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6 THE WISHLISTThis week’s pick of lovely things to buy

8 LOVEABLE BROGUESDJ Sara Cox wears them well

9 JUST BETWEEN US...Sh! We have the latest gossip!

12 KNOCK, KNOCKIt’s comedian Maggy Whitehouse

16 ESTHER APSEY A mother reaching out to Africa

22 ON THE WILD SIDEAutumn interiors you’ll love

26 ANNE SWITHINBANK Our garden star is apple-picking

30 WRAP UPPick out your perfect winter coat

35 YOUR WEEK AHEADCassandra Nye looks into the stars

36 BOOST YOUR WELLBEING Great ways to feel your best this week

40 IT’S MUSHROOM SEASONChef Tim Maddams goes gathering

44 AS SCENE ON FILMDirector Peter Nicholson’s Westcountry

46 MAN AND BOYPhil Goodwin on the Rugby World Cup

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‘One thing you learn in the God job is, if

you get three hints in a week, you do it’

Meet priest and comedian Maggy Whitehouse, p12

11 CELEBRATE!It’s national Champagne week

22 GO WILDA little animal magic will inspire a whole new look

DIVINE COMEDYMeet the Devon vicar who is also a stand-up comedian12

MINDFULNESSTake a path to inner calm37

9 BODY CONFIDENCEWho’s on Cheryl’s side?

42 FRENCH CONNECTIONGood food, bistro style

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n page 16 we’ve got the wonder-fully heart-warming story of Esther Apsey, a mum-of-two from east Devon who is busy sending much needed s u p p l i e s

to a children’s home in Uganda. Here’s one woman who is helping to make desperate people’s lives better and safer. I’m sure you’ll be impressed and inspired in equal measure by what she has achieved so far.

Elsewhere in the magazine, we meet Maggy Whitehouse, the ordained priest from Dartmoor who combines life in the pulpit with her career as a (very funny) stand-up comedian. You can read

all about her remarkable achievements on page 12 today.

On the subject of funny ladies, do read Gil-lian Molesworth’s column on how she whiles

away the time when her daughter Sophie is having a riding lesson - as she says, two hours is too long to spend in the car, or in Delabole. It made me laugh (with apologies to Delabole)!

Finally, this is our last weekend in the Western Morning News on Sunday - we’ve loved entertaining you all but it’s time for us to move to a new home. From now on you’ll fi nd us in the Saturday edition of the West-ern Morning News - see you there!

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Walk: I never tire of the National Trust wood-

land walks at Trelissick, all year round. The

view from down Carrick Roads to Falmouth

and the open sea is one of the fi nest in the

county and ever-changing. I sometimes take

my grandchildren on the walk from there to

Roundwood Quay to play and climb trees in the

woods.

Beach: Porthluney, on the south coast of

Cornwall, below Caerhays Castle. For families

it has all the essential requirements for beach

fun. There’s good sand for building sandcas-

tles, rock pools to investigate, a nicely shelving

beach which is safe for little people to venture

in gently and lovely clean water for swimming.

Perfect!

Arts event: I really enjoy the Port Eliot

Festival and take my three grandchildren there

in my campervan. It is friendly, safe and quite

beautiful. I’m also a great fan of the amazing

Kneehigh Theatre and have hardly missed a

show since they started performing in 1980.

Rogue Theatre also create special magic down

in Tehidy woods near Camborne – both theatre

companies tap into all I love about Cornwall,

with its wildness and free spirit.

Activity: Nordic walking. This is a fairly new

hobby for me but I must admit to being hooked.

It beats being in a gym and you can chat as you

walk and do it anywhere. I belong to a group

called Walk Kernow.

Food: It has to be Rodda’s clotted cream. A

cream tea is always a special treat and we are

lucky to have some marvellous quirky places

near me, often with views to die for – like

Halwyn Tea Rooms on the River Fal.

Tipple: Apple juice from Kerenza Aval (www.

applevalley.co.uk). Frankie and Tony Lister

produce a range of apple juices and cider

vinegar on their organic farm in the Lynher

valley. The apples are all old Cornish varieties

and the orchards are grazed with sheep, hens

and cows. The juice is pure, with nothing added

and no sprays used. Just lovely.

Pub: The Polgooth Inn is my local pub. It dates

back to the 16th century and was a count house

in the mining heyday of the mid 1800s, when

Polgooth was one of the largest mining com-

munities in Cornwall. The pub is sat the heart

of our community, popular with visitors and

locals alike. It serves excellent food and local

ales with occasional live music. There’s always

Pat Smith Pat Smith owns Bosinver Farm

Cottages, a collection of 20 unique

award-winning cottages in a valley

near St Austell. She lives nearby

and has four grandchildren, who

she entertains as the adventure-

loving @ActionNan

My Secret Westcountry

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Roundwood Quay

a warm welcome.

Restaurant: Hidden Hut - I love this quirky

little place on the coast path at Porthcurnick

beach near Portscatho.

Weekend away: Treloan Coastal Holiday’s

camp site. I have been many times with my

grandchildren in the campervan. It’s in a spec-

tacular location with views over Gerrans Bay.

We are made to feel like part of the family.

Shop: Illustrated Living in Truro’s Lemon

Street Market is one of my favourite shops

for buying special gifts for friends, as well as

unusual items for decorating and furnishing

my holiday cottages. It is always service with a

smile and a friendly chat, so I look forward to

popping in even if I don’t buy anything (which

doesn’t happen often!).

Treat: A Spa Day at The Scarlet hotel on

Cornwall’s north coast is the ultimate in spoil-

ing yourself alone or with a group of friends.

A lovely thing to do is try their clifftop hot

tub – soaking in a wooden tub of warm bub-

bling water, gazing out over the Atlantic – then

returning to the relaxation room for some idle

contemplation in one of their hammock pods.

Bliss.

The Scarlet spa

Porthluney Beach

Polgooth Inn

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You should visit The Wedding Show at Westpoint Arena, Exeter, October 10-11.You’ll see 150 exhibitors and experts covering every aspect of weddings, from owers to frocks, and cakes to karaoke.There’s live music throughout the weekend, plus fun photobooths to try. Wedding painter Charlotte Atkinson will be displaying her watercolour paintings and there’s even The Dance Shed, who choreograph � rst dances and wedding party routines. Don’t miss the vintage inspiration area showcasing a selection of suppliers dedicated to all things retro. A bridal fashion show runs three times daily, and you can tuck in at the Posh Nosh café and champagne bar. Every visitor gets a free copy of South West Bride magazine, plus the � rst 100 brides through the door will get a free goody bag. Tickets from £5, visit the websitewww.theweddingshow.co.uk for details.

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West’s picks for spending your time and money this week

wishlist

Megan Pinsent Megan 16, is a college student

from Plymouth

Sarah says: “I love Audrey Hepburn’s style because it’s

vintage and classy.”

Jacket: New Look

Bag: Accessorize

Leggings: Primark

Boots: River Island

STREET STYLE STAR

Mini vase, made in north Devon £14 Dartington Crystal

MacMaster birch pendant light £345 www.amara.com

Baby bodysuit with applique design by Peas and a Pod at en.dawanda.com

Paper fans £2.49 for a three pack, www.candleandcake.co.uk

BRIGHT

Pretty

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This wonderful independent bookshop is much-loved by locals, old and young alike. There are so many gems to discover on its shelves. Look out for books by Cornish writers and writers about Cornwall, plus a great selection of the latest hot reads, including children’s books. There’s a fantastic, speedy ordering service too.Wadebridge Bookshop is at 43 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, see www.wadebridgebookshop.co.uk or call 01208 812489

adoreStore weWadebridge Bookshop

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Arrows rug £144.83 www.ksl-living.fr

Swallow and star brooches £12 for the set, Accessorize

Sheepskin slippers £70 UGG

Cosy toes

Glitter

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talking points

Radio 2 DJ Sara Cox was looking fresh and fabulous at the recent UKTV Live Season launch. She was sporting a pair of tri-tone lace ups to add a touch of fun to the classic brogue. As mum of three Sara shows, this is the shoe to add a little dress-up to a pair of skinny jeans. We love M&S’s seasonal take on the traditional brogue in dusky pink, while US label Naturalizer (stocked in branches of Barratts and House of Fraser over here) has come up with a version for those of us who love the look, but can’t live without a bit of a heel.

FANCYfootwork

OPTION BEmbellishedFlats £79.95 Mode in Pelle

OPTION ASmartMid-height brogue £70 Naturalizer

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OR MAKE IT YOUR OWN

Pink brogue £59 Autograph at M&S

’ve discovered a really beautiful corner of Corn-wall’s coast. My daugh-ter has started going to a

riding stable near Delabole, which is about half an hour’s drive away from home. This is a really incon-venient increment of time – not quite long enough to go home and achieve anything useful, but too long to sit in the car – or indeed, in Delabole.

So one week I dropped her off and headed to nearby Trebarwith Strand. I’d been there a few times, but clearly had forgotten how beautiful it was. You follow a cleft in the rock down to a sheltered cove – dramatically different at low and high tide – with rolling breakers and dark crags jutting skywards.

I am not someone who usually takes to the coastal path when I go to the beach. When I go to the beach, it is usually with three big bags stuffed with sand toys, wetsuits, surfboards, a kite, picnic, loose change, an improving novel and four hundred towels.

This time however I was on my own and travelling light, so I mounted the cliffs, the dog rang-ing ahead with tail wagging.

It was a steep climb out of the valley, but what a magnifi cent vista unfolded before my eyes. I think I may have literally gasped as I gazed along the cliff’s spine, the sea stretching far to the dis-tance on my left and to my right, ridges of bracken fl anked by pas-ture dotted with sheep. I walked

along the path for a bit and then turned around and came back. I must try to bring a map and learn a loop, I thought.

What is it about walks that a loop is always so much nicer. Why is this? I suppose it gives you something different to look at on the way home, and also a sense of purpose, as you’re not just retrac-ing your steps.

The following Saturday I went armed with Paul White’s “Short(ish) walks around North Cornwall” which (sad to say) has been gathering dust on the shelf.

It steered me through the maze of Tintagel’s Arthu-rian tourist traps to a beautiful church standing sentinel near the sea.

From here I traced a fi gure of

eight loop, referring frequently to the book. “Make sure you have rounded the headland before you cross the stile,” I read.

It was a fi ne four-mile adven-ture. A bit of map reading, a bit of alarm (there was a swarm of bees in a lane, and some bullocks were very interested in my dog), a bit of history (abandoned slate quarries) and plenty of magnifi -cent scenery. After, Sophie and I both felt we’d earned the right to an afternoon movie – perfect.

Story of my life...

Gillian Molesworth

Discovering the freedom to roam

Gillian Molesworth is a journalist and mum-of-two who grew up in the USA and moved to north Cornwall when she met her husband

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toys, wetsuits, sur oards, a picnic, loose

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Justbetween us!Gossip, news, trend setters and more – you

heard all the latest juicy stu here � rst!

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HOME SWEET HOMEROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY was back home in Devon lately, staying

with her parents in their farm near Tavistock. She’s clearly delighted with the produce from their garden, judging by her Instagram pictures - and so are her constant companions, the cute little dachshunds Peggy and Dolly. Adorable!

TOTALLY

Some might say that KATIE PRICE’s whole career has been a bit of a pantomime, but

this year she will genuinely be appearing in panto for the � rst time. Katie will be treading

the boards as the Wicked Fairy in Sleep-ing Beauty at the New Victoria Theatre in

Woking.The mother-of-� ve says: “I’m not sure who’s more excited about my role in panto, me or the kids! They’re going to enjoy it so much

seeing me up on stage, although they might � nd it strange that I’m being so evil.”

West says: Yep, not typecast at all!

‘The kids might � nd it strange that I’m being so

evil’

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ASHAMED!LISA RILEY has backed CHERYL FERNANDEZ-VERSINI’s call for body-shaming to be made illegal.X Factor judge Cheryl faced criticism of her slimmer appearance from fans when the show’s auditions were � lmed in July.Former Emmerdale actress Lisa has now spoken out and agrees that body-shaming is “com-pletely and utterly wrong”.“I completely agree with Cheryl. Body shaming is com-pletely and utterly wrong. I want to be judged because I am a good actress or a good presenter - that is all,” she told The Mirror. West says: We totally agree. You’ll never nd any body-shaming in this magazine, ever.

WICKED!

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in pictures

Champs: The national Surf Life Saving Championships took place on Portreath

beach

Rocking: The Brand New Heavies played at Looe Music Festival

Royalty: Prince Edward visited

The Minack Theatre in west

Cornwall

Birthday: Richard Balson

celebrated running Britain’s

oldest family shop, Balson’s

Butchers in Bridport. It’s

500 years old this year!

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Fizz!

talking points

Pout

Catchy

10 lipsticks and their names:

1 Night Romance (Edward Bess)

2 Rodeo Drive (Gerard Cosmetics)

3 Valentina (Stila)

4 Speak Your Mind (Bare Minerals)

5 Hot Gossip (Mac)

6 Pink Balloon (Paul & Joe)

7 Immodest (Illamasqua)

8 Fiend (Urban Decay)

9 Helene (Joan Collins Timeless)

10 Pimpante (Chanel)

Exeter: Joanne (JK) Rowling, the Harry Potter author, studied at French and Classics at Exeter University. “On the plus side, studying French meant living in Paris for a year as part of my course.”

Classical in� uence: Joanne’s time spent studying languages can be seen in many of her character’s names, such as Severus (severe, Latin) Snape and Voldemort (Thief of death, French).

Places: It is suspected that the privet hedges of Exeter’s Pennsylvania area inspired Privet Drive, where Harry Potter’s narrow-minded relatives, the Dursleys, live. Their surname may come from Duryard hall of residence, where Joanne lived in her � rst year of University.

Early years: Joanne was born in Chipping Sodbury, Wiltshire in 1965 and then moved to the Forest of Dean near Wