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WHAT’S ON IN THE WEST Hot dates and cool events
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LITTLE RED DRESS Look your best on Valentine’s Day
A DINNER OF HERBS Expert recipes and remedies
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JUST BETWEEN US... Sh! We have the latest gossip!
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TRUE LOVE STORIES Real-life Westcountry Valentines
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LOVE STORIES Real-life Westcountry romance
THE GOOD LINGERIE GUIDE As seen on Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
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THE LOOK OF LOVE Romantic interior decor advice
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ANNE SWITHINBANK
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FAVOURITE PLACES Where to eat, what to do
The language of flowers
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DATE NIGHT What to wear to your dinner for two
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EARN YOUR STRIPES Kathryn Clarke-Mcleod rocks the trend
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CULTURE VULTURE What’s on and where to go
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BOOST YOUR WELLBEING Great ways to feel your best this week
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GREEN AND GOOD FOR YOU Tim Maddams has wise words on herbs
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ALE AND HEARTY Our beer expert’s favourite brews
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We do hope you love our Valentine’s special issue
The Devon jeweller with star quality
ow is traditionally the time when our thoughts turn to romance. And whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day this year with all the trimmings or taking a more laid-back approach to the whole event, I’m sure you will find something in this week’s magazine to love. First up, we’ve got Tavistock’s very own Rosie HuntingtonWhiteley showcasing her new collection of simply gorgeous lingerie for Marks & Spencer on page 12. Then on page 16, three real-life Westcountry couples share their stories of love, laughter and overcoming some quite extraordinary barriers
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in their determination to be together. It’s heartwarming stuff, I am sure you will agree. Then, on page 26, the gardeners among you will adore our green-fingered guru Anne Swithinbank’s wise words on how to grow roses. Anne’s a true horticultural star and she lives right here in the Westcountry - I so enjoyed her column today, it’s well worth a read. Finally, we have a simply fabulous reader prize to be won this week. How does dinner, bed and breakfast for two sound, in the beautiful and newly refurbished Old Quay House Hotel, right on the water in Fowey? If that appeals, check out page 5 today - and good luck.
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If you do one thing this week... Whisk your loved one away for a romantic stay at the Old Quay House Hotel in Fowey. This lovely hotel has the best river views in town and a stylish restaurant where you can dine on Cornish oysters and other local delicacies. The hotel, right on the waterfront, has recently undergone a luxury refurbishment. See www.theoldquayhouse.com.
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We have an overnight stay for two in a superior room, with a three-course dinner and a bottle of house wine, to win at the Old Quay House Hotel, worth over ÂŁ350. Valid any time before May 31, excluding Bank Holidays, subject to availability, with extras to be settled on departure. To enter, email your contact details, plus the answer to the question below, to Old Quay House competition, westmag@westernmorningnews.co.uk by February 20. Normal terms apply, West will not share your details. Q: In which town is the Old Quay House Hotel?
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Shannon Carter Shannon, 21, works in Marks & Spencer in Plymouth. She describes her style as “everyday” but we think it’s a bit more eye-catching than that. Today she is keeping warm in this fun coat from New Look, for a 21st century take on the 70s ethnic-hippie vibe – we approve! Coat: New Look Top: Top Shop Bag: Marrakech Jeans: New Look
LOOK OF LOVE Compact mirror which can be engraved with your own message £16.99
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Illuminated love wallhanging, £39 www.cultfurniture.com
Retro Art Deco earrings £12 www. rockmyvintage.co.uk
COSY Sophie Allport ‘What A Catch!’ tea cosy £13 www.sophieallport.com
Store we adore... Cakeadoodledo, Exeter
This fabulous shop a short walk from Exeter Cathedral offers a delicious opportunity to have your cake and eat it. The counter is loaded with the day’s bakes, and on the day that West dropped by, owner Kate Shirazi was offering no fewer than 17 choices including coffee and walnut sponge, the establishment’s famous brownies and a mocha bombe. Kate also offers a service to send out pretty boxes of her cakes by post, all made with local free range eggs. The perfect gift, we think. Cakeadoodledo is at 1 Deanery Place, Exeter EX1 1HU, visit www.cakeadoodledo.co.uk or call 0844 879 7811
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Story of my life... A tale of true love and fresh lobster he first Valentine’s Day I spent in Cornwall I wanted to impress my boyfriend with a New England-style lobster dinner – neither so rare nor so expensive in the US as they are in the UK, but a treat nonetheless. I told my plan to a tradesman I knew. “Where do you buy lobster?” I asked – I hadn’t seen any live taught me and put them in the lobster tanks anywhere. freezer first, which puts them The tradesman looked side to into a sort of coma. side and leaned forward. “I know When the pot had boiled, I a guy with a boat,” he said. This dropped Tiddles in first. As I sounded promising. “Do you reached for Big Bertha, I noticed want me to sort you a couple of the whole underside of her tail lobster?” was covered in eggs – she was “Yes please, that would be what they call a “berried female”. great!” I said. We arranged that I And they were red too, close to would pick them up on Feb 14th, maturity. and on the day I came back for “Oh my God, I can’t cook this,” my catch. I said. “There’s “They are like an entire next quite different generation here.” I sizes,” he said. stood holding Ber‘That’ll be £50,’ he “That’s the troutha’s life in balance ble with the pots, for a few minutes. said. ‘Goodness,’ you don’t know What could I do? I said, feebly. It’s what they’ll She’d already been at times like this bring up.” in the freezer and He fished was presumably at I curse being a out of a plastic death’s door. Should well-brought-up bag one modest I go drop her in the little crustacean sea somewhere? middle-class girl and an absolute Was I fit to drive whopper. She after three glasses was the Big of champagne? Bertha of the lobster world. Reader, for my sins, I dropped “Goodness,” I said as he her in the pot (I didn’t know weighed them up. about the Padstow Lobster “That’ll be £50,” he said. Hatchery then, alas). All through “Goodness,” I said again, the would-be romantic meal I feebly. It’s at times like this that was plagued by guilt and found I curse being a well-brought-up conversation really difficult. middle-class girl. It doesn’t teach Afterward I attempted to make you much of a vocabulary for fish stock out of the shells and complaining or haggling. So I the roe, so that they didn’t die in handed over the money and went vain, and came to bed unhappy home smarting. and smelling of shellfish. Cooking a live lobster is a bit I think the next year we had traumatic. I did what my mother burgers.
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IS KRIS BORED OF PARADISE? Death in Paradise star Kris Marshall says he and his family have begun taking beautiful Caribbean island of Guadeloupe for granted, since they moved there 18 months ago for filming his crime drama series. Keen surfer Kris has a holiday place in Cornwall and says it is “God’s own country” when the sun shines. But he
says: “When you have a beautiful beach on your doorstep, suddenly it becomes normal, and when it becomes normal it becomes habitual. You go, ‘Shall we go to the beach and bathe in 32-degree heat?’ ‘Oh no, I don’t think I fancy that today; I might just read a book’.” West says: come back to Cornwall, Kris - and chill out with the rest of us!
