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17 March 2019

Pure and simple
Delicious recipes from
Hollywood star
Gwyneth Paltrow

Words of
wisdom
Fern Britton
on her next
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Contents

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17 March 2019

Fashion

40

4 Get this!
This week’s must-haves
8 Focus
Go glam in snakeskin prints
10 The wild west
Western-inspired fashion
34 In the closet
With ’Allo ’Allo! star Vicki Michelle

STYLING: RIVKIE BAUM / PHOTOGRAPHS: ROBERTO AGUILAR / STYLIST’S ASSISTANT: ABBY MCHALE / MODEL:
LAYLA YOUNG AT PROFILE / HAIR AND MAKE-UP: JENNY MORRELL USING PÜR COSMETICS AND UNITE HAIR

Lifestyle
33 Sunshine state
Get a taste of paradise in Florida’s
Panama City Beach
40 Victoria’s best
Victoria Gray finds beautiful vases for
spring blooms
42 Interiors
Give your kids a room to grow

46 Food
A star menu from Gwyneth Paltrow
51 Wine
Jamie Goode savours sauvignon blancs
from the Loire
52 Gardens
Alan Titchmarsh on how to spot signs of
recovery among winter-damaged plants

46

The things
they say...

22 Life as I know it
With journalist and newscaster Jon Snow
24 Fern Britton
The presenter is reinventing herself in
more ways than one
28 Gok Wan
The style guru heads North to say yes to
the dress in a new spin-off
30 A pat on the back
Discover the power of praise
58 My favourite photo
Singer Will Young shares a snapshot

Editor Margaret Hussey Art Director Greg Anderson Supplements Picture Editor Karen Vowles Picture Editor Sarah White
Production Editor Jan Brierley Features Editor Nicole Carmichael Lifestyle Director Victoria Gray Commissioning Editor and
Beauty Editor Laura Mulley Fashion Editor Antonia Kraskowski Deputy Fashion Editor Rivkie Baum Literary Editor Charlotte Heathcote

Feature Writer Kirsten Jones Group Senior Fashion Assistant Abby McHale Group Fashion Assistant Katy Gale
Chief Sub Editor Jennifer Wignall Sub Editors Bridget Rowan, Karen Regn, Junior Picture Researcher Maya Bedford

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7 First look
The hottest tickets
in town
18-21 Beauty
Get some beauty
sleep with the perfect
skincare, plus the
latest must-haves
36 Health
How one woman is embracing tinnitus
38 Agony aunt
By Jane O’Gorman
54 Star memoirs
Autobiographies by Sara Cox and
Francis Rossi
57 Fiction
A short story by novelist CJ Cooke
59-74 Switch on
The week on TV and radio
75 Mindy Hammond
St Patrick’s Day and Cheltenham Festival
set our columnist’s heart racing
77 Stars
Russell Grant predicts your week
78 The £1,000 crossword

Pit your wits against our prize puzzle

“If you accept your
limitations you go
beyond them”
Brendan Behan
(1923-1964)

People

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Regulars

On the cover: Jacket, £45, Oasis (oasis-stores.com); dress,
£34.90, Uniqlo (020 7290 7701, uniqlo.com); boots, £337, Chie
Mihara (chiemihara.com); earrings, £65; bracelets, from £62,
both Branch (branchjewellery.co.uk); bag, £25, Dorothy Perkins
(0344 984 0261, dorothyperkins.com)
This page: Jacket, £180, Very (0344 822 2321, very.co.uk); top,
£105; skirt, £224, both Beatrice B (beatriceb.com); boots, £200,
Ariat (ariat.com); earrings, £3 for three, Primark (01189 606300)

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Get this!
There’s something for every budget in this wee
week’s must-have selection Compiled by Laura Mulley

SLICE OF THE ACTION
Bike pizza cutter, £17, Hurn & Hurn (01603 559250, hurnandhurn.com)

