Woman's Weekly

It’s never too late When I was a boy, my father couldn’t swim, which was a matter of some sadness to my mum, who loved the water. Somehow he’d missed out on learning as a child, perhaps because of wartime disruption, and had seemingly come to accept

Here’s a charming fox figure, felted by my daughter, Elizabeth. She created many felt animals while recovering from Lyme disease. This debilitating condition, which she didn’t know she had when she was bitten [by a tick] years ago, caused a slow dete

Murmuration is an exhibition devoted to birds and the key role they play in our environment, as well as their symbolic significance for us through the ages. Artists and makers interpret our relationship with birds through drawings, paintings, sculptu

Ali Walsh, 47, is the founder of lifeonaricecake.com, supporting people with coeliac disease. She lives in Brislington, near Bristol, with husband Tim, 51, and their two children, Aidan, seven, and Christina, six. ‘Come on Ali, you can do it!’ the in

Tick Tock Rooibos, £2.50 for 40 bags, Asda. Rooibos is linked to higher bone mineral density by US research, particularly in postmenopausal women. Joe’s Tea Company Sweet Chamomile, £3.95 for 16 bags, joesteacompany.com. A calming, caffeine-free inf

Unsurprisingly, in a longitudinal investigation of 150,000 people on the Swedish diabetes register, those whose risk factors (blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, Hba1c, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and smoking) were at recommended levels, were

Q A few weeks ago I forgot something I’d arranged to do with a friend. I wouldn’t have turned up if she hadn’t reminded me. Even when she reminded me, I had no recollection of agreeing to go or paying her for the ticket. I didn’t write it down, which

1 COLOUR CHOICES The key to this look is picking out earthy tones. Swap yellow for mustard, orange for terracotta, green for olive and blue for a duskier shade. This is a good rule of thumb when picking out colours for your home in general – the eart

Start sowing tomato seeds now for a bumper summer harvest. These sweet mouthfuls are great fun to grow, especially with children. For bowlfuls of colour, look for varieties like purple-black ‘Blue Bayou’, yellow ‘Golden Sunrise’, or red-and-yellow st

by C. L. Taylor (£14.99, HB, HarperCollins) Always watching over their shoulders, days filled with terror – Alexandra, Lucy, River, Bridget and Natalie are being stalked, and it’s a lonely place to be. Finding each other online, they form a support g

You have 15 minutes to find as many words as possible using the letters in the grid. Each word must contain four or more letters, one of which must be the central square. No proper nouns, plurals or foreign words are allowed. There is one nine-letter

It’s time to activate your leadership qualities. Come out and share your inspiration and ideas with others. Financially, there are fresh opportunities on the horizon. Keep your eyes peeled and you could take advantage of them. You’re coming into a ne

Writing for Woman’s Weekly is a real treat, but I can’t help wondering whether I might have been better turning out scripts for films or television. People who work in films and television are taken seriously. Newsnight would probably invite me into