Innholdsfortegnelse for 26-Oct-2020 i Woman

Many of us have found solace in the fridge during lockdown, but after reading the feature ‘From couch… to ultra-marathon’ on pages 34-35, I’m  feeling rather enthused! Maybe it’s time to ditch the biscuits for the gym gear and get back to it. During these troubled times, I think we all deserve to clear our heads, and going for a light run or pacy walk might just do the trick. But remember, it’s not a sprint – it’s a marathon. Luckily for me, I don’t have the pressure Piers Morgan has to lose weight – see pages 10-11. On that note, I hope you have a great and healthy week. If you are staying in and don’t want to miss out on your favourite magazine, remember you can download Woman…

Jen was reportedly upset when Brad was linked to US actress Alia Shawkat a few months ago, so she’s likely feeling uneasy about the latest reports of his blossoming romance with Nicole. But there’s still a glimmer of hope that things will work out between the former golden couple. Our insider reveals, ‘Brad and Jen love hanging out, they still have a lot in common and are planning things together in the near future, including a holiday to Mexico over Christmas. Publicly, their stance is simple – they’re having fun, going with the flow, keeping their dates private and not rushing into anything that could lead to pain or hurt on either side.’ However, they still have obstacles to overcome. ‘With Brad still seeing other women and Jen also going…

TV presenting In 2016, Schof reportedly signed a £2 million deal with ITV to continue hosting both This Morning and Dancing On Ice, both of which he fronts with his best pal Holly Willoughby. And, after The Jeremy Kyle Show was axed last year, Holly and Phil reportedly got a £150,000 bonus each for working an additional 30 minutes a day to help fill the gap in the schedule. With The Cube returning to our screens, too, it’s likely that Phil will be earning even more money for his presenting! Advertising Phil has done lots of ad deals over the years and has long-standing partnerships with Princess Cruises, Waitrose Wine and We Buy Any Car. Most recently, he’s been promoting a gin Advent  calendar in a deal that’s said to…

Flicking through the stream of singletons on my phone, I can’t help but giggle. I haven’t been lucky in love when it comes to dating online. I’ve been cast aside by potential suitors, done some rejecting myself and met some men so strange, our relationship hasn’t lasted long enough for us to rebuff one another! But it’s been a real experience, and I’m glad that, as a woman in her 50s, I’m giving it a good go. I met my first husband in 1990, when I was 26. Dating then was a world away from what it is today. He was a neighbour, and I’d clean the windows outside just so I’d catch his eye. Not long after we began chatting, we were heading out for drinks together, and that…

BALANCING LAVENDER You may associate the scent of lavender with products designed for bedtime rituals. This is no coincidence given lavender’s ability to alleviate stress. Applied topically, it is anti-inflammatory and antibacterial, so if you suffer with problem skin, it could balance sebum production. ✱ Garnier Moisture Bomb Lavender Tissue Mask, £2.99, loads skin with a week’s worth of hydrating serum. ✱ Alteya Organics Lavender Water, £7.95, can be used as a toner after cleansing or spritzed throughout the day. SMOOTHING ORCHID Orchids are hardy plants. They can survive long periods without water and flower even in the harshest conditions. Brands are tapping into this resilience and ability to hold onto water to transform skin. ✱ Clarins Blue Orchid Face Treatment Oil, £35, is made from pure plant extracts for…

Sneaking in, Victoria headed to the back of the aerobics class. ‘I didn’t want to be there, I felt exercise was something I should do,’ she says. Before long, she was gasping for breath and struggling to keep up. ‘So I grabbed my stuff and left.’ Although she’d enjoyed sports as a child, when she gained weight in her 20s, Victoria convinced herself that her sporty days were over. But by 2010, she lost 3st 7lb at Slimming World. ‘By now, I was Mum to two boys, Noah and Elliott, and though I loved joining in at the park, I still hadn’t found a place for exercise in my day-to-day life.’ Then in September 2015, Victoria came across a leaflet for a ‘couch to 5K’ group. As a joke, she…

As a parent, the excitement you feel in each of your child’s milestones is unrivalled. The first time they smile, sit up, or crawl, is met with a huge round of applause. And when they take their first wobbly steps, a look of determination on their face before they drop to the floor with a huge smile, Mum and Dad are usually blinking back happy tears, holding up a camera to capture the moment. I imagined all those things when my son Oliver was born. What I didn’t imagine was hours spent at hospital, hundreds of tests and machines to help him do the things we take for granted. Yet, now, the sense of pride I feel when he reaches a milestone is overwhelming – because of just how much…