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LULU: I’LL SING FOR BOWIE Lulu will perform the David Bowie song The Man Who Sold The World on her upcoming tour, which will see her perform at Barnstaple’s Queen’s Theatre (March 31) and at Babbacombe Theatre in Torquay on April 15. The Scottish star says: “I can’t not sing The Man Who Sold The World. I can’t not do that song.” David Bowie co-produced Lulu’s cover of his song, taken from his third studio album. It was released as a single in 1974 and peaked at number three, giving Lulu an unlikely top five hit after 1969’s Boom Bang-A-Bang. “That was a very big important point in my career and I had a personal relationship, albeit for a moment,” she recalled of her time with the much-admired singer.
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MY MOMENTS WITH BEAR GRYLLS Silent Witness star Emilia Fox says that filming the drama takes up seven months of her year, leaving the other five free “to do other things” and “stay stimulated”. That meant heading into the jungle to take part in Bear Grylls: Mission Survive, last year. “It was an adventure and that was why I agreed to do it in the first place,” says Emilia, who had to drink her own wee in one episode. “You just get on and do it,” she says matter-offactly. “It sort of helped being an actress. We get told to do things in stories and scripts that you wouldn’t get asked to do in other walks of life. When it’s there in the script, you have to do it, so when it came to being on Bear Grylls it was like, OK, just get on with it. If Bear can do it, I think anyone can.” 9
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Wild waters Rough seas battered Mullion Cove in west Cornwall
in pictures Proud: Kamron Matthews, aged 15, surfed the enormous Cribbar wave at Newquay
Oh mummy! The children of Burraton primary school are studying ancient Egypt
Blown away: It was rather windy in Sidmouth, east Devon
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Rewind
ONE OF US Famous faces with links to the Westcountry
The hit songs that are ten years old this year
1 Amy Winehouse Back to Black
2 James Blunt You’re Beautiful The late, great Alan Rickman’s top ten movies
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Harry Potter (series) Sweeney Todd Die Hard Galaxy Quest Love, Actually Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 7 Sense and Sensibility 8 Alice In Wonderland
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Romance
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Geoff Parling, aged 32, plays for Exeter Chiefs rugby team, as well as England
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Career: Geoff began his rugby career Stockton RFC. “He was the biggest at Newcastle Falcons, which he influence in terms of getting me captained several times during the enjoying rugby.” 2006-2007 season. He then played for Leicester Tigers Exeter: He says before moving to moving to Exeter was, Exeter Chiefs on a two “an exciting move”. His year deal in January wife and two children DID YOU KNOW? 2015. also moved down to the city with him. Geoff was the International: Geoff UK’s Beard of was called to the Daughter: Geoff the Year 2013 England senior squad watched his daughter’s for their Six Nations birth over Skype. At campaign in 2012, as the time, 2013, he an injury replacement. playing the match of He was also selected his career in Australia. for the 2013 British and Irish Lions “What an invention. Just beforehand tour to Australia. my wife was in the room ready and the midwife came in and I said, Health: Geoff’s career stalled in 2010 ‘Please just put me in the corner, I will after suffering a neck injury on his just watch and be quiet.’ first England tour and then a knee injury in his comeback appearance Local hero: In 2015, Geoff helped for Leicester. In a recent match for the organise a fundraising event for the Chiefs, he suffered a nasty cut to the homeless which sold over a 100 head. tickets at £30 each. He wanted to raise money and awareness for The Bridge, Inspiration: Geoff looks up to his which offers free meals and support childhood coach Nick Moore at to the needy.
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9 Peter Andre Plymouth Pavilion, March 12
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Competition winners: Congratulations to the winners of five signed copies of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Love Your Leftovers • Helen Capps, Exeter; Kate Williams, Dunkeswell; Helen McPhee, South Huish; Barbara Beaumont, Millbrook; Mark Thuell, Kenton.
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People VALENTINE’S DAY
Love stories To celebrate the power of true love this Valentine’s Day, we meet three inspirational couples who have found reallife romance right here in the Westcountry
Jacky and Tristan very February, our thoughts turn to all things heart-shaped and romantic. But above and beyond the mere froth of cards, chocs and roses (lovely though they are to give and receive) here we celebrate the enduring power of true love to overcome all the hurdles that life may throw at us. Meet three couples who have so very much to celebrate this Valentine’s Day...
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Jacky Nichols, 32, and husband Tristan, 37, lived a world apart when they made friends on a social media site. Four years ago, they met up in Jacky’s home country, Mexico, and within months Tristan, who works in public relations, gave up his job in Devon to be with her. They are now happily married and live in Plymouth Jacky says: My husband is the most amazing,
quiet ceremony with close family and we flew off good-looking guy with a huge heart and I don’t to Fiji for our honeymoon. know what I’ve done in a past life for all these When his TV contract came to an end after rewards. I’d do anything for him; he’s the best a year we were in a dilemma, did we go back to thing ever. He’s my world. Mexico or come back to Plymouth? We decided Our story began ten years ago when the webmy English was more advanced than his Spansite MySpace was the place to be. Tristan’s picish, so now we’re back here, and I have a job in ture popped up and I thought, that looks interestIT. I’d always dreamed of living in England and ing. In his profile, he said he had now, Tristan’s made it my home. the same birthday as me, FebruLiving here is very different from ary 17, so that prompted my first Mexico and being far away from email. It was just a friendship, family has been the hardest part, ‘I thought I’d but then, in 2012, we planned to but I know I can count on Trisnever get marmeet up for a ten-day holiday in tan. He’s here for me and I love Mexico’s Playa del Carmen. his family, too. It may seem imried. I wasn’t the I used to joke with friends that possible, but when you meet the type. After I met one day I’d marry an Englishright person, you suddenly find Tristan, though, man although, really, I thought anything is possible. I’d never get married. I wasn’t I was a different the type. After I met Tristan, Tristan says: As soon as we person’ though, I was a different person met on holiday it was immediand never had any doubt. I ately obvious that something didn’t recognise myself. I’m so magical was going on. Jacky was lucky, I’m still pinching myself. quite simply the most beautiful Ten days after Tristan reperson I had ever seen. It wasn’t turned to Plymouth, he flew back to Mexico to until she wrote ‘te amo’ – Spanish for ‘I love meet my parents. It was so, so quick. He wanted you’ – in the sand that I realised that my feelto reassure my dad and said, “I’m so in love with ings for her were returned. I flew back to the UK your daughter”. I was living with my parents and feeling that I had left my right arm in Mexico. we’re a traditional Mexican family, so he and I I flew back out two weeks later. It was just someslept in separate bedrooms for a year. Tristan thing I had to do. I love her... to the moon and then landed a job as a news anchorman in San back. Every couple has their own story but ours Diego, California. We got married there, a very is so magical, people think we’re making it up.
