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Okay, admittedly, Halloween hasn’t happened yet. See page 53 for our mini mag to find all you’ll need to help celebrate that one! But for those of us who love a Christmas Calendar, my top tip is get yours now as some brands are in high demand. On sale already are FOUR of my favourite brands! SAVE: W7 Beauty Blast Calendar, £19.95 (w7makeup.co.uk). Why pay more if you can help it? SPLASH: Baylis & Harding Sweet Mandarin & Grapefruit 24 Days of Beauty, £45 (Amazon) – that’s the bathroom accessories sorted! SPLURGE: At £55 from prettylittlething.com, this one is worth £195 and full of a riot of gifts from hairbands to face packs! Then there’s the bargain of bargains from Boots. The 24-Days of Skincare calendar, £65 (and worth over…

In a bid to rebuild his image, following lying about an ‘unwise but not illegal’ affair with a much younger colleague, the former This Morning presenter, Phillip Schofield, has called out ‘three s***s’ for ‘throwing me under the bus.’ Talking in what felt like a rant on the Channel 5 show Cast Away (where he spends 10 days ‘soul searching’ and fending for himself ) the 62-year-old let rip... ‘There are only three s***s,’ he shouted at the camera. ‘One of them is a coward who never stepped up in queue gate… One of them is a coward because they never stepped up when I was being battered by one journalist.... and the other one is just brand-oriented.’ He continued, ‘When you’ve given so much to somewhere and been so…

As I turned the key in the front door of my dad’s flat, I struggled to push it open. It was 2013 and Dad had moved into a care home; he had been diagnosed with bladder cancer and we didn’t know how much time he had left. Reluctantly, he’d handed over his keys to me so I could pick up a few items for him. I hadn’t been to his flat in Newcastle for 28 years. Dad didn’t encourage visitors and always insisted on coming to see me in Brighton instead. What I found was... staggering. There were stacks of newspapers behind the door, and you couldn’t see the carpet – just piles of letters, books, papers, clutter everywhere. And, I mean everywhere... It was a wake-up call on so…

They say opposites attract – and that couldn’t be more true for Kristen Bell and Adam Brody’s characters in Netflix’s Nobody Wants This – about a sex podcaster and a single rabbi falling in love… This is something the Hollywood actress, 44, knows all too well, as she reveals her and real-life hubby of 11 years, actor Dax Shepard, (who share daughters Lincoln, 11 and Delta, nine) couldn’t be more different. Here, she reveals why taking a much-deserved break helped her return to the big screen, and why this movie is the rom-com series we all need to be watching right now… Kristen, how would you describe Nobody Wants This? It’s just the kind of rom-com we all need in our lives right now. It’s full of joy and…

Pineapple upside-down cake SERVES 12 CARAMEL 70g soft brown sugar SPONGE 150g salted butter TO DECORATE Large edible eyes 1 Preheat the oven to 160°C/180°C fan/gas 4. 2 Cream together the brown sugar and butter for the caramel until smooth and spreadable. Spread this paste around the base and sides of a 23cm cake tin. 3 Arrange the pineapple slices on the base of the tin (on top of the paste). 4 For the sponge, add all the ingredients to a mixing bowl and beat until combined. Transfer to the cake tin. 5 Bake for 40 minutes, or until spongy on top and the cake has pulled away from the sides slightly. 6 Run a knife around the circumference of the cake to ensure it’s not stuck to the tin.…

1 Go to bed – and get up – at the same time every day ‘Hardly anyone sticks to a consistent sleep schedule,’ says Hafiz Shariff, founder of bedding company Owl + Lark (owllark.com). ‘Keeping to one is the way to train your internal clock to enhance both sleep quality and duration. Regular circadian rhythms keep your body in harmony – reducing stress, boosting immunity, and elevating mood,’ he adds. 2 Reduce handheld screen time There are good reasons to change our gadget night-time habits. ‘These devices emit blue light, which can be disruptive to sleep by mimicking daylight and stopping the production of the sleep hormone melatonin,’ explains Luke Cousins, the physiology national lead at Nuffield Health. ‘Try to give yourself at least an hour off before bed –…