MY DOG HATES FIREWORKS AND HIDES SHAKING UNDER THE TABLE. WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP HIM? Help him fulfil his natural desire to hide away somewhere safe until it’s all over. Provide a comfy den in a quiet corner, with bedding and cushions. Prepare it a few days in advance so he can get used to it. Try to remain calm yourself and don’t fuss your dog when the fireworks start. If he comes to you for reassurance that’s fine, but if he’s hiding let him be. For some dogs that isn’t enough, so you can look into various products that are available. There are collars or plug-ins that release a calming scent, or you can try oral capsules with natural ingredients. These may need to be started a…

MCLEOD’S DAUGHTERS Amazon Prime Video One of Australia’s most successful TV dramas, this series follows the lives of five women who run Drover’s Run, a cattle ranch in the outback. The series begins with half-sisters Claire and Tess clashing over the future of the ranch they have inherited from their dad, Jack. But after a difficult start, they decide to run it together with housekeeper, Meg, her daughter, Jodi, and a local girl, Becky.…

THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN LENNON SKY DOCUMENTARIES This December marks 40 years since John Lennon was shot. In this documentary, the killer’s confidante, journalist Jack Jones, explores the events that led to that fateful day. INDUSTRY BBC2 Game of Thrones’ Will Tudor is among the cast of this new series that follows five graduates as they enter the cut-throat world of finance at a London investment bank in the wake of the 2008 crash. THE DROWNING CHANNEL 5 Look out for Waterloo Road and EastEnders actress Jill Halfpenny in this four-part thriller. She plays Jodie, who sees a boy and is convinced he’s her son who went missing. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF MICKEY MOUSE, DISNEY+ Watch the world’s most famous mouse in 10 new animated shorts. The series debuts…

DAWN: ‘I’M THE SIZE OF A BARREL – BUT I DON’T CARE!’ After losing 7st 7lbs in 2011 following her split from Sir Lenny Henry, Dawn French has piled on the pounds again – but stresses she’s happy. Speaking on her podcast French & Saunders: T**ting About, comedian and actor Dawn, 63, said, ‘I’ve gone back to being an entire barrel, but do you know what? I’m going to be 63 this year. I don’t give a f**k, I really don’t, so long as I can walk.’ The star said in 2014 that her weight loss was prompted by her need to have a hysterectomy following a cancer scare. It’s unclear how much weight Dawn’s gained, but she said, ‘I’m not going to be stingy to myself any more. I…

‘HE GETS THIS LOOK IN HIS EYES’ There’s no denying Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne have a fiery relationship. Throughout their 38 years of marriage, the former X Factor judge and the Black Sabbath rocker have been plagued by issues with alcohol, drugs and violence, admitting they’ve been in physical fights in the past. But, shockingly, Sharon, 68, and Ozzy, 71, have now revealed he tried to kill her back in 1989. In a recent TV documentary, Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon described a night when Ozzy started choking her while high on drugs. ‘We’d had a couple of fights,’ she said. ‘You [could] tell it was building to something, you could just feel it. I just knew it was coming.’ Sharon explained how she had just finished…

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Helping a friend with cancer Q My friend has been diagnosed with bowel cancer and told she has Lynch syndrome. I would like to know a little bit more about it so I can understand the disease better. Can you help? Philippa says A I am sorry to hear about your friend and hope that her bowel cancer was found early and can be treated with surgery and, if required, chemotherapy or other therapies. Lynch syndrome is a genetic condition which increases the risk of developing bowel cancer and is thought to cause about 1 in 30 cases of bowel cancer. Lynch syndrome is also associated with a higher risk of developing other cancers, such as womb or ovarian cancer, and she may be advised to have further surgery to…

Is a threesome such a good idea? Q My best friend and my husband have always got on well – we’ve known each other for two decades and often go away for long weekends. We’ve got a weekend coming up soon and were joking about having a threesome because my friend is single at the moment and is missing sex. But the more we joked about sleeping together, the more excited we all got. I’d be interested to know what you think of our plan. Susan says A I think you should be very wary here. The 20-year connection between you all is wonderful, but the extra ingredient of sex could change everything. What if your partner prefers your friend’s sexual attentions to yours? What if your friend gets seriously…

THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER by Stuart Turton (£16.99, Raven Books, HB) Detective Samuel Pipps is being transported to Amsterdam for a crime he may or may not have committed. As the voyage takes a dark turn, the passengers set against one another, and it's up to Pipps and his bodyguard, Arent, to get to the bottom of it all before it’s too late. A true sense of 17th-century life on board. Dances and Dreams on Diamond Street by Craig Revel Horwood (£11.99, Michael O’Mara Books Ltd, HB) The countdown to Strictly has begun, and what better way to celebrate than by reading the popular dance judge’s novel? Set in 1990s boho Camden, we meet an unlikely group of friends living in a ramshackle townhouse. Each has their dreams,…