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Claire and Daniel Claire and Daniel Clark-Medina are looking forward to their first Valentine’s Day together as husband and wife, after getting married last summer. Claire, 34, a writer, and Daniel, 28, a surveyor, live in Bovey Tracey on Dartmoor. Here, they reminisce about Dan’s romantic proposal Claire says: When I first saw Dan, he was sit-
ting in our local pub with his family. He really I found myself blindfolded in the car, then piggystood out because not only was he gorgeous, he backed, still blindfolded, down a track! When we was making them laugh and I remember thinkstopped, Dan took off the blindfold and said: “Do ing, ‘who is that?!’ We got chatting later that you know where you are now?” I immediately evening, exchanged numbers and kept in touch. recognised the big oak tree. In that moment, Dan He lived in Bristol and I was in got down on one knee and proTavistock so for a while it was posed. long distance until he was ofMy ring had been specially fered a position down here and made to his own design, a rose ‘So much moved back, which was amazquartz heart-shaped stone with ing. two leaves either side to symbolthought went We had been together for ise our oak tree. So much thought into creating a year when Dan proposed, went into creating it. Whenever I on our one-year anniversary. look at it, I smile. my engagement He took me to the exact same We got married on 1st August ring. Whenever spot that we decided we were a last year at Yelverton Holy Cross I look at it, I couple. We had gone for a walk Church. It was the most special and along the way I was thinkday and still feels like yesterday. smile.’ ing, are we a couple, or aren’t Dan is the most incredible person we? I thought to myself, if I see in the world and he means evean oak tree (my favourite tree) rything to me. I’ve never before I will ask him outright! Lo and met someone who makes me behold there was one around the corner so I laugh every day and whom I love with every stopped right next to it and just came out with it. part of me. He is not just my husband. He’s my Fast-forward one year to our anniversary and best friend.
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Dan says: Claire and I first met at the end of 2012 and got together the following year. As soon as we spoke I realised we would get on really well. She’s got such an amazing sense of humour and loves to be spontaneous, and of course, she’s beautiful! On one of our first dates, we ended up driving from Yelverton to north Devon and then all the way to north Cornwall, where we found a lovely campsite right on the beach and pitched up our tent. We spent the evening drinking wine by the fire. It felt like we’d known each other for years. For us, spending time together is what’s important. We love going on adventures, sitting at home with a bottle of wine and a good film, or just enjoying a nice walk in the countryside. We don’t need fancy things to make us happy because we just enjoy each other’s company. This Valentine’s Day we will probably go for a long walk somewhere scenic with our dog and stop off at a country pub for a pint and bite to eat. I’m really looking forward to this Valentine’s Day because it’s my first one as a married man. And, of course, I get to spend it with my beautiful wife.
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People Inga and Jack Artists Inga Irving, 35, and Jack Hayes, 41, moved to Cornwall, opened a gallery in Falmouth and got married after a whirlwind romance. Both veterans of previous marriages, they were surprised and delighted to find ‘the one’ in each other. The couple live with Inga’s daughters Cora, six, and Indigo, two-and-a-half, in Redruth and are expecting a new baby in June Inga says: I was teaching Geography in Port-
smouth and Jack was a child protection officer who worked in our school. Our colleagues used to meet for a drink at a pub, The Jolly Sailor, at the end of the week. We were chatting one day, and Jack just said, “I’ll be there on Friday night, are you going?” That was it. We just totally clicked, and we’ve hardly been apart since. We talked about everything, what we wanted for the future career-wise, and our views on everything. We had both travelled a lot, we were both artists. I had noticed Jack around the school before that evening but to be honest, I didn’t think he fancied me! He is quite confident, and I thought he was younger than he is. When we talked that night, though, there was just this spark. I’d been married before and my partner left me when I was pregnant with our second daughter. When you have had that experience, and have two small children to look after, you don’t really consider a serious relationship. When I met Jack, Indigo was a baby, just nine months old. Yet, within days, I was helping him look for a flat – the lease on the one he was renting was expiring at the end of the month – and then I said “Why don’t you just move in to my house?” If you’d told me two months earlier that I would be asking a man I’d just met to move in,
I’d have said “That’s outrageous,” but with Jack, it just felt so right. When we found we both wanted to open an art gallery, Jack said ‘let’s do it’. By February we had put an offer in on a house in Cornwall. I sadly miscarried our baby last summer, but we are now expecting a baby in June this year. We’ve come so far so fast.We got married last summer and the kids have now taken Jack’s surname. We are a proper family.
Jack says: Inga is very striking-
looking, with her blonde hair, she stands out a mile! At work, I was instantly attracted to her. We had both been married before and had bad experiences and, as a result, we both felt we’d never get married again. But that quickly changed the first time we talked properly. We were completely on the same wavelength. We both love the sea, and we are both vegetarians, we both love the same wine. We’ve both travelled a lot and we both love art. I knew from the beginning that Inga had two girls. She was very upfront about it. I swear it wouldn’t have mattered. They are my daughters,
it is as simple as that. I’ve been Indigo’s dad since she was nine months old. We had a miscarriage three months into Inga’s pregnancy last year and that was really traumatic, but that has made us all the more determined to have a child. Inga is a strong woman, she really is. I got married in my 20s for all the wrong reasons. This time we did it for love and being together as a family, no other reason. www.north55gallery.com
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If fifty shades of grey sums up your knicker drawer, it’s time to take a leaf from Rosie H-W’s book and get flirty in pretty lingerie designed for romance on Valentine’s Day
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hey say a perfectly fitting foundation garment is the best-kept secret of the world’s best-dressed, but this pretty lingerie could shoot you to the top of the best un-dressed list in the bedroom this Valentine’s Day. It’s time to celebrate you and as Devon’s own Rosie Huntington-Whiteley proves, it seems such a pity to keep her pretty undies for Autograph at M&S under wraps. Her range, in utterly feminine pinks, oyster and lattes, owes more than a nod to vintage Hollywood; perhaps influenced by her own transition from model to hit movie star in the Oscar-nominated Mad Max: Fury Road last year. There’s so much romance in her silky slips and teddies, designed to flatter where it matters and skim over the hips – perfect,
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whether you’re curvy, slim or pear-shaped. Love is certainly in the air for Rosie, who announced her engagement to action star and long-term beau Jason Statham in January and sealed the deal with a dazzling five carat diamond engagement ring, designed by jeweller Neil Lane and reported to have cost £243,000. Speculation’s mounting that Rosie, who grew up on a farm near Tavistock and re gularly jets from LA to visit her family back home, will tie the knot in Devon. She shot the stunning campaign for her M&S fragrance, Rosie for Autograph, at Alex Polizzi’s Hotel Endsleigh in Milton Abbot, west Devon, and the country house hotel would be an idyllic wedding venue. In January last year, she told us how her love of the place where she grew up inspired
the photos, saying: “It inspired me so much that we went to shoot the campaign at one of my favourite spots in Devon.” Shell hues, dusky pastels and florals are Rosie’s key notes for the boudoir this Valentine’s Day - this special occasion does herald the arrival of spring, after all. Black is back, too, but sexy has become softer in lingerie collections on the high street, with bralets, teddies and bodies in sheer fabrics and lace, creating siren silhouettes, yet leaving an intriguing - and teasing - amount to the imagination. So, shoulders back, be bold - and perhaps even a little naughty this Valentine’s Day. Dare to be you. That special person in your life loves you – every inch of you – already and these heavenly confections are just the icing on the cake.
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How to boldly go... It’s a brave man who buys lingerie for his loved one on Valentine’s Day, but get it right and this can be the gift that keeps on giving. So chaps, here are our top tips for buying that perfect present:
Get the size right
Take a peek into her underwear drawer and have a look at the labels. Pick items that you have actually seen her in recently, not things that she hasn’t worn since the kids were born. There will be a reason for that. You need to know two separate sizes - a size for bras, labelled ‘36C’ for instance, and a dress size for teddies, knickers, etc, with standard sizes usually 8 to 18.
Think about what she actually likes
It’s not all about you (though we understand you have an interest here). What colours and styles does she like, in real life? Yes, you can go a bit more sexy/adventurous – this is Valentine’s Day after all – but do try to stay within the same ball park of Things She Genuinely Would Wear.
Keep it classy
When in doubt, go upmarket. Think sheer, smart, elegant items. Think Rosie Huntington-Whiteley! Scratchy cheap lace can be a turn-off, not a turn-on. Anything that would work in an adult film should be approached with caution, unless you are very certain she really does want leather/ rubber/zips in unusual places.
Colour is key
Black is a safe bet, red can look lovely but requires a little caution. Nudes, pearls and blush pinks may strike you as a bit boring, but could well hit the spot, see how great Rosie looks, after all. As for lurid colours – only if you are absolutely certain she would like them.
Less is not more
Your lady might prefer something that covers more than it reveals. A nice silk nightie may well be more welcome than a teeny-tiny thong. Again, think about what she usually likes and wears, and proceed accordingly.
Don’t be cheap
Yes, you can find surprisingly inexpensive knickers in Primark. But, unless you are both 18 years old, don’t do it. Better to get one nice item, beautifully wrapped (ask the shop to do it for you) in a gorgeous box, than that sixpack of pants for a fiver.
Get a gift receipt
It’s only sensible. And don’t be too offended if she does swap your gift in for something else. With any luck, she will see that you have put thought into your purchase, and she won’t trade it in for woolly socks.
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REAL HOMES
Room for romance
Sarah Pitt discovers the perfect Valentine’s Day cottage, tucked down a lane in the Dartmoor village of Drewsteignton
here’s an enduring appeal in the idea of a romantic hideaway, particularly as thoughts turn to escaping for Valentine’s Day. And a thatched cottage called Sojourn, tucked away down a lane in the village of Drewsteignton on Dartmoor, fits this description perfectly. Owner Jane Lighting admits she was instantly bowled over by its charms when she and her husband Alastair Ross viewed the cottage last summer. The couple, who divide their time between London and a Jacobean farmhouse they’ve
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restored on Dartmoor, were on the lookout for their next interiors project. The thatched cottage may once have been home to workers at the nearby National Trust stately home Castle Drogo. The property won them over with its prettiness, the inglenook fireplace and the two secret gardens, one leading from the other behind the cottage. “We absolutely fell in love the first time we saw it,” says Jane. “We had been looking for a cottage in the area for about six months, and we had a few false starts. Then, last summer, we saw this
cottage. It was on a private lane, and was very sweet – you wouldn’t know it was there! “The previous owner was a delightful guy, a naval officer, who was getting married and decided he needed to sell the house in order to find a family home for himself and his new wife. He was rather regretfully parting with it. We were the first people to look around – and there were other people coming to view it after us! We got back in the car and said ‘this is the one, we need to get started’ so we called the estate agent straight away.” Jane, a businesswoman whose
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Many of the fabrics are from Colefax and Fowler, or Jane Churchill
The shower room has an Art Deco style to its fittings
high-flying career has included a spell as head feels like making a meal rather than heading for of Channel 5, loves restoring properties in her the village pub. “It gets very toasty in the cotspare time. For this latest project, she wanted to tage!” says Jane. “We also put in those huge cast go for a luxury look, so she enlisted the help of iron radiators, so that even during the darkest of interior designer Paul Hervey who is based not Dartmoor winters, when you walk into the cotfar away, in Chagford. tage it is going to be warm and welcoming.” The creamy exterior of the Upstairs, there is a calm, rocottage – a Farrow & Ball shade mantic feel to the decor, with – was Jane’s starting point for pale aqua and duck egg blue ‘We wanted the the atmosphere she wanted furnishings in the bedroom. The to create inside, warm and rebathroom is themed as a luxury overall feel of laxed. “It has a very gentle look spa room, with a show-stopping the cottage to to it, and the colours of the outfreestanding copper bath and be romantic side of the house are reflected in massage table. the décor inside,” she says. Many of the fabrics used in and traditional, Downstairs in the sitting the property were sourced from but with a room and luxuriously appointColefax and Fowler, and Jane ed kitchen, she has indeed gone Churchill. “We wanted the upcontemporary for cream, as well as touches stairs to have a much cooler twist’ of red, blue and yellow in the colour scheme, as well as being choice of soft furnishings. both calm and relaxing,” says “We wanted the overall feel of Jane. the cottage to be romantic and The separate shower room traditional, but with a contemporary twist,” says has an Art Deco feel, with designer Paul Hervey Jane. “The colours were really important. We going for the more muted shade of nickel for the wanted the colour palette downstairs to be warm taps and toilet cistern, with its ornate embossed and cosy.” detailing, supplied by Kent-based company As well as a new woodburning stove in the inCatchpole and Rye. glenook, there is now underfloor heating in the “The bathroom is a very vintage style, but ackitchen which has a range cooker in case Jane tually brand new,” says Jane. “I didn’t think I’d
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ever spend so much on a loo, but there you go! We really wanted to splash out because it is such a special cottage.” “The basin was from Catchpole and Rye too. They are really good on the detailing. I think nickel is much more authentic-looking than chrome,” says Paul. Out in the garden, which is screened from its neighbours by high walls, there is a swing seat and a delightful summer house where lovers could sip champagne. Jane has employed a sturdy stone receptacle for putting the drinks on ice. “It is actually a Chinese rice bowl,” she says. “It is made of granite and weighs a ton but it is the perfect wine cooler.” While the plan is very much to invite others to enjoy the cottage, which is being let out as a holiday cottage. Jane and Alastair may well, though, spend Valentine’s Day here themselves this year. “That’s an idea,” says Jane. The couple have their own romantic tale to tell. “We have known each other since we were teenagers, his best friend and my best friend were brother and sister. Then Alastair got married and I got married - but not to each other! His wife sadly died. We met up nine years ago. He was a single dad with a three kids and the rest is history! It took us a while, but we got there in the end.” For details visit www.uniquehomestays.com or call 01637 881183
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Gardens
ANNE SWITHINBANK
Roses all the way Devon’s Anne Swithinbank, panellist on Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time, is pondering the language of flowers this Valentine’s Day ome Valentines are easy to please and will settle for any old bunch of flowers, box of chocolates or night out in a crowded restaurant. Difficulties arise when you have a history of devising intriguing novelties to delight and impress your partner. As the years roll on, the bar can only inch higher but maybe our gardening pages will help. Flowers have been endowed with meanings for thousands of years and using them to convey hidden messages took off massively in Victorian times. During a period when, on the outside at least, behaviour was constrained by strict moral codes and prescribed manners, men and women found a way to express themselves by choosing and sending flowers. Messages were often complex, according to the exact shade of the blooms and whether they were in bud or open. Red roses,
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Warning: Pink roses are said to mean ‘I love you less.’
for instance, delivered a clear “I love you” but smart phone. You can imagine the beating hearts pink ones said “I love you less” and yellow indi- and heaving chests of young ladies as they decicated mere friendship. Personally, phered their floral love notes. I love pale peachy roses, especially Small nosegays or tussie mussies combined with deep crimson ones were ideal because they could be I love pale (in the garden, ‘Gloire de Dijon’ carried or pinned to clothing. They’d peachy roses, with ‘Guinee’ would be heavenly) evolved from the aromatic, mainly especially but they deliver an awkward comherbal posies carried as far back as bination of modesty and mournmedieval times to protect genteel combined with ing. So to make the right impact, noses from stinking streets and the deep crimson knowledge and experience were threat of plague. ones - Gloire required. You might think there’s no place de Dijon are Arrangements or “talking for such slow and complex messagheavenly bouquets” of mixed blooms caing these days but remember how pable of delivering complex messtruck we all were with Kate Midsages became fashionable. Even dleton’s bouquet when she mararmed with a list of flower meanings, we’d probried Prince William? Lily of the Valley signified ably struggle with these today but the Victorians a return to happiness, myrtle for marriage and would have been as confident as a teenager with a love, hyacinth for constancy, sweet William for
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Safe bet: Red roses deliver a clear ‘I love you.’