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TASTE OF THE ORIENT
Tokyo Stories: A Japanese
Cookbook by Tim Anderson,
£26, Bookshop (see page 77)

THE MIDAS TOUCH
Velvotan The Original Tanning
Mitt, £2.99 each, Tesco,
Asda and Sainsbury’s

HEAVEN SCENT
Est ’88 perfume, £50, Ted
Baker (0808 178 7366,
tedbaker.com)

A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
Ultrasonic aroma diffuser,
£17.99 each, Owlchemy (01237
475702, owlchemy.co.uk)

LET THEM EAT CAKE
Tefal Cake Factory, £169.99,
Amazon (amazon.co.uk)

MANE ATTRACTION
Silk hair ties, £30, Silke London
(silkelondon.com)

IN TRAY
Birch trays, £29 each, Cambridge
Imprint (cambridgeimprint.co.uk)

GROWING TREND
Enamel hanging planter, £16,
Bohemia (0131 555 2485,
bohemiadesign.co.uk)

FRUITY BEAUTY
Framed print, from £30,
The Weird & Wonderful
(theweirdandwonderful.com)

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A RUM DO
Barbados
Gold rum,
£37.95,
Neptune Rum
(neptunerum.
com)

SNAKE CHARMER

Brass candle
holder, £46,
Audenza (0116
298 6393,
audenza.com)

SWEET CHARITY
Bobbi Brown x Lulu Guinness
make-up bag, £35, Bobbi Brown
(bobbibrown.co.uk). All proceeds
(less VAT) go to Smart Works

LITTLE GEMS
Earrings, £9.95, Jewellerybox
(020 3397 4169, jewellerybox.com)

SMOOTH AS SILK
Ombre “A” silk scarf, £95,
Aspinal of London (0808 169
5529, aspinaloflondon.com)

THESE BOOTS
WERE MADE
FOR WALKING
Priotry boots,
£160, Dune
London (0333
240 7306,
dunelondon.
co.uk)

COME RAIN OR SHINE
Showerproof outdoor cushion, £10,
John Lewis & Partners (08456
049049, johnlewis.com)

FULL OF BEANS
Round bean slab, £40, JD
Williams (0871 231 2000,
jdwilliams.co.uk)

MESSAGE IN
A BOTTLE
Reusable water
bottle, £20,
Crew Clothing x
Plastic Patrol
(0333 121 1993,
crewclothing.
co.uk)
AROMA
THERAPY
Culti Stile
reed diffuser,
£80, Amara
(0800 587
7645,
amara.com)

BEST BIB AND TUCKER
Set of two dribble bibs,

£4.50, M&Co (0800 031
7200, mandco.com)

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ART OF GLASS
Juno vases, £30 each,
Dartington Crystal (01805
626262, dartington.co.uk)

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first look

by Kirsten Jones

TRY

New to Town House at the
Kensington, the London
Landmarks afternoon tea
gives you the chance to eat
some of London’s most
popular attractions. Your
delicious journey begins with a
choice of rare tea or a glass
of champagne and savouries
such as steak and London ale
pie. The main event includes
a bright-red rhubarb moussefilled telephone box and a Big
Ben lemon curd tart, plus
sandwiches and scones with
clotted cream and jam, on a
London Eye cake stand. Book
from £42 per person at
townhousekensington.com.

GO TO

Pay a visit to Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire to celebrate sunny
climes. The first-ever Spring Bulb Festival marks 15 years since the
award-winning gardens reopened to the public. It’s a real treat with
almost 50,000 new bulbs planted across the grounds. See tulips by
the Capability Brown lake, embark on a woodland walk to find drifts
of anemones and bluebells and spot colourful displays in the Italian
Gardens, described as “the finest outside Italy”. Entry costs £9.45
(adults) and £8.40 (children) until March 31. See trentham.co.uk.

