting experiences, barbecues and street parties – and all on or close to Devon’s spectacular coastline. At The Kitchen (15 September), tuck into a two-course vegan meal, then stroll around the donkey sanctuary,…

When June Nelson married her husband, Bryan, in 1960, she didn’t expect to end up castaway on a desert island. Bryan was a zoology student and they spent three years studying gannets on the Bass Rock, an island in Scotland. Cramped in a garden shed, ‘crouched in fish-stinking mud’ wasn’t the early years of married life June had envisaged, so when Bryan was offered funding to study the tropical booby bird, 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, they were delighted. The trip would mean them spending a year in isolation on two uninhabited islands in The Galapagos. ‘I was really excited,’ says June. ‘We’d only been to Europe.’ With no mobiles, computers or grasp of Spanish, planning was difficult. ‘In the evenings we’d dance on the sand and listen…

Cleaning expert Lyndsey Crombie, TV’s Queen of Clean How a clean home can HELP YOUR HEALTH Having a tidy and clean home isn’t just good for keeping dirt and bacteria at bay – it’s also good for your physical and mental health. Cleaning means you’re moving your body with all the benefits that brings, and it’s a great mood-lifter. Having things uncluttered means you can find items easily, so it’s less stressful and time-consuming. It’s a good idea to stick to a routine to get into the cleaning habit, because you can’t always see when things are dirty. ✢ In the bedroom Change the bed linen weekly, mattress and pillow protectors every other week, and vacuum your mattress monthly. We spend a lot of hours in bed, where we sweat…

Rock on Rockeries have been were hugely popular in the 1950s and 1960s, before falling out of fashion. Now they’re back, their photogenic good looks popping up all over Instagram. But there are also practical reasons that make rockeries so desirable – they are drought-resistant, low-maintenance and work in the smallest of spaces. You don’t even need a garden to have one, as rockery plants thrive in troughs or shallow planters. Site success Rockery plants include true alpines (ones that grow in mountainous environments above the tree line) and low-growing plants from other habitats. They need ample light and very well-drained soil – long periods of winter wet will rot the roots. So position a rockery in a sunny, south- or west-facing area, away from overhanging trees and on a…

The Bay by Allie Reynolds (£16.99, HB, Headline) In a bay cut off from the rest of the world in Sydney, tensions run high as mystery and murder follow the sun-kissed occupants who will do anything to keep their bay a secret. Heading there is Kenna, on a quest to protect her friend Mikki. Tumbling into the supposed paradise, it’s not long before they realise not everyone is as they seem, and Kenna is forced to rediscover her old self, challenging her weaknesses. With classic Reynolds twists, this fast-paced novel will have you second-guessing just who you can trust. Captivating. The Island of Lost Girls by Alex Marwood (£18.99, HB, Little, Brown) It’s 1985 on the fictional island of La Kastellana and 12-year-old Mercedes lives happily with her family, who…