Woman's Weekly

Our family owns a few Georgian silver coins, though they’re not worth much. I’d like to say they are family heirlooms, handed down through the generations from an 18th-century lady or gentleman, but in truth they were a gift to my father – left to hi

Making the pud is one sign Christmas is on the way, but when the nights start drawing in, that’s when I get excited. Holly has probably been linked with a winter festival since the Druids. When the red berries ripen, Christmas is near! A bit London-c

I read your article on ‘wacky races’ [16 August], and here in Devon we have a really wacky one – worm charming. It’s held in the village of Blackawton in May. Each team gets a pitch and has to encourage and catch as many worms as possible in a set ti

Experts have believed for years that a happy gut equals a healthy body and mind. Recently, a large-scale study has supported that. It shows that by following a healthy, plant-based diet, you are encouraging certain gut microbes to thrive – microbes t

I’ve always had a love of history and reading, but when I married Geordie in 1999, I had no idea I was to become an author. When his father, the 7th Earl, died in 2001, it was suddenly down to us to take Highclere Castle, the ancestral home, forward.

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Sleep. I believe all other elements of my mental health start to fall apart if I don’t have enough sleep. Due to my health conditions, I can often sleep up to 10 hours, and for years I used to feel guilty about that, but once I got older, I realised

Memory loss may be a natural part of ageing. Simple, treatable causes include stress, insomnia, alcohol or drug use, and side effects of prescribed medicines. More serious causes include dementia and physical conditions, such as B12 deficiency, thyro

Q I work in a small business and my boss, who owns the company, is lovely but incompetent. She misses deadlines all the time and makes snap decisions that aren’t thought out. I don’t want us to go under so I spend a lot of time putting things back in

Looking for a small tree for your garden? A flowering dogwood (Cornus kousa) is a good choice. In summer its layered branches are covered in small white flowers surrounded by creamy white bracts. In autumn, its leaves turn reddish-purple and fruits d

Apr It’s time to let go of the old. Something better will come into your life. May Keeping grounded will be your focus this week. Don’t allow external events to rock your boat. You’re stronger than you realise. This is the perfect time for learning s

by India Knight (£14.99, HB, Penguin) Columnist and bestselling novelist India Knight’s new book, Darling, is a funny retelling of Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love. In this we meet teenage Linda Radlett, who feels she’s destined for greater thing

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

The poet Browning, when he was in a particularly good mood one day, wrote that the lark was on the wing, the snail was on the thorn, God was in his heaven and all was right with the world. I’m feeling inspired in the same way as I work in the storer