Next Week PS
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
PAGE 78 C M Y K DAILY MAIL WeeKEND ‘People think I’m Natasha The prized possession you value above all others… A soapstone sculpture of a Kaplinsky and ask for my head I got in Zimbabwe during an Operation Raleigh expedition when I autograph. Often I don’t was 19. It transports me back to the correct them, but I haven’t incredible experiences I had on that trip that made me fall in love with Africa. told Natasha that yet...’ The unqualified regret you wish you could amend… If it doesn’t happen The event that altered the course of again then I’ll wish I’d had more chil- your life and character… The death of dren. [Kate is 42 and had 18-month-old my friend Jamie Rumble from cancer Clemency after years of failed IVF.] when he was 26. I was working in the The way you would spend your fantasy City then and before he died he asked me 24 hours, with no travel restrictions… why I was still there as I’d always I’d wake up in the Lewa Wildlife Con- dreamed of being a journalist. He died in servancy in Kenya with my husband 1996. Through my tears, I arranged to [security expert Mike Heron] and our visit the BBC and a week later I was vol- little girl. We’d cook breakfast on an unteering in its Newcastle newsroom. open fire, then go on safari. We’d fly to The misapprehension about yourself the Como Shambhala spa in Bali for a you wish you could erase… That I’m spot of Tai Chi in the rainforest, then to Natasha Kaplinsky! People ask, ‘Can I the Maldives to scuba dive and carry out have your autograph, Natasha?’ but conservation work protecting sharks. often I won’t correct them. I haven’t told I’d go cross-country skiing in Gstaad in Natasha – I hope she’ll forgive me! the afternoon, then I’d take over the The crime you would commit knowing Pennsylvania Castle hotel in Dorset for you could get away with it… It’s diffi- my parents, my two sisters and the whole cult to find size 9 designer shoes, so extended family. We’d walk along the I’d break into the storerooms of coast, then have roast lamb with crispy Jimmy Choo and Manolo Blahnik and roast potatoes, followed by sticky toffee steal every size 43 pair they have. pudding and a Paxton & Whitfield cheese The song that means most to you… board – including stinking bishop! I’d Catch The Wind by Donovan was end the day with a book in front of a fire. played for the first dance at my wed- The temptation you wish you could ding, so it will always be special. resist… Chocolate from Hotel Choco- DEFINITE The happiest moment you will cherish lat or Lindt, especially pralines. forever… Holding Clemency for the The book that holds an everlasting first time and kissing her. After years resonance… Daughter Of The Desert of trying, she felt like a miracle. by Georgina Howell, which is about my The saddest time that shook your heroine, Gertrude Bell. She was born in world… Jamie’s death. He would have 1868 and was a linguist, cartographer, ARTICLE contributed so much to life. photographer and archaeologist. She We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly The unfulfilled ambition that contin- travelled across Arabia and helped form ues to haunt you… To write a novel. the modern state of Iraq. probing questions – and only accept The philosophy that underpins your The priority activity if you were the life… Commit and providence will Invisible Woman for a day… I’d team THE definitive answer. This week: follow you. up with Prince William [a patron of The order of service at your funeral… conservation group Tusk Trust] to I’d have a traditional service at St BBC newsreader Kate Silverton P track rhinoceroses in East Africa and Bride’s, the journalists’ church on Fleet HOTO protect them from the poachers. The figure from history for whom The treasured item you lost and wish Street where I was married. I’d want G The pet hate that makes your hackles you’d most like to buy a pie and a pint… you could have again… Time to travel. Rod Stewart’s Sailing sung by the RAPHS: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX rise... Drivers not checking for cyclists. Gertrude Bell. I’d love to get her Work and family constraints mean I Welsh Fron Male Voice Choir. I’d be The film you can watch time and time thoughts on what’s happened in Iraq. can’t be spontaneous. taken out to Born Free and have my From top: Dorset’s again… Watching It’s A Wonderful The piece of wisdom you would pass The unending quest that drives you ashes scattered in Kenya. Pennsylvania Castle Life has become a Christmas Eve tra- on to a child… There is nothing to fear on… To be a great mum. No parent The way you want to be remembered… hotel, Donovan, dition in our house. I cry every time. but fear itself. can be perfect, so it’s important for us Simply as someone who cared. scuba diving, a rhino, The person who has influenced you The unlikely interest that engages your to continually evolve. The Plug… Kate is presenting News At Hotel Chocolat most… My parents, Terry and Patricia. curiosity… Child psychotherapy. I have The poem that touches your soul… One on BBC1 and the BBC News chan- chocolates, Natasha Kaplinsky and It’s Dad encourages me to follow my a degree in psychology with a focus on Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert nel all this week and can be followed A Wonderful Life dreams, and Mum gives sensible advice. child cognitive development. Having Frost, which reminds me that nothing on Twitter at @katesilverton1. n They’ve given me the right balance. Clemency has reignited my interest. is forever and nor should it be. As told to Rob McGibbon NEXT WEEK PS... l All your regulars return, including Lee Mead returns to the stage in The West End Men at London’s Homework For Grown-ups and l Vaudeville Theatre. The Royal Opera House’s La Donna Del Lago The Wild Life Monty Don kicks off a fabulous series on water goes out live to 200 cinemas nationwide on Monday. And Laura features by showing you how to build a wildlife pond l Marling’s new album, Once I Was An Eagle, is out Monday too PLUS Britain’s best TV listings 78 weekend DAILY MAIL WEEKEND IS PUBLISHed BY ASSOCIATed NewSPAPERS LTD. PRINTed BY THE POLESTAR GROUP. RegISTERed AS A newSPAPER AT THE POST OFFICE. © ASSOCIATed NewSPAPERS LIMITed 2013. National 25 MAY.