60 SECOND INTERVIEW SAMSON KAYO After appearing in Famalam, Sliced and Timewasters, Samson stars in Truth Seekers. He plays a trainee broadband engineer called Elton John, who gets drawn into the paranormal investigations of his oddball colleague Gus (Nick Frost). Here he tells us more… Is your character really called Elton John? Yes! He’s a loveable, happy-go-lucky dude, but he’s also harbouring a lot of trauma, and we find out later that he’s running from something. He’s afraid of the paranormal, so he’s apprehensive about tagging along with Gus. Is it true that there were no rehearsals? When we were doing a read-through, I asked the director when the rehearsals were and he said, ‘We’re not going to do that, we’ll just do it.’ I was like, ‘What?! Okay…’ But…

MISCARRIAGE: OUR STORY My 5 Nine women, including Natasha Kaplinsky, Lacey Turner and Jane Danson, share stories of having a miscarriage and how they dealt with the trauma. GHOSTS BBC iPlayer This sitcom stars Charlotte Ritchie as Alison, who inherits a mansion teeming with ghosts, including its former owner Lady Fanny Button, a disgraced MP and scout master Pat Butcher! PRINCE WILLIAM: A PLANET FOR US ALL ITV Hub In this one-off documentary, the Duke of Cambridge travels across the globe to investigate threats to wildlife and the environment.…

‘I’M TRYING TO GET TO SIX CHINS’ Piers Morgan appears to be one of the most thick-skinned people in the showbiz world – and someone who’d certainly never feel pressured to change the way he looks based on other people’s opinions. But the Good Morning Britain presenter has now admitted he’s been shamed into dieting by his co-host, Susanna Reid. Confessing that – like many of us – he piled on the pounds in lockdown, Piers, 55, told The Sun, ‘Susanna calls me “Chubster” and “fatso”. Even Dr Hilary Jones piled in, and he’s a doctor! He said, “At least I’m not overweight,” and cackled like Jack Nicholson in The Shining.’ Piers continued, ‘And Kevin Pietersen calls me “Seven chins”, which isn’t very nice. I’m trying to get them down…

It’s Shanann Watts herself who introduces her family on the latest Netflix sensation. ‘Hey guys, my name is Shanann Watts. Say hi, Cece...say hi, Bells,’ she smiles, to the camera, with both daughters and their family dog on her lap. But what should be an enchanting scene instantly unsettles viewers, because they already know that there’s no happy ending. After all, the Netflix No 1 is called American Murder: The Family Next Door. True-crime shows have exploded in popularity recently, but none have touched a nerve like the case of seemingly loving father Chris Watts, who killed his pregnant wife, Shanann, 34, their two children, Bella, four, and Celeste, three, as well as their unborn son, Nico. The brutality and callousness of his actions – he dropped his daughters’ bodies…

Soothe and restore Flexitol Hand Balm, £5.29, Boots This hand balm is fantastic for extremely dry hands, use it at night so the formula has a chance to work its magic and you’ll have moisturised, repaired hands by morning. Pro-tools Brushworks Cuticle Nippers, £6.99, lookfantastic.com Cuticle cutters are perfect for tidying up dead, dry skin around the nail bed. Use these carefully to gently ‘nip’ at the skin and you’ll have mastered the home manicure. Essential moisture Burt’s Bees Ultimate Care Hand Cream, £8.99, Boots A nourishing cream is a must for maintaining youthful-looking hands. This rich formula soaks in quickly and softens even the driest of skins for beautiful hands. Quick fix Jessica Quick Dry 60 Second Drying, £11.95, lookfantastic.com Don’t wait for regular nail polish to dry, use…

✱ Trim all visible fat off meats and remove skin from poultry. ✱ For extra health benefits and filling power, choose wholegrains, such as wholemeal pasta or wholegrain rice, where you can. ✱ Aim to have between 6 and 8 drinks a day – choose water, sugar-free drinks, tea and coffee. Remember any milk needs to come from your allowance. ✱ The most successful slimmers join a group or online programme for shared support, weight-loss inspiration and motivation. For details of how you can join Slimming World for free, see p32.…

Cherry bakewell This takes a little patience but we promise the results are oh-so-tasty! SERVES 12 PREP 10 MINS, PLUS CHILLING COOK 1HR ✱ 375g sweet shortcrust pastry ✱ 150g golden caster sugar ✱ 150g ground almonds ✱ 150g butter, melted ✱ 1 egg and 1 egg yolk ✱ Good splash kirsch or cherry brandy (optional) or lemon juice ✱ 850g tin pitted black cherries, drained ✱ 2tbsp cherry jam ✱ 4-5tbsp icing sugar, mixed with a little water 1 Heat the oven to 190C/Gas 5. Roll the pastry out onto a floured surface, so it’s about the thickness of a pound coin. Line a 23cm loose-based tart tin with the pastry, then chill for 15 mins. 2 Prick the pastry all over with a fork and fill with scrunched-up…