As the wife of King Charles, Queen Camilla may be firmly on the throne, but, there’s no doubt her feet have remained very much on the ground. Since she assumed the role, the Queen, 77, has impressed the public with her good humour, hard-working attitude, and – for a Royal – a somewhat startling lack of airs and graces. Certainly, her popularity has soared since the dark days when she was known as the most hated woman in Britain. But while the era of the Diana and Charles love triangle is, of course, now in the past, it is not just that time has passed – it is that Camilla, who wed Charles in 2005, has won over hearts and minds with her sheer likeability and her determined efforts to…

WHAT EXACTLY IS A CHEMICAL PEEL? In short, it’s a skin treatment where a solution gently exfoliates the top layers of skin. It’s a bit like hitting the reset button for your complexion. Chemical peels can target a variety of skin concerns including pigmentation, wrinkles, uneven skin texture, scarring and enlarged pores, many of which become more apparent after Summer. Your skin undergoes a regeneration process with a peel, producing fresh, healthy cells. The result? Smoother, brighter, and more youthful-looking skin. WHY NOW? A peel helps tackle skin concerns exacerbated by the sun. To reverse sun damage Even with care, most of us end up with sun damage. A chemical peel helps fade sunspots and discolouration. For prime exfoliation While home scrubs can remove dead skin cells, a chemical peel…

LIGHTS, CAMERAS, ACTION Movie Night is always such fun –it’s very freeing for the celebrities. Playing characters gives people a mask – I think it sort of releases them. The group dance was also rather spectacular! After we joined the routine to When Doves Cry, some viewers said they’d like the judges to do more dancing – well, we love doing it too, but it’s just finding the time, darlings... we are all so busy! BRINGING ON BRUNO Jamie and Michelle were magnificent with their quickstep to I’m Still Standing – but that song always reminds me of Bruno Tonioli. He was one of the lead dancers in that original video! So every time I hear it, I think of Bruno in all his glory in a pair of Speedos.…

ONE FOR THE MEMORY BOX... So, there could be something slightly shall we say… potentially risky about letting someone you’ve known for a long time but equally you’re not married to or even related to by blood, into your bedroom (underwear in laundry basket alert), kitchen (empty Magnum wrapping reveal), work room (old coffee mug with fungus) isn’t there? But this is what I did with my pal Mr Carrington quite recently who does things on YouTube. (btw I call him Iwan to be less formal especially as he’s now seen my laundry basket and once that’s happened between friends, you can’t really go back, can you?).The aim of the visit was to have a go at decluttering bits of my house. We both knew we couldn’t go for the…

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‘What do I want an air fryer for?’ Penny asked, a look of disdain etched across her face. ‘Well, I thought it would be easier for you. Look how easy it is to operate, you just press this button here for the temperature, and this one for the time.’ ‘Oh, just like my conventional oven then,’ she said, sarcasm seeping between her words. ‘I just thought it would save you loads of time,’ Ella, her daughter offered. ‘Ella, I love cooking and now I’ve retired, I have all the time in the world to explore new recipes.’ Penny caught the look of disappointment on Ella’s face and quickly turned the conversation around. ‘But it’s a lovely thought, Ella, I’ll give it a go!’ A few days later her son, Spencer…

For over 40 years, Irish singer Daniel O’Donnell has been making people happy with his music. The Donegal born singer is the biggest selling country and Irish artist ever – effortlessly blending genres. Married to wife Majella since 2002, he’s about to release Through the Years, a definitive greatest hits album. We caught up with The Boy from Donegal to hear all about it… Hi, Daniel! How are you? Very well, thank you. I’m in Dublin – the weather is shocking – it’s been raining all morning and blowing a gale. Congratulations on your new album – has it really got 40 tracks? Er, I think so! I had to check – in fact, it’s 42! This is like a compilation – there are four newly recorded, but most of…

