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... 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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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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. 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