Get vitamin C smart Over-boiling veg can mean they lose vitamin C. ‘Cooking foods that contain vitamin C in water can mean the vitamin molecules are lost into the water,’ says LloydsPharmacy pharmacist Anshu Kaura. Instead, blanch or stir-fry to retain the nutrients. Get checked 5% of Brits have never had their blood pressure checked, says Benenden Health. If left, high blood pressure raises the risk of serious problems like heart attacks and strokes – so get yours checked. Your pharmacy may have a machine. Winter wellness To fortify your health for winter, try Manuka Doctor’s immunity-boosting Manuka & Buckwheat Honey Syrup (£25, manuka doctor.co.uk). It’s packed with vitamins B12 and C, biotin, bee propolis and other natural ingredients.…

Access all areas The more parts of your body involved in reaching climax, the better the climax will be. So touch your clit while he’s penetrating. Get G-spot stimulation while using a vibrator. And touch breasts, buttocks and feet. Detail your desires He can’t know what you need for a better climax unless you tell him. So explain in depth what pattern of touch you want, what rhythm, what pressure, what movement. Be specific, be explicit, moment by moment. Slow the speed There’s a direct link between orgasm quality and time taken to reach it. Average foreplay for women is 13 minutes. So double it, treble it, spend a whole evening. Set a timer and delay climax until the bell sounds.…

ARIES 21 Mar – 20 Apr There’s no need to cry over spilt milk. New horizons open up for you this week, and they may well have an aspect of the past attached to them. For your reading ☎ 09058 172557 TAURUS 21 Apr – 21 May If you’re wondering whether life is going to settle down any day soon, the answer is probably not, so practise your yoga and roll with the punches. For your reading ☎ 09058 172558 GEMINI 22 May – 22 Jun An offer may well be as good as it looks, but you’d be better taking time to think about it before taking it up while Mercury is still retrograde. For your reading ☎ 09058 172559 CANCER 23 Jun – 23…

THEN Matt was 26 when he was cast as the Eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who. He was the youngest actor to play the Time Lord when he took over the role from David Tennant and starred in three series from 2010 to 2013. His other biggest role to date was as Prince Philip in the first two series of The Crown (2016-2017) on Netflix, which earned him an Emmy nomination in 2018. NOW Matt plays a stressed out refugee case worker in disturbing horror His House. The film follows Bol (Sope Dirisu) and Rial (Wunmi Mosaku), as they escape war-torn Sudan to start a new life in England. When they are temporarily placed in a dirty, rundown house, the stained walls and dodgy wiring are the least of their worries…

THE UNDOING Sky Atlantic This six-part psychological thriller stars Nicole Kidman whose seemingly perfect life is turned upside down when her husband (Hugh Grant) goes missing. Donald Sutherland stars. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? BBC1 In the latest series, Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones finds a link between her paternal grandfather and Aneurin Bevan, who founded the NHS. THE WINE SHOW Amazon Prime Video What’s not to love about a series featuring actors talking about wine? Dominic West joins Matthew Goode, Matthew Rhys and James Purefoy for the third series.…

One story sums up horribly this dreadful year and the heartbreak and confusion around COVID-19. As any son would, Craig Bicknell moved his seat to comfort his grieving mum during his dad’s socially distanced funeral. But a staff member interrupted the service by waving his arms and shouting at the mourners, ‘Move the chairs back.’ Craig was stopped from hugging his mum and told to keep away from her because of COVID rules. Craig said, ‘I can sit in a pub, I can live at her house, I can travel in a limousine to the crematorium with six. I want to give my mum a cuddle at Dad’s funeral.’ How did things become so confused as a nation that cold bureaucracy overrode compassion? We Brits pride ourselves on pricking the…

‘THEY DON’T NEED ME, THEY’RE GOING TO GO OFF AND DO PIERS MORGAN’S LIFE STORIES ON THEIR OWN NEXT YEAR!’ Amanda Holden suggests her overexposed boobs are now more famous than her Stars misaligned Apparently, Madonna refused to work with top international DJ David Guetta because their star signs were incompatible. Madge is a Leo, Guetta a Scorpio. Poor David, that must have stung. Eco champions If anything will make us act on climate change it’s Prince William’s ITV documentary A Planet For Us All (ITV Hub). Not because of Wills’ obvious passion for nature, but because of the remarkable British kids he interviewed who are quietly taking action and changing the world. We owe it to them to protect our countryside and our planet.…