Platonic: Yellow roses signify friendship
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gallantry and ivy for fidelity. We have many brilliant florists in the towns and cities of the South West and if you go armed with a list of meanings, I’m sure they’ll help you put together a stunning bunch to impress a loved one. If you want local flowers, then bouquets of tulips ordered from Tregothnan in Cornwall (01872 520000, tregothnan.co.uk) would be a treat, especially as red tulips are as much a declaration of love as roses. You’ll need to follow this up with a book, so the recipient can interpret your hidden message. There are plenty on the subject both new and second hand, such as A Victorian Flower Dictionary by Mandy Kirkby and The Floral Offering by Henrietta Dumont first printed in 1853 (try abebooks.co.uk for an original). These will also steer you safely away from making embarrassing blunders. However much you like them,
avoid yellow carnations (rejection) and for that matter striped ones (refusal) - unless you need to rebuff an unwanted lover, of course. If bouquets are not your thing, then a potted gardenia would be lovely. The white flowers turn the colour of clotted cream as they age, emit a strong, sweet fragrance and stand out beautifully against glossy green foliage. Their message is “you are lovely” or “my secret love” and while they are not the easiest of house plants to care for, you’d somehow expect them to be capricious. The climbing stephanotis is another fragrant indoor plant but only for serious Valentines, as it means happiness in marriage. Potted camellias should be easy to come by in February, to display in a cool porch or just outside the front door before being planted outside. There are plenty of white-flowered varieties, all delivering the message “you’re adorable”. Perfect.
Question time with Anne West reader queries answered by Anne Swithinbank
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We have a Cornus Canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ but it looks rather sad and is an odd shape. Will pruning help?
These highly ornamental, purple-leaved forms of the American redbud tree (and related to the Judas tree) enjoyed a burst of popularity back in the 1990s. Reaching 5m/15ft they make useful small trees but as they are generally multistemmed, they look more like large shrubs. These redbuds are demanding in the same way as Japanese maples, needing woodland conditions of deep, fertile moist but well-drained soil in sheltered locations. Their particular dislikes are cold, drying winds, droughts and waterlogging. Prune in early spring, removing dead wood and then improving shape. Healthy redbuds can even be ‘stooled’ (cut hard back every year) in the same way as a dogwood or willow. If the tree is young, consider moving it to a better spot.
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I sowed seeds of vegetables and flowers towards the end of January in a propagating case. They have grown tall and tend to fall over when watered. What should I do next?
You need to transplant them from their seed pot or tray to separate pots or modules and gradually adjust them to life out on the greenhouse staging. Fill an 8cm/3in pot with compost, make a good dibber hole, then lever the seedling out with as much root as possible and place it in the hole. Amazingly, you can bury seedlings right up to their seed leaves in the new compost and they will thrive and be instantly shorter and more compact. During bouts of freezing nights, pop them back in the case or cover with a lid.
This week’s gardening tips Anne’s advice for your garden
• To do: Our containers need ‘gardening’, Remove dead leaves, take out any miserable autumn plants that have finished (ornamental cabbage or cyclamen) and replace with fresh primroses or bellis. • Add nectar-rich, early flowering plants for queen bumblebees coming out of hibernation. Corylopsis pauciflora and
Stachyurus praecox are must-have shrubs, with lungworts (pulsatilla), winter aconites, bugles and snowdrops. • Sow a spinach variety like ‘Reddy’ by setting three seeds per module. Mine germinated within a fortnight on the greenhouse staging, even though they were frosted solid for a night soon after sowing. Plant out as small clumps.
Sow lettuce A variety of colours and leaf shapes are good, so fill a small seed tray with compost, make four rows or drills across it and into each one, sow a different kind. After germination, transplant as many as you need one per pot or module and when they’re ready, plant out.
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Send your questions to Anne at westmag@westernmorningnews.co.uk
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Clarins Double Serum trio set (Debenhams, £56) I love this new skincare set from Clarins. Their Natural Lip Perfector has extracts of Shea Butter and wild mango, plus Vitamins A and E to protect against free radicals. The perfect gift for giving your complexion a natural glow.
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Beauty box Exotic The Body Shop Polynesian Monoi radiance oil £16 I love this exotic coconut-scented oil, bringing the spa to your home. It is great for massage and you can use it in your hair and on your skin, too.
Heartfelt Lush Two Hearts gift set, £13.95 With aphrodisiac ingredients like jasmine and rose, plus a heart shaped honeychocolate massage bar, this pretty gift set is sure to get hearts beating faster.
Expert advice from beauty guru Abbie Bray of Newton Abbot February 14 is around the corner and shops are already getting stocked up with all things pink and fluffy. But whether you are in a relationship or living the single life, Valentine’s Day doesn’t always have to be about flowers and chocolates. As a self-confessed beauty addict, I really don’t need to have an excuse to indulge where beauty products are concerned. So this week I have selected some of my favourite beauty must-haves with Valentine’s Day in mind. These gifts are perfect for dropping subtle (or maybe not so subtle) hints for your loved ones or even a little gift to indulge yourself with. From bath products to fragrances there is something here to tempt everyone. Here’s wishing you a truly beautiful Valentine’s Day.
Massage The Body Shop Spa of the World Thai wooden massager £10 This is the ideal partner for the Body Shop radiance oil – after all, a nice massage is the ideal treat for Valentine ’s Day!
Adorable Viktor and Rolf Flowerbomb perfume (Boots, £69) This floral scent has top notes of mandarin and orange. I’d love to receive it on February 14 (hint, hint) – and the bottle is engraved “With Love”. Aaah…
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Date night hat better time to wear red than February 14? It is the colour of true love, after all, and - even better - will chime perfectly with those dozen red roses that you’ll be expecting on Valentine’s Day this year. In all seriousness, if you are planning a special night out for two next weekend, then you could do a lot worse than trying a Little Red Dress. They say “romantic” without being too obvious, and will still allow you to wrap up warmly (it is February, after all). Pick a red that flatters your skin tone. As a guide, if silver jewellery suits you best, then you probably have blue undertones to your skin and a cooler red will work for you like this dress from La Redoute. If you gravitate towards gold jewellery, then you may have yellow undertones to your skin and should pick a red with warm, orange-y notes such as this polka dot number from House of Foxy. Either way, you’ll be sure to look adorable. Have fun!