Think The Others, A Quiet Place and Get Out combined in a movie… Never Let Go is former Bond girl Halle Berry’s latest blockbuster – the ultimate horror film to watch this Halloween! When an unspeakable evil takes over the world, the only protection for a mum and her twin sons is their house and strong bond. Needing to stay connected at all times – tethering themselves with ropes – they must cling to one another and never let go... The maternal bond is something the 58-year-old mum-of-two (to daughter Nahla, 16, and son Maceo, 10) knows well. She’s previously said, ‘My two little kids, they have to lose so much time with their mommy because I get to go work and do what I love.’ Perhaps this film is…

The answer will appear in the shaded boxes and this is your prize answer. Enter by using the numbers at the top of the grid or at hearstmagazines.co.uk/bestcross4124 ACROSS 1 9 10 11 12 13 16 18 21 22 23 24 DOWN 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 14 15 17 19 20 Who played Batman in ‘The Dark Knight’? The answer will appear in the shaded squares. Phone and online entries open 8 October 2024 until midnight on 25 October 2024. Over 18s only. †Calls cost 65p per min plus your telephone company’s network access charge, and should last no longer than 2 mins. Service provided by Spoke (0333 202 3390). *For full T&Cs see below. We will use the information you supply to process your competition entry.…

Known for her distinctive voice, quirky style and no-nonsense persona, Loose Women’s Janet Street-Porter hasn’t been herself in recent weeks. Being honest on the show about her health last week, she explained how ‘every day’ her ‘mobility gets worse’, so she intended to step back from the ITV show, after 13 years, to have a hip replacement. ‘This is the hip replacement I was told earlier in the year, March, to get on with. I had the MRI scan, it showed no cushioning on my hip at all, they said you’ve got to have it done quickly. So, what did I do, I thought: ‘Oh, I’ll just have a few painkilling injections... They didn’t work and then finally I’m going to have it [the op] a week on Friday.’ ‘I…

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Dusting off a box of decorations from the attic, I excitedly rifled through the costumes. ‘What shall we dress up as this year?’ I asked my husband, William, now 69. Halloween has always been a very special time of year for us, and we’ve become famous in our hometown of Motherwell, Scotland, for our haunted house. It all began when we threw our grandson, Steven, a party for his fourth birthday in 2006. The day fell on 1 November, so we put up a few spooky decorations in the garden and living room to celebrate. Several neighbours knocked on the door to compliment the display, and the interest grew from there. The following year, word got around, and we had around 20 visitors eager to see the house. Schoolchildren began…

As I spotted one familiar face, then another, I gasped. There was my nephew from Switzerland, Keith. My son and daughter Karen and Michael had come from Australia, and Ben and Oscar, my grandsons, had travelled from America and the Mediterranean... In fact, all 26 of my nieces and nephews had come to mark my twin brother John and I turning 90. John and I come from a big family –my mum Hilda Louise and dad Frederick already had six children when we made our entrance into the world in November 1933. Our mother had no idea that she was having twins! She gave birth to me at home, alone in bed. And then, to her astonishment, my brother John came out too! Women didn’t attend hospital or have scans…

HOW IT WORKS 1 Did you know you’re more successful at dieting if you set calories for each meal instead of the whole day? Findings revealed that when dieters stuck to a calorie limit per meal or snack, they consumed an average of 1,528 calories a day, compared to dieters who set an overall daily limit and consumed 2,011 calories. 2 It’s thought setting an amount of calories per meal or snack leads to fewer calories being consumed overall. We love this idea because setting calorie limits each meal means you soon get to know lots of meals with the same calories – fab for mixing and matching so you’re not bored. 3 ● Simply follow our seven-day menu for up to four weeks but no longer. It includes one breakfast, lunch,…

Roasted veg with Camembert fondue Everything tastes better with oozy melted cheese, and here, humble veg sing after a gentle roast. Serves 6 Prep time: 7 minutes Cooking time: 55 minutes • 3 sweet potatoes (800g total)• 3 mixed-colour peppers• 3 cloves of garlic• Olive oil• Red wine vinegar• 3 mixed-colour onions• 250g Camembert cheese• 1 French baguette• ½ a bunch of basil (15g) 1 Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Scrub the sweet potatoes and slice into 1½cm-thick rounds. Deseed the peppers and slice into chunky wedges. Peel and slice the garlic. Toss it all in a large roasting tray with 1tbsp each of olive oil and red wine vinegar and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. 2 Halve the unpeeled onions and carefully place cut-side down…

