Woman & Home

What is the saying? Time and tide wait for no (wo)man. It’s so true, isn’t it? The older I get, the more I want to experience new things. More confident in my ability to say no, which I think comes with age too, I’m acutely aware that life really is

Top-selling author SANTA MONTEFIORE shares her writing tips on page 175. She also reveals her fascination with the spiritual world, which inspired her latest book, Shadows in the Moonlight. Where was your last holiday? Skiing in Klosters, Switzerland

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I first read w&h when my neighbour gave me a copy while I was recovering from surgery. It became my go-to read and now I always save a few issues for my holidays. I am currently away and passed a copy to a fellow traveller. I’ve just come to my room

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Not so long ago, a couple would celebrate their nuptials with a glass of sherry and a ham sandwich, and it would all be over by mid-afternoon. Now, festivities can last all day and half of the night, while hen and stag dos are often multi-night break

My earliest memory of my older sister Priya wasn’t one where she was present, but rather, the realisation of her absence. I was four or five, standing in my bedroom in our little terraced house in Maidstone, Kent, feeling that a fundamental part of m

Even if you’re not going to the Paris 2024 Olympics, it is still possible to attain a certain level of French chic this summer. Think Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face, the 1957 film where the legendary star plays a frump turned fashion editor who travels

At-home bronzing has never been more believable, with tangerine tones replaced by a ‘fresh from the Med’, sun-baked finish. With better-than-ever shade selections in a host of formulas – from mousse to mist, lotion to serum – you can make your self-t

Ruby’s career path is far from traditional. Getting her master’s degree in economics and stumbling on an opportunity to work in beauty, a couple of years later, she had forged a name for herself as a world-renowned make-up artist. You may remember Ru

THIS MONTH ✢ Hiatus hernia✢ Oral thrush✢ Bumpy skin Q In recent months, I’ve had terrible heartburn and a burning sensation in the chest. Initially, I put it down to poor diet and weight gain. When I eventually went to see my GP, they said I might h

You don’t always need over-the-counter medicines or a prescription to treat ailments and injuries. Natural alternatives, such as raw garlic, parsley, dill, ginger and turmeric, are among the drug-free options that can help lessen cold symptoms, sooth

Sitting on the bus the other day, I overheard a conversation between two women. They were discussing a female friend of theirs who had died suddenly from a heart attack. ‘Such a shock!’ one of them declared. ‘How could that happen? She was always so

We asked David Lagonell, chef director at London Steakhouse group Temper, for his foolproof tips. 1 Room temperature Remove from the fridge at least 20 minutes before cooking. This will help with the distribution of heat, resulting in an evenly cooke

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Take your cue from fashion, where lobsters are big news this summer, and dress your table with painted ceramics and embroidered crustaceans. Keep to a fun yet sophisticated palette, with chambray blue, lobster red and sunny yellow. Create a sophisti

I Love You, I Love You, I Love You by Laura Dockrill (£16.99, HB, HarperCollins) Falling in love as a teenager is messy, but is it really any different as an adult? Based on the author’s own experiences, we take a trip down memory lane to when Ella a

Penning love stories for friends, using the boys they liked as heroes, it is not surprising that Santa Montefiore would one day become a novelist. Weaving rich narratives in romances, historical fiction and spiritual stories, she takes readers to exo

Emma by Jane Austen Until I discovered Emma as a teenager, I’d assumed all literary heroes were aspirational and perfect. Emma isn’t. She’s arrogant, snobbish and meddling, but I adored her. I realised that it’s our flaws that make us unique and memo

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One of the many privileges of working alongside the royal family is to see them up close and unvarnished. It was always a pleasure to be with the late Queen Elizabeth II on a public engagement – albeit slightly nerve-racking in case you did anything