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The bright stripe Kathryn Clarke-Mcleod is fishing for compliments y girlfriends and I had a thing bold but sophisticated, I never fun theory in our early really have to look further than Karen twenties. When getting Millen. This dress proved its ability to ready for a night out we lure the minute I set foot in the store. used the analogy that to catch a man, The stripe has had a makeover this you must approach the exercise as if season. They’re bigger and brighter, you were fishing for a trophy marlin. think rainbows that you can wear. The best game fish are landed using The stripes on this particular bright and shiny lures. It’s a bit of a number are artful to say the least. controversial premise as it is based The bright red bands sit over my hips on the idea that men are simple fishand bust, their bright symmetry crelike creatures that can be dazzled by ating the illusion of a perfectly balcolour and shine. And (disclaimer!) anced hourglass silhouette. The dark it is definitely illegal to drag one into cobalt and black around my midriff a boat and club him about the head made my waist all but disappear. until he marries you. The hemline was flirty without being So, the hypothesis is simply to aim too short. Perfectly comfortable and to get his attention in slimming, except for a crowded room, after one minor detail. It is that it is up to you to sleeveless. hook him with witty This is where sales Dressing in my conversation and flutassistants are worth tering lashes. This their weight in gold. twenties was so same ‘behavioural “What about popping much easier. science’ applies to this turtleneck underthose in relationships. neath?” one suggested. Is it tight? Bright? When out on your I wasn’t sure. Often Would I freeze Valentine’s jaunt this when I see women take at night? Sign me year, bold colours this approach I get and a bit of shine the impression they up! will ensure he is suitwere indecisive when ably mesmerised the dressing. But I loved entire evening. the dress, and I wanted Of course we are all independent to try and turn our connection into women who don’t dress just to please something meaningful, so I gave the men. That said, I can’t help but feel combination a chance. a lovely little glow inside when the Lo and behold, I loved it. The only beau in my life pays me a compliment thing left to address was the outside or watches me with a smile on his chance that someone might think it face as I walk towards him in a reswas pure modesty that made me don taurant. It’s superfood for the soul, so another layer. These incredibly sexy enjoy it. heels and the fiercest of handbags Dressing to impress has been on proved a pretty powerful antidote, my mind as Valentine’s Day looms and added a lovely bit of shine to the yet again. I’m not in my twenties any situation. more but I still believe my theory I almost feel sorry for my date, and holds water. Although, it would be yours if you follow my advice. Thing great if what I was wearing was also is, I doubt they’ll have room for pudwarm, comfortable and slimming. ding after swallowing our clever ruse Getting dressed a decade ago was hook, line and sinker. so much easier. Is it tight? Bright? All fashion in these pictures is from Would I freeze at night? Sign me up! Princesshay Shopping Centre, Exeter, These days, if I’m looking for somewww.princesshay.co.uk
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culture vulture Our guide to the arts scene in the South West by woman-inthe-know Sarah Pitt
Mountain high Exhilarating adventures in some of the world’s most remote mountain ranges will be screened at the Hall for Cornwall, Truro on Tuesday evening, February 9. The special screening is part of the UK and Ireland Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, which shows short films of adventures in the Arctic, Patagonia and America’s Wild West. The festival is held in the Canadian Rockies every November and the films then head out on tour worldwide to whet the appetite of adventurers on the lookout for inspiration. The screening starts at 7.30pm, tickets £15 from www.hallforcornwall.co.uk.
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A true story of love and life Fake It Til You Make It is a critically acclaimed love story about clinical depression. It is all the more powerful because it really happened to the couple who tell it on stage. Performance artist Bryony Kimmings was six months into her relationship with her partner Tim Grayburn when she discovered he was a sufferer of severe clinical depression. The couple lift the lid in this warm and brutally honest show about the taboo of mental illness, being in love and what it takes to be a ‘real man’. Barbican Theatre in Plymouth, Friday and Saturday, February 26 and 27. Tickets are £12-£14, see www.barbicantheatre.co.uk.
Off-the-wall humour is heading our way. The show Gein’s Family Giftshop is on tour for the first time clutching a Chortle Award for best newcomers, after appearing at the Soho Theatre in London and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Ed, Kath, Jim and Kiri (the one you never see) are funnier, faster and more unpredictable than any sketch show you’ve ever witnessed. Sample their take on the world, if you are feeling brave, at Torrington’s Plough Arts Centre tonight at 8pm. Tickets are £9-£11. Box Office: 01805 624624.
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Your stars by Cassandra Nye This week’s sign:
Happy birthday to...
Aquarians typically fall into two camps: the shy and sensitive types and the effervescent exhibitionists, although both are strong-willed in their own way. But that doesn’t mean stubborn: one endearing characteristic is the willingness of Aquarians to listen to others and admit to being wrong. Even when you stick to your own opinion, you’re so considerate of other people’s views that you’re a great friend to share time and conversation with, Aquarius!
Alice Eve born February 6, 1982 She’s Out of My League actress Alice turns 34 today. She has followed in the footsteps of her famous parents – her father is Waking The Dead star Trevor Eve, while her mother is the actress Sharon Maughan. Born in London, Alice spent much of her childhood in Los Angeles and began acting while studying English at Oxford. A naturally romantic Aquarius, Alice married her childhood sweetheart, financier Alex Cowper-Smith, on New Year’s Eve 2014.
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Has someone stopped wasting your time now? With a bright New Moon and a romantic week ahead, enjoy! There is work to be done for sure but avoid letting it go over into the weekend. Are you going to show someone how you feel? Will you send a card or give a direct compliment? Relaxing your mind will help to offset physical problems. Never underestimate the power of good and positive thoughts.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) A crash course of meeting new people is sometimes needed with you, Pisces. Get out there, with a mate if you like, and do fresh things. Anticipating a gift at the weekend? Why not offer to cook something special? This is a creative week and a very enjoyable one! A rusty talent is rediscovered and really impresses someone!
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) It seems, this week, that a weight has been lifted from your mind. A New Moon brings a fresh start and clearer plans. There really is no better time of the year to bring a little sparkle and romance into your life. Is it almost time for an anniversary or celebration? With Valentine’s Day at the weekend, is it right for a grand gesture? TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) A little romance comes into your life because of an unexpected journey or task. Although you may see the situation as temporary and not worth pursuing, think again. Opportunities come to us in the strangest ways sometimes. A meeting that seemingly means nothing could hide wonderful possibilities. Use your imagination as well as your instincts.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Fresh approaches and lingering looks there will be aplenty, but who will catch
your eye? Whatever you have planned for the weekend, take note of someone who has been your absolute rock of late. A small but thoughtful gift could mean so much!
CANCER (June 22 - July 22) The bit of resistance that you felt last week seems to have slipped away. Was this due to you taking control? Two encounters this week could bring that warm fuzzy feeling called romance. One is of your own making, but the other comes out of the blue. An open mind is all you need right now.
LEO (July 23 - August 23) Hopefully you are taking a more relaxed attitude to life this week. A get-together for single friends or an intimate evening for two? What a grand entertainer you can be, Leo! Something grabs your attention on Sunday. Will you run with it?
