New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 1905

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has had a busy week! The glowing royal made a trip to Smart Works in London, a charity that helps long-term unemployed women return to the workforce. Glamorous Meghan is now the patron of Smart Works and was on hand to help pick an outfit for Patsy Wardally (55), who said, “She chose things that are fantastic and now I feel much more confident.” As the Queen (92) steps back from some of her royal duties, it was recently announced that Meghan (37) has been given three other patronages, including The National Theatre, which aims to make the arts more accessible; The Association of Commonwealth Universities, which promotes higher education throughout the Commonwealth; and Mayhew, an animal welfare charity. Days later, the duchess was resplendent in…

Chatting with people for a living is a pretty great gig, I have to admit. Here at the Weekly, we love nothing more than sitting down with someone – real people and celebrities alike – and having a yarn about the thing that makes them special, then turning that chat into the stories you read every week in these pages. But every now and then, there are people who really strike a chord. Sometimes it’s their passion, other times it’s their determination and often it’s their resilience. But in radio presenter Lana Searle’s case, it has always been her incredible spirit. Her 2018 reads like the stuff of horrors – terrifying health battles and a devastating break-up among other things – but throughout, her attitude, positivity and overwhelming loveliness has…

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has had a busy week! The glowing royal made a trip to Smart Works in London, a charity that helps long-term unemployed women return to the workforce. Glamorous Meghan is now the patron of Smart Works and was on hand to help pick an outfit for Patsy Wardally (55), who said, “She chose things that are fantastic and now I feel much more confident.” As the Queen (92) steps back from some of her royal duties, it was recently announced that Meghan (37) has been given three other patronages, including The National Theatre, which aims to make the arts more accessible; The Association of Commonwealth Universities, which promotes higher education throughout the Commonwealth; and Mayhew, an animal welfare charity. Days later, the duchess was resplendent in a red coat…

Tributes are flowing in for larger-than-life Broadway legend Carol Channing, who passed away just 16 days shy of her 98th birthday. The sunny comedy queen was an unstoppable force of nature who successfully toured her one-woman show The First 80 Years Are the Hardest as an octogenarian and married her childhood sweetheart in 2003. In her heyday, she delighted audiences with nearly 5000 performances as the scheming matchmaker Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly. She considered the role to be as deep as Lady Macbeth. “The essence of her character was her unquenchable thirst for life,” she once said. Carol was also famous for her portrayal of gold-digger Lorelei Lee in the stage version of Gentleman Prefer Blondes and the song Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend became her signature number.…

Chatting with people for a living is a pretty great gig, I have to admit. Here at the Weekly, we love nothing more than sitting down with someone – real people and celebrities alike – and having a yarn about the thing that makes them special, then turning that chat into the stories you read every week in these pages. But every now and then, there are people who really strike a chord. Sometimes it’s their passion, other times it’s their determination and often it’s their resilience. But in radio presenter Lana Searle’s case, it has always been her incredible spirit. Her 2018 reads like the stuff of horrors – terrifying health battles and a devastating break-up among other things – but throughout, her attitude, positivity and overwhelming loveliness has carried…

Tributes are flowing in for larger-than-life Broadway legend Carol Channing, who passed away just 16 days shy of her 98th birthday. The sunny comedy queen was an unstoppable force of nature who successfully toured her one-woman show The First 80 Years Are the Hardest as an octogenarian and married her childhood sweetheart in 2003. In her heyday, she delighted audiences with nearly 5000 performances as the scheming matchmaker Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly. She considered the role to be as deep as Lady Macbeth. “The essence of her character was her unquenchable thirst for life,” she once said. Carol was also famous for her portrayal of gold-digger Lorelei Lee in the stage version of Gentleman Prefer Blondes and the song Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend became her signature number. She lived for the…