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24 March 2019 Alesha Dixon “I have so many unfulfilled ambitions” Cupboard lovelove Easy and delicious recipes Smar t set Tailored looks with a twist Win! Win! Win! £1,000 with our prize crossword 24ontents March 2019 C This page, right: Blazer, £159.95, 40 44 Scotch & Soda (scotch-soda. com); jumper, £17.99, Daisy Street ER (daisystreet. co.uk); skirt, £149, Hobbs (hobbs.co.uk); heels, £22.99, New Look (newlook.com) earrings, £15.99, Mango (mango.com) 44 Food 58 My The things Fashion How to transform store cupboard favourite 4 Get this! staples into lavish meals photo they say... This week’s must-haves 51 Wine Former “Change your life today. 10 8 Focus Jamie Goode can’t choose EastEnders Don’t gamble on the future, Spot-on prints for spring between pinot grigio and pinot gris star Kellie act now, without delay” 36 Agony aunt 10 A cut above 53 Gardens Shirley Simone de Beauvoir By Jane O’Gorman Alan Titchmarsh Check out chic tailored designs saves the pennies shares a (1908-1986) and Dr Rosemary 32 In the closet by growing blooms from seed treasured Leonard Bridal dress designer Caroline snapshot 54 Hot off the press Castigliano has aisles of style The latest fascinating People fiction reviewed 22 Life as I know it Regulars 57 Fiction Lifestyle With hit singer Jack Savoretti 7 First look A story by novelist Natasha Bell 31 Go with the flow 24 Alesha Dixon The hottest tickets in town 59-74 Switch on From fascinating ports of call to The Britain’s Got Talent judge 18-21 Beauty The week on TV and radio spectacular scenery, a river cruise can turn her hand to singing, Clean up your act with the best 75 Mindy Hammond on the Danube has it all presenting and writing – but she’d soap bars, plus all the latest Fur is flying at Hammond Towers 38 Victoria’s best secretly love to be in a movie beauty must-haves as felines battle to be top cat... Victoria Gray picks perfect 28 David Kross 34 Health 77 Stars presents for Mother’s Day The German star is bang on Though it’s usually linked to Russell Grant predicts your week 40 Interiors target in his latest film telling alcoholism, one 36-year-old 78 The £1,000 crossword Get lots of petal power with a the compelling life story of woman developed liver disease Pit your wits against our USING NARS AND KEVIN MURPHY / MODEL: KIERA YASMEEN AT LENI’S MODELS / LOCATION: NORTH AUDLEY CANTINE, MAYFAIR (NACLONDON.CO.UK) MAYFAIR NORTH AUDLEY CANTINE, LENI’S MODELS / LOCATION: AT USING NARS AND KEVIN MURPHY / MODEL: KIERA YASMEEN COVER: STYLING: RIVKIE BAUM / PHOTOGRAPH: ROBERTO AGUILAR / STYLIST’S ASSISTANT: EMMA HAWKINS / HAIR AND MAKE-UP: DANIELLE HOOK / HAIR AND MAKE-UP: DANIELLE EMMA HAWKINS / STYLIST’S ASSISTANT: AGUILAR STYLING: RIVKIE BAUM / PHOTOGRAPH: ROBERTO COVER: masterclass in flower arrangement footballing legend Bert Trautman due to her diet of ready meals prize puzzle Editor Margaret Hussey Art Director Greg Anderson Supplements Picture Editor Karen Vowles Picture Editor Sarah White On the cover: Trench coat, £55, La Production Editor Jan Brierley Features Editor Nicole Carmichael Lifestyle Director Victoria Gray Commissioning Editor and Redoute (0330 303 0199, laredoute. Beauty Editor Laura Mulley Fashion Editor Antonia Kraskowski Deputy Fashion Editor Rivkie Baum Literary Editor Charlotte Heathcote co.uk); jumper, £35.95, Mango (0800 Feature Writer Group Senior Fashion Assistant Group Fashion Assistant Kirsten Jones Abby McHale Katy Gale 026 0028, mango.com); earrings, £9.99, Chief Sub Editor Jennifer Wignall Sub Editors Bridget Rowan, Catrina Walker, Mia Bolton Junior Picture Researcher Maya Bedford Mango (0800 026 0028, mango.com) S Magazine is published by Express Newspapers, Second Floor, Northern & Shell Building, 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN. © Express Newspapers 2019 S MAGAZINE ★ 24 MARCH 2019 3 Get this! There’s something for every budget in this week’s must-havemust have selection CompiledC by Laura Mulley LEADER OF THE PACK NOTE TO SELF Amber leather backpack, Memo pads, £2 IN THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE £295, Kerikit each, Flying Chewable toys, £15 each, National Theatre Bookshop (0161 818 9038, Tiger (uk. 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Ward (jonathanward.me) com) co.uk) BLINGING UP BABY Mima Xari pushchair in champagne, £1,139, Cheeky Rascals POT LUCK (01730 Hand-painted plant pot BOXING CLEVER SHINING EXAMPLE 895761, (plant not included), cheeky Gift box, from £26, Build My Gift from £45, Pow Pots Bag, £150, Dune London (020 rascals.co.uk) (buildmygift.com) (powpots.co.uk) 7258 3605, dunelondon.com) 4 SSMAG MAGAZINE ★ 24 MARCH 2019 HELPING HANDS Oven gloves, £37, Wilful Ink (www. wilfulink.com) TIME TO SHINE CRUMBS OF COMFORT PICK OF THE BUNCH Dyberg Larsen Haipot pendant BiscuitandCrumb box of five Secret Garden bouquet, £6, Lidl light, £135.50, Lime Lace personalised biscuits, £17, (0800 977 7766, lidl.co.uk) (01423 900522, limelace.co.uk) Etsy (etsy.com) GOING UNDERGROUND SISTER ACT LOOP THE LOOP Mugs, £10 each, London Transport The Sisterhood special editions Earrings, £12.50, Next Museum Shop (020 7565 7298, of Penguin Classics, £7.99 (0333 777 8000, next.co.uk) ltmuseumshop.co.uk) each, Bookshop (see page 77) WILD GOOSE CHASE MOTHER OF ALL BAGS Set of four geese teaspoons, Beauty bag by Selfish Mother founder £20.95, Annabel James (0345 Molly Gunn, £50, Space NK (spacenk. 