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) This is still a passionate time for you, Virgo. What happened last week seems to be stirring up some odd emotions. One day you are sure of what is happening and another you are not. Believe it or not, time itself will sort out any conundrums! All you need to do is keep an open mind.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) A sense of relief should start this new
week off for you. There is no point in going over old ground, especially with Valentine’s Day so near. Be with the right person or people at the weekend. This gives balance to the rest of the week and reminds you of what is important.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Bring yourself closer to someone special this week by making a romantic or even grand gesture. There is still a need to consider your health when agreeing to take things on. Planning a holiday or visit from a friend fires the imagination and even inspires. An exotic suggestion wakes your instincts.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) A bit of encouragement midweek sees you planning an unusual trip. A suggestion from a neighbour or colleague sends your imagination into overdrive. Compliments given at the weekend could be the prelude to a Valentine’s offer which is hard to avoid but if you want to refuse, be kind. A bit of extra work brings in the cash just when needed.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) A simpler time, when that awkward person or situation seems to have faded away. So plan an openly fun weekend with your favourite person or persons. Show your determination. Brace yourself for compliments this weekend. Making the most of your appearance makes you feel brighter. 35
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Wellbeing
the boost
Life just got better. We’ve handpicked the latest wellness trends, best-body secrets and expert advice to help you be your best self, everyday
‘I WENT SUGAR FREE AND LOST A STONE’ Loose Women star and singer Jane McDonald is feeling fabulous after losing a stone and a half on the ITV reality show, Sugar Free Farm. Formerly a size 14/16, she’s now a slim size 10, and says she had never realised how much sugar was affecting her health. She confesses: “I was the sort of
woman who thought life was too short not to have a scone.” The eat-fit show has had a lasting impact for Jane, who says: “My palate just doesn’t like sweet things any more. Another wonderful bonus is regular headaches, which I’d suffered for years, just disappeared.”
Want to cut down on the sugar like Jane McDonald? The NHS’s Change4Life Sugar Smart app will not only help you keep track, but also find ‘hidden’ sugars in foods - just by scanning the barcode when you shop. Find it on iTunes and Google Play.
Face facts The Body Shop sells one of its best-selling Youth Essence skin serum concentrates (£32) every 23 seconds. The formula’s recently been improved and includes plants stem cells from edelweiss, sea holly and coastal plant Criste marine. There’s also a face cream (pictured), an eye concentrate and overnight sleep-replenishing mask in its Drops of Youth range, so you can work on your complexion round the clock.
Early night: Research has shown that sleep deprivation and insulin resistance may be linked, according to Diabetes UK. A good night’s sleep is important for our hormones to regulate a large number of the body’s processes, such as appetite, weight control and the immune system.
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HEALTHY ON THE INSIDE GET READY TO PUCKER UP for a good cause this Valentine’s Day, with Clinique Long Last soft matte lipstick in magenta or petal, £15 (www. houseoffraser.co.uk). 100% of the sales price will go to the childhood cancer appeal, Kiss It Better. A bright pink lip not really your thing? You can still help, as £2 from the sale of every single Clinique lip product in February will also be donated (www. clinique.co.uk).
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How tuff are you? How much of a challenge are you up for this month? If you’re feeling fit, then the Tuff Enuff: Urban Survivor obstacle challenge in Falmouth could be for you. It begins with a run along the coastline, a dash up gruelling steps and several dips in the sea, scrambling up cargo net climbs to get out of the water. Other challenges include rope and wall climbs and monkey bars. You can enter as a serious competitor for medals, or just for the fun of seeing if you survive... Taking place on February 27, find out more at: www.tuff-enuff.co.uk
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Did you know your mental wellbeing is just as important as your physical health? Buddha Amitayus Yoga is said to increase lifespan by supporting you from the inside out and fear not if you’re a little less than supple, as this form of yoga is a purely mental activity. You can try it at The Pure Land Buddhist Centre, Exeter, which is opening its doors this weekend for a drop-in style retreat. Head to one (or all) of the three daily sessions and let experienced Buddhists guide you through chanted prayers and meditations. Sessions are a steal at only £1 each – you could even treat yourself to a glass of wine afterwards, with all that spare change. For more details head to: www.meditationinexeter.org.uk.
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How to manage arthritis Could lifestyle changes and nutrition make a difference? Arthritis is making my life hell. The flare ups are getting worse and more frequent. Is there anything I can do in terms of adjusting my lifestyle that would help? JH, Dorchester
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Low fat yoghurt and milk Many sufferers report that their arthritis is Green tea and vitamin C (a supplement worse during times of stress, so you could try might help) active relaxation such as yoga and meditation to • Swap refined carbohydrates like white unwind your mind and ground yourself. flour with wholegrain flour. Same goes for During a flare-up you may prefer to meditate rice and pasta and, when you’re feeling better, Sugar is a real no-no, as temptyou could try some yoga. Try ing as it is. Sugar is not only bad and make these practices a habit for your teeth and waistline but to achieve longer term benefits. Many sufferers also triggers the release of inOne supplement that you flammatory messengers. There could try is a product called report that are lots of names for sugar, so Spirulina. Spirulina is an algae arthritis is worse check the ingredients list for containing lots of amino acids, during times of anything that ends with -ose. essential nutrients and plant It’s a good idea to reduce your protein. It can help with low stress, so you alcohol intake. Try having at energy levels, as well as reduccould try yoga or least three alcohol-free days ing inflammation in your body. meditation per week and cut down on other Tablets are readily available at days to just one or two glasses. health food shops. Exercise regularly, if possible every day. Sometimes a walk in fresh air or doing a bit of garCarola Becker is a Devon-based dening will give you some much-needed energy. nutritional therapist and founder of Life is Good, If you feel well enough, go to the gym or for a run designing personalised online nutrition plans for and stretch afterwards. It’s more about feeling people with weight and health issues. Visit www.lifeconnected to your body than breaking a sweat. is-good.co.uk for more information.
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with Tim Maddams adies and gentlemen, let me tell you You may well think you have never tried saa little about savory. Closely related voury but it is the main ingredient in “Herbes to rosemary and thyme, this garden de Provence” with which I think even the most herb shares many of their characflavour-shy of home cooks is familiar. This herb, teristics, yet has a flavour and sublike so many others, is far better in its fresh tlety all of its own. form and if you grow it yourself There are two different types then you would be sensible to of this herb with which we need dry some in bunches once it’s in concern ourselves. The first is flower as this dry form is preferYou may think summer savory, an annual that able by far to the stuff that comes you have never is only around in the summer. in jars. tried savory, Winter savory is actually an everUsed fresh and combined with green shrub. Of the two, the most lemon you have the perfect flabut it is the common to find in a herb bed is vour-mates for virtually every main ingredient the former, and it is lacking in the grilled or barbecued meat, fish bitterness inherent in the winter or veg that you care to mention. in Herbes de version. Simply pull the leaves off the Provence Savory is believed to be efficastems, mix them with olive oil cious in the treatment of stings, and a little grated lemon zest and chesty coughs and as an antisepaway you go. Once rested, the tic – though most note that the meats can then be dressed again winter variety is better for medicinal treatment with the same mixture and the lemon squeezed use as it is stronger than the summer variety, over the top. Garlic, of course, is up to you but a which is better suited to culinary use. no-brainer to my mind.
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Vanilla yoghurt and cardamom rice pudding Recipe by Rebecca Owen, head chef of The Lordleaze Hotel, Chard, Somerset Made using Brown Cow Organics yoghurt from Shepton Mallet ‘At our farm, we breed and raise our Guernsey dairy cows to produce milk for naturally thick, rich yoghurts,’ Judith Freane, Brown Cow Organics, Shepton Mallet
Ingredients 1.2 litres Westcountry milk 100g pudding rice 120g caster sugar 1 large bay leaf 5 green cardamom pods, bashed 300g live vanilla yoghurt, lightly whipped
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Put the bay leaf, milk, cardamom and sugar into a pan and bring to the boil. Allow to cool for 30 minutes to infuse.
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When ready to serve, loosen the rice pudding with a fork and then fold in the yoghurt until well combined.
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Pour the milk mixture through a sieve, retaining all of the infused milk.
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Add the rice and reduce the heat to a gentle simmer. Cook for one hour, stirring frequently. Allow the mixture to cool and refrigerate for at least an hour.
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The rice puddings can be prepared up to four days in advance and kept in a fridge. The puddings are delicious served with fruit - try a rhubarb and ginger compote.
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Beer of the week At an ESB (Extra Special Bitter) tasting at The Front, in Falmouth, I was very impressed by a collaboration by Dynamite Valley Brewing Co and forager Stuart Woodman. Woodman’s Wild Brew Damson ESB (6% ABV) had the fruity, caramel sweetness of the style, balanced with light hop notes and having a satisfying bittersweet finish.
THE X-FACTOR? Majestic Wines is giving a panel of customers the chance to decide what its next beer listing should be. They will pick one from eight shortlisted brews including, from the Westcountry, Bath Ales’ Ginger Hare.
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St Austell has produced Ruck ‘n’ Roll, a 4% ABV, bitter for the duration of the Six Nations rugby championship. The amber beer has a full, yet dry palate which is balanced with fruity and citrus hops leading to a bitter finish.
Darren Norbury
talks beer osh, times change, don’t they? Laid special night out on February 14. If I was taking up with a ‘flu bug - the genuine ara young lady somewhere (and note: all ladies are ticle, honest, not the ‘man’ version young ladies) I would take the modern route. Not - I’ve been glued to the Good Food completely out of self-interest, he says, stifling a channel on TV (the genuine reason why I got Sky smirk. Let me give you a couple of examples. installed, rather than the usual At the Old Ale House in Truro, football or movies). At one point Skinner’s Brewery beers meet in his Sea Food Lovers’ Guide, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s made back in 2000, Rick Stein River Cottage cooking. Many If I was taking ponders on the emergence of dishes have beer in the recipe, a young lady fusion cooking, noted that nousuch as the River Cottage EPA velle cuisine was meeting its (Extra Pale Ale) sticky chilli out somewhere eagerly-anticipated doom and chicken wings, but all will go (and note: all wondered what the next foodie well with one of the Skinner’s ladies are young fad will be. range of beers – perhaps pork Well, now we know that the crackling with some Betty Stogs, ladies) I would buzz of the moment is street for instance. take the modern food. This seems an increasingly Across the region you’ll find route inaccurately named movement, Hub restaurants, a chain which however, as street food has very originated in St Ives. Hub is very much come indoors. Table for much about food you can pick up two with a prawn cocktail startwith your fingers and share, plus er and coq au vin? Don’t think so. We’re talking a fine range of beers from artisan brewers such hot-dogs and burgers, burritos, wood-fired pizza as Harbour, just outside Bodmin. and the like. I love this style of cooking, and one I’m hoping this style of dining becomes a Britof the reasons why I love it is that it is ideal as ish institution rather than a fad and that we can a beer accompaniment. Notice I didn’t say the enjoy a long relationship between innovative, beer was an accompaniment to the food – I know tasty, well-crafted and locally-sourced beers and where my priorities are. foods. With Valentine’s Day just eight days away, Darren Norbury is editor of beertoday.co.uk there are many couples who will be planning a @beertoday
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My Secret Westcountry
Jo + Co Home, near Wadebridge
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Tracy Goad Tracy Goad and her husband David are the owners of Buttermilk Artisan Confectionery. They took over the company from David’s parents in 2010. They live near Wadebridge with their sons Henry and Reggie, and Bertie the spaniel
School. It’s amazing as you get to surf a perfect wave without having to share it, with your friends sitting metres away on a boat. The boat makes the wave so you don’t have to wait for perfect conditions.
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Food: The sausages and bacon from Gavin Roberts’ The Kernow Sausage Company are unbelievably good. There is always a massive queue for their stand at Royal Cornwall Show and it’s worth the wait.
Tipple: I really enjoy the beers from Harbour Brewing Co or Tarquin’s Gin for something stronger! Both are made right here in Cornwall.
Pub: This is tough. The Pandora Inn at Restronguet near Falmouth is pretty magical. So is a postsurf pint (plus mussels) at The Mariners in Rock. I have recently discovered Beerwolf Books in Falmouth where they have a book shop and a great selection of beers. It’s the perfect combination!
My favourite... Walk: I have been walking the South West coast path with some friends recently which is great. But for a quick scamper I love the walk up to Pentire Point on the coast near us. It’s blustery and beautiful. Beach: Watergate Bay is the first beach I took my sons when they were newborn so it is special to me. I also had my first surf there, perhaps motivated by the hot chocolate served there at The Beach Hut. Festival: I love the Porthleven Masked Ball in May for a good dance or Rock Oyster Festival for great food and music. Activity: Since moving to Cornwall I have taken up wake surfing with the Camel Ski
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Restaurant: The Wheelhouse in Falmouth is my favourite restaurant in the world. Incredible seafood, a relaxed, unpretentious atmosphere and it’s very reasonably priced, too.
Way to relax: Right now, muddy walks or a run in Cardinham Woods, near Bodmin. Weekend away: The Gurnard’s Head is a pub/ B&B in Zennor, west Cornwall. They have a wonderful wine selection and you can go for a good stomp up to the headland to blow away the cobwebs.
Shop: Jo + Co Home at Hawksfield near Wadebridge has the most lovely gifts. I want to move in.
Treat: Porthilly oysters from the Camel Estuary near Rock. www.buttermilk.co.uk
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n his rousing, and now famous, 1961 inaugural presidential address, John F Kennedy famously challenged the American people to “ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country”. It was a catchy line – stolen, of course, like most political speeches, from someone wiser – and struck a note of engaging popular patriotism. We, the British, are reputed to be less bombastic than our trans-Atlantic cousins, more self-effacing: a quiet people who get on with the job and hate fuss. Everyone knows of the old guy who sweeps the streets for free, the doyens of the fundraising coffee mornings, the Westcountry beach cleaners – it goes on and on. People do their bit as they see fit. It is, according to a Syrian mate of mine, what makes Britain truly great. Well, I have noticed of late that more and more our politicians seem to be making grander claims for their own, quite modest, efforts, and it really grates on me. You might say my
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professional experience as a news reporter of elected officials has soured my respect for elected officials. This is true. Years of sitting through pompous, overblown speeches in council chambers does that to a man. Try keeping a straight face when someone calls for a round of applause for a group of well-fed people, sat in warm room, simply doing their job. This happened last month at a county council meeting (naming no names!) here in the South
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West. And then, in a recent conversation with a candidate who is vying for election to a wellpaid, high profile job, I heard how her background had been in “public service”. This gets trotted out more and more these days, locally and nationally, right up to ministerial level, it seems. Trouble is, “public service” is a rather vague term, and what bothers me is the way that it suggests sacrifice. It brings to mind the armed forces, lifeboat crews risking life and limb, volunteers up at dawn in all weathers, shovelling snow. What it doesn’t necessarily refer to, in my mind, is attending cosy council meetings for which you are paid a salary and expenses. That is what most people would call “being on the council”. Something that, I would argue, brings more benefits than hardships. I am more than happy to give credit where it’s due. So let’s reserve the public service awards for those who deserve them. In my experience, they are usually the last people to ask anything, except of course, the most important question: what needs to be done?
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