SEE

DO
Give three cheers to the weekend and raise a glass of unlimited bubbly at
Cafe Rouge. To celebrate its 30th birthday the French bistro chain has
rolled out free-flowing fizz every Friday night at nearly all its UK restaurants.
Book a table from 5pm to try two courses from the evening set menu for
£29.95 per person and get prosecco, Stella, mocktails or soft drinks on
tap for two hours. Find out more at caferouge.com.

Little Miss Sunshine makes
iits debut at London’s Arcola
Theatre on Thursday, followed
T
by a UK tour. Based on the
b
movie with Abigail Breslin and
m
Steve Carell, the musical sees
S

a dysfunctional family pack up
ttheir camper van and hit the
rroad to make their daughter
Olive’s beauty pageant dreams
come true. Will the camper
van, and the family, survive?
The tour begins in Ipswich
on May 20. For tickets and
tour information, visit littlemiss
sunshinemusical.com.

MUST HAVE Make a date with two tales of crime and punishment and a horror movie
Us
Academy Award-winning
actress Lupita Nyong’o
stars in this nail-biting
horror. Adelaide takes
her family to her
hometown for summer,
but their happy holiday
becomes a nightmare. It’s
in cinemas from Friday.
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The Last Act
Failing Broadway star
Tommy Jump turns spy for
the FBI. Armed with a new
identity he’s got six months
in jail to befriend a criminal

and steal his secrets. The
Brad Parks novel is out
now for £12.99 – see
Bookshop on page 77.

Widows
When four thieves are
killed, their debts fall on
their widows’ shoulders.
With nothing left to lose,
Veronica (Viola Davis)
recruits the women to take
on the heist her husband
never completed. It’s out
on Blu-ray and DVD.
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Earrings, £6.99, New Look
(0344 499 6690, newlook.com)

Chain bag, £49, Star by Julien
MacDonald at Debenhams (0344
561 6161, debenhams.com)

Trainers, £210, Rag & Bone
at Fenwick (020 7629 9161,
fenwick.co.uk)

Shirt, £55, French

Connection (0333 400 3285,
frenchconnection.com)

Skirt, £49.99, Mango (0800
026 0028, mango.com)

Into the wild
Slither into this season’s snakeskin prints
Compiled by Abby McHale

Bag, £595, Gedebe Clicky
at Fenwick (as before)

Jumpsuit, £39, Dorothy Perkins (0344
984 0261, dorothyperkins.com)

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Trousers, £14, George at Asda
(0800 952 0101, george.com)

Heels, £45, Wallis (0344
984 0266, wallis.co.uk)

Dress, £49, Miss Selfridge (0344
984 0263, missselfridge.com)
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FOCUS

Sandals, £74, Office at
Littlewoods (littlewoods.com)

A-line skirt, £285, Reiss
(0845 604 7457, reiss.com)

Maxidress, £50, Evans
(evans.co.uk)

Skirt, £39, Oasis
(oasis-stores.com)
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Dress, £29, Principles at
Debenhams (as before)

Dress, £32; boots, £30, both
Dorothy Perkins (as before)
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Go west
Create cowgirl chic
in a mix of suede,
denims and fringing
Styling by Rivkie Baum
Photographs by Roberto Aguilar

Jacket, £180, Very

(0344 822 2321,
very.co.uk); top,
£105; skirt, £224,
both Beatrice B
(beatriceb.com);
boots, £200,
Ariat (ariat.com);
earrings, £3
for a pack of
three, Primark
(01189 606300)

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FASHION
Fringed jacket, £408; scarf, £157,
both Beatrice B (as before); white
dress, £249.95, Madeleine (0333
400 0400, madeleine.co.uk);
boots, £160, Dune London (020
7258 3605, dunelondon.com);
ring, £69, Branch
(branchjewellery.co.uk)

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Denim jacket, £45,
Oasis (oasis-stores.com);
red dress, £34.90, Uniqlo
(020 7290 7701, uniqlo.
com); boots, £337,
Chie Mihara (chiemihara.
com); earrings, £65;
bracelets, from £62, both
Branch (branchjewellery.
co.uk); bag, £25, Dorothy
Perkins (0344 984 0261,
dorothyperkins.com)

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FASHION

Poncho, £149.95; shirt,
£109.95, both Scotch & Soda
(020 3868 0496, scotch-soda.
com); jeans, £30, Dorothy
Perkins (as before); scarf (worn
in the hair), £18, Levi’s (levi.
com); shoes, £32, Next (0333
777 8000, next.co.uk); belt,
£60, Replay (replayjeans.com);
earrings, £10, River

Island (03445 766 444,
riverisland.com)

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FASHION
Fringed jacket, £65,
Simply Be (0871 231
5000, simplybe.co.uk);
shirt, £59, John Lewis
(03456 049049,
johnlewis.com); jeans,
£140, Free People (0800
012 1400, freepeople.
com); boots, £160,
Dune London (020 7258
3605, dunelondon.com);
earrings, £65; bracelets,
from £62, both
Branch (branch
jewellery.co.uk)

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Jacket, £190, Replay
(replayjeans.com); shirt,
£98, Jigsaw (020 8392
5603, jigsaw-online.com);
denim skort, £109.95,
Scotch & Soda (020
3868 0496, scotch-soda.
com); boots, £40, Nasty
Gal (nastygal.com);
ring, £69, Branch
(branchjewellery.co.
uk); earrings, £3 for
a pack of two, Primark
(01189 606300)
Stylist’s assistant:
Abby McHale
Model: Layla Young
at Profile
Hair and make-up:
Jenny Morrell using
PÜR Cosmetics and
Unite Hair
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Laura Mulley

Sweet
dreams
erhaps it’s the time of
year (the biannual switch
in and out of daylight
saving time always
seems to prompt a flurry
of new night-time lotions and
potions hitting the shelves) or
maybe it’s the current awareness
about all-round wellness, but the
importance of sleep has never
been so widely discussed. Here
are some fun facts: Did you know
that those who fall asleep within
an hour appear on average
two-and-a-half years younger than
those who don’t? People who earn
upwards of £65k get the best
sleep (an excellent excuse to ask
for a pay rise, if you ask me)?
And 12 per cent of people dream
entirely in black and white?
As these are the hours
when the skin repairs itself,
uninterrupted by typical daily
activity, it’s the perfect time to give

it a helping hand with hardworking
ingredients and potent formulas.
The evening is the best time
to use a liquid exfoliator, as
there’s no worry about increased
sensitivity to UV rays. This Works
Evening Detox Spray-On Exfoliant
(£28; thisworks.com) contains a
combination of natural enzymes
and salicylic acid to gently

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resurface the skin and help to
unblock pores. And there are
also amino acids, witch hazel
and antioxidants in the mix, too.
Ideal for city dwellers or those
prone to congested skin, a couple
of spritzes (on a cotton pad, to
avoid getting it on the eyes) will
leave the complexion looking
bright and clear.
Think of Murad Night Fix
Enzyme Treatment (£70; murad.
co.uk from March 28) as one
final step to boost your existing
skincare routine. It works in two

ways: through science and through
scent. Firstly, it contains a peptide
and tri-enzyme technology that
works with the body’s circadian
rhythm to encourage skin repair.
Secondly, the cream has a
soothing scent but, surprisingly for
a sleep-related product, there isn’t
a whiff of lavender to be found.
Instead, it’s a comforting blend
of violet, cedarwood and lemon,
which has been proven to enhance
the quality of your zzzs. Keep
it on your bedside table and apply
right before hitting the pillow,
spending a moment to breathe
it in on your palms before
massaging it over the face.
Sarah Chapman Skinesis
Overnight Facial Supplement

SUPERSTOCK

Repair and restore your skin while
you sleep with nourishing nocturnal
skincare, says our expert