548 0210, annabeljames.co.uk) com) – £5 goes to the Refuge charity FANCY A CUPPA? SITTING PRETTY TWINKLE TOES Loose tea tins, from £9.95 each, Salsa set of two garden chairs, Heels, £19, George at Asda (0800 Fortnum & Mason (020 7734 £140, John Lewis & Partners 952 3003, direct.asda.com) 8040, fortnumandmason.com) (03456 049049, johnlewis.com) S MAGAZINE ★ 24 MARCH 2019 5 first look by Kirsten Jones DO ASK Italian has a tasty treat lined up for you and your mum to celebrate Mother’s Day. Three restaurants in London, Leeds and Liverpool are hosting Edible Bouquet masterclasses in partnership with florist Rebel Rebel. Make your mum a La Dolce Vita bouquet with edible ingredients and tuck into a three-course set menu including TAK E PART pea and ricotta souffle and warm cookie and salted caramel Lace up your running shoes and bring a friend to the starting line gelato. The two-hour masterclass at Double Dash in London’s Regent’s Park. The event on May 11 begins in London on Tuesday, is a 5k with a difference, created by the Royal National Institute followed by Leeds on Wednesday of Blind People (RNIB) to raise money and help break down barriers and Liverpool on Thursday. for people with sight loss. Grab a tether and pair up to run with a Tickets cost £19.95. Book friend, just like many blind and partially sighted people who run with at eventbrite.co.uk. a guide. Sign up online at rnib.org.uk/doubledash. GO TO TRY Rory Bremner and Rob Rouse If you fancy sumptuous team up to kick off the 11th dining in a luxurious annual Bath Comedy Festival. setting, head to the From Tuesday until April 14, the Albatross & Albert Somerset city will welcome in Manchester’s 300 comedians to perform at Spinningfields. The more than 150 events. See restaurant has riverside stand-up and musical comedy views and oozes with The Vogueabonds on opulence with a huge polished oak and brass bar, lavish velvet furniture Saturday, enjoy An Evening and a stunning golf ball light installation suspended above the bar. With Eric & Ern on April 4 We tried the tasting menu which showcases seasonal ingredients and sign up for an immersive and includes seven courses exquisitely paired with delicious wines. Wine Arts Trail with panto king Our favourites were the pheasant breast with bread sauce and mulled Christopher Biggins. Book wine, the cod cheeks and the roast beef with sage bread and butter tickets at bathcomedy.com. pudding. Call 0161 325 4444 or visit albatrossandarnold.uk.com. MUST HAVE Enjoy a Dumbo remake, watch a family drama and sing along with Michael Ball Dumbo Coming Home To You Wildlife Tim Burton puts his stamp Theatre star Michael When his dad leaves home on this much-loved Disney Ball’s latest album has a to fight a forest fire out of classic. Once a laughing sprinkling of self-penned town, Joe and his mum are stock, a newborn flying tracks and covers of his left to fend for themselves. elephant helps save a favourite hits by Elvis Forced into adulthood, Joe struggling circus. With Presley, Dolly Parton watches on as his mother Danny DeVito, the live and Cliff Richard. Tracks fails to stay afloat. Starring action remake is in include I Miss You Nights and Love Is Like A Jake Gyllenhaal, it’s out on cinemas from Friday. Butterfly. It’s out now for £10.99. Blu-ray and DVD now. S MAGAZINE ★ 24 MARCH 2019 7 Right: Dress, £58; shoes, £38, both Oasis (oasis- stores.com) From top left: Scarf, £75, LK Bennett (020 7033 8333, lkbennett.com) Earrings, £8.50, Miss Selfridge (0344 984 0263, missselfridge.com) Green dress, £69, & Other stories (stories.com) Spot Navy midiskirt, £25, Marks & Spencer (0333 014 8000, marksandspencer.com) the difference Pink midiskirt, £35, Topshop (0344 984 Go dotty for this season’s 0264, topshop.com) hottest print Compiled by Katy Gale From bottom left: Cream top, £110, Ganni (ganni.com) Bag, £22.50, Accessorize (020 3372 3050, accessorize.com) Navy jumpsuit, £20, New Look (0344 499 6690, newlook.com) Headband, £6, Evans (0344 984 0262, evans.co.uk) Shoes, £179.99, Madeleine (0333 400 0400, madeleine.co.uk) Lime dress, £49.99, Mango (0800 026 0028, mango.com) Burgundy trousers, £22, Dorothy Perkins (0344 984 0261, dorothyperkins.com) 8 S MAGAZINE ★ 24 MARCH 2019 FOCUS 9 Tailor your look with chic tweeds, sleek styling and pastel shades Styling by Rivkie Baum Photographs by Roberto Aguilar Left: Multi-tweed jacket, £350, LK Bennett (0333 577 9900, lkbennett.com); metallic top, £35.99, Mango (0800 026 0028, mango.com); pleated skirt, £105, Anonyme (anonyme.