TOP TIP! Throws not only look great, they are also wonderful for snuggling under on chilly evenings.…

Mormons have a bit of a rep for a conservative lifestyle of no alcohol, no coffee, no divorce, women walking behind their men, a (very) modest dress code and… polygamy! It seemed a lifetime away from the real world and, frankly, not that interesting until The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives burst onto our screens. Suddenly, a group of eight Mormon housewives from Salt Lake City, Utah, were showcasing their wholesome, privileged and very photogenic lives. Women like Taylor Frankie Paul – young, pretty, married to (handsome) Tate, with three cute children – became part of a movement on TikTok named MomTok. Glam Mormon Moms sharing their picture-perfect lives, lip syncing and dancing as they follow the teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints to…

Toffee apple cake pops Hands-on time: 40 minutes, plus chilling and setting Cooking time: about 15min Makes 12 cake pops • 300g bought Madeira cake• 75g dairy toffees• 2tbsp milk• 75g unsalted butter FOR THE CARAMEL COATING 225g light muscovado sugar YOU WILL ALSO NEED Lolly sticks 1 Line a baking tray with baking parchment. Crumble the cake into a bowl. Put the toffees, milk and butter in a small pan and heat gently, stirring frequently, until the toffees have melted to make a smooth sauce. Tip onto the crumbled cake and mix together with a wooden spoon until just combined. 2 Take a spoonful of the mixture, about 35g, and shape into a small ball using your hands. Push a lolly stick into the ball, then transfer to the…

HE WANTS A THREESOME?! My husband of 25 years told me for the first time recently that he wants to try having a threesome with me! I was horrified, Vanessa. It’s made me look at him totally differently – and the man I married all those years ago would never have suggested such a thing. It makes me feel I’m not enough and that he clearly wants to try sleeping with someone else. I’ve barely said a word to him since. What are your thoughts? Deb, Surrey My thoughts are your thoughts. How can your husband suddenly attempt to introduce a sexual practice that is abhorrent to you? How can he have failed so spectacularly to know and understand his own wife? And if he does realise how horrified you…

Her appearances in movies such as The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, Sister Act, Hook, and The V.I.P.s shot Margaret Natalie Smith to film stardom, following her distinguished stage career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Having begun her acting career aged just 16, she was in her seventh decade when she became globally famous as Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films – she was known for her witty, blunt remarks and soft Scottish accent. Shortly afterwards, she was cast as the Dowager Countess Violet Crawley in the ITV smash hit Downton Abbey and Dame Maggie’s withering put-downs became instantly iconic. She passed away at the age of 89 and King Charles spoke for many when he said, ‘As the curtain comes down on a national…

PET OF THE WEEK Name: LouieOwner: Lisa, CheshireBreed: Bengal shorthair CALLING ALL PETS! From funny to cute, we’re looking for more pets to star in our ‘Day in the Life’ series. If you think your animal is the perfect match, email bestpets@hearst.co.uk with details of your pet, plus a series of snaps.*…

TRAVEL SNAPSHOT You’ve likely heard of Mallorca’s capital Palma and party capital Magaluf, but Alcúdia in the Spanish island’s north east? Less likely. The fortified Old Town seems to slip under the tourist radar, despite being less than an hour’s drive from the international airport and close to seven miles of white sand beach. You’ll fall for its bohemian charm, independent art galleries, fashion boutiques, jewellery stores, alfresco cafés and fascinating history – it dates back to around 123BC when it was known as Pollentia, Roman capital of the Balearics, remains of which can still be seen today. INSIDER’S GUIDE First off, you’ve got to walk the walls. Alcúdia’s ringed by restored sandy-hued Medieval walls that take less than 30 minutes to stroll around and enjoy views over the town…