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(£64; sarahchapman.com)
also comes with a dual-action
approach, consisting of two types
of capsules that work on the
inside and the outside – one
contains lavender, hops and
magnesium, which helps to
promote a good night’s sleep,
while the other is made up
of vitamins, minerals and
antioxidants that support
various skin functions.
Dark spots are listed as the
third highest beauty concern for
European women, and Caudalíe is
tackling this
after hours
with its
latest
launch,

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Vinoperfect Dark Spot Correcting
Glycolic Night Cream (£34; uk.
caudalie.com). It combines
science both old and new: its
patented grapevine sap, used by
French women for centuries to
brighten the complexion, alongside

a gentle resurfacing complex of
glycolic acid and papaya enzyme
to leave skin smooth and glowing
when you wake up.
Combining the instant results
of a mask with the long-term
effectiveness of serious, targeted
skincare, No7 Laboratories
Cica-Rescue Skin Paste (£18;
Boots) is a thick cream made
using ingredients that are tricky to
pronounce (ophiopogon japonicus,
anyone?) but known for their
skin-soothing abilities. Apply a
generous layer before bed – the
initial white cast soon disappears
– and come morning sensitive
skin should feel calmer, with any
redness visibly reduced.
It’s hard to avoid
hearing about the
cell-rejuvenating,
radiancerevealing,
anti-ageing
powers of
current
skincare
darling,
retinol. But

wading through the jargon,
never-ending new products and
personal stories can be a bit of a
minefield. Something like Origins
Plantscription Retinol Night
Moisturizer with Alpine Flower
(£49; origins.co.uk) might be a
good starting point for beginners.
It combines science (retinol)
with nature (two potent, skinboosting plant extracts) into
a silky cream. Use every other
night to start with, buffering
with a light, simple moisturiser
if you’re worried about irritation.
Another ingredient that
has been hitting the skincare
headlines are mushrooms. Long
used in Chinese medicine for their
antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
benefits, you’ll find mushrooms
cropping up in plenty of big beauty
brands’ ingredients lists. Avon
Golden Mushroom Sleep Mask
(£6; avon.uk.com) is a rich,
velvety cream, containing extracts
of three types, which help the skin
fight inflammation and damage.
Finally, it isn’t just your skin that
can benefit from some nocturnal
nourishment. Think of Kérastase

Nutritive 8 Hour Magic Night
Serum (£36; kerastase.co.uk)
as the hair equivalent of a night
cream, penetrating deep into
your hair strands but leaving no
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Beauty

Counter
Edited by Laura Mulley

Pretty, peppy and flattering on a wide
range of skin tones, the new Benefit
Cheekleaders Pink Squad Blush,
Bronze & Highlight Palette (£52;
benefitcosmetics.com) gives a youthful,
sporty glow to cheeks. The five powders
consist of some of Benefit’s classics
(Hoola bronzer, GALifornia blusher), plus
a new golden-pink highlighter shade,
Tickle, all of which would cost £130 if
bought individually – now that’s
something to cheer about.

You may be getting
your five-a-day on the
inside, but you can
also give your skin a
health boost from the
outside with these
four new additions to
Elemis’s Superfood
Skincare Range (from
£26; elemis.com).
There are two masks,
a refreshing mist and
a jelly exfoliator, all
containing extracts of
nutrient-rich greens,
grains and fruit, plus
prebiotics which help
to maintain the skin’s
natural microbiome.

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This season, the NARS Spring Colour
Collection (from £17; narscosmetics.co.uk)
encourages you to try pairing your normal
shimmery neutrals with bold pops of colour,
like the lime-green eyeshadow shade Matcha,
or the stripe of bright coral in this Mosaic
Glow Blush. Keep the rest of your make-up
simple with a coat of the Climax Mascara

and a swipe of Afterglow Lip Balm.

At a time when trends in skincare ingredients come and
go quicker than you can say “hyaluronic acid”, Nivea has
been quietly celebrating the benefits of coenzyme Q10
for 20 years. It has recently revamped its famous Q10
range to include 10 times more collagen-boosting
goodies, creating Nivea’s most powerful anti-ageing
skincare yet. The Q10 Power Anti-Wrinkle + Firming
Day Cream (£10.99; nationwide) is its hero product, but
look out for other new launches, including an overnight
mask, a 10-day treatment and a BB-cream cushion.

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Life as I know it

Jon Snow
Jon, 71, lives in north London with his wife,
Precious Lunga, an economist. He has two
daughters, Leila and Freya Words by Pauline McLeod

Not a lot of people know this but
I’m very good at… painting
watercolours. It’s very therapeutic
and relaxing. We have a little
place up in the hills near
Hungerford and I’ve probably
painted the same scene 100

times. But then, no two paintings
are ever the same.
My best friend is… I’ve known
Nick Browne, a judge, since I was
18. We both studied law at
Liverpool University, used to live
round the corner from each other
and have a great history together.
Peter Mischcon, who’s an
architect, is a close friend, too.
My nickname is… my brothers
used to call me Jobby instead of
Jonathan. I didn’t like it but they
did and sometimes still use it.
The bravest thing I’ve ever done
is… swim half a mile in a wet
suit and flippers in the Shatt
al-Arab river near Basra during
the Iraq/Iran War and climb up
the side of a 40,000-ton oil
carrier on a rope ladder to help
rescue the crew, plus two wives,
stranded on it for six weeks.
My favourite TV show is… The
Crown. I didn’t want to love it
but I did. I’m not particularly
interested in the goings-on of the
Royal Family but this was utterly
intriguing and brilliantly done.
My perfect evening is… finishing

the news, cycling home and going
to the local Japanese.

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I would like to say sorry to…
my kids for the fact that my
partnership with their mother
didn’t work out.
My first kiss was… with a girl
called Kate. We met at a party
in North Yorkshire where I lived.
I went to an all-boys’ school
and met girls late in life –
I was probably 16. Inevitably
it was memorable. The first
kiss always is.
My biggest regret is… I don’t
really have any regrets.
The one thing I’d change about
myself is… I’m 71 and would like
to knock a few years off it to
push it back to the age I feel,
which is about 55.
The best thing my parents
taught me was… a love of the
countryside, familial security,
music. My mother was a music
scholar and spotted that at the
age of six I could sing and would

pick out harmonies. I was a really
good chorister and was in the
Winchester Cathedral choir.
The last time I cried was… a lot
of the stories I report make me
cry. But the best thing is not to
be caught [on air]. One shouldn’t
flaunt one’s tears.
The first record I ever bought
was… I can’t remember its name
but it was by Russ Conway on his
honky tonk piano on Uncle Mac’s
radio programme in the 50s. We
didn’t have a TV and only got one

when my father became
a bishop, started doing the
epilogue on Tyne Tees and
wanted to get a television
to watch himself.
It’s not good for my image but
I like… I don’t really think about
my image to be honest. I’m
just a hack.
My greatest weakness is….
pudding. As a child it was rice
pudding with a really good brown
top to it. Now it’s crème brûlée.
If I could pass any law I would…
ensure that people who went

to prison were educated, were
nourished and were taught to live
better lives rather than left to
languish in a cell 23 hours a day.
I drive… a Volvo V60.
The shop I can’t walk past is…
Condor, a bike shop across
the road from the studios in
Grays Inn Road. They made
my road bike. I cycle to work
every day and if I have to go to
Westminster, I go by bike. London
is impossible now. The only way
to get around it is on a bicycle.
The most expensive thing I’ve
ever splashed out on is… a
house. We’re lucky enough to
have a small one in London
and a small one in Hungerford.
My perfect Sunday is…
Occasionally I’ll go to church.
I enjoy singing because it takes
me back, but I’m not very
religious. A nice family meal,

S MAGAZINE ★ 17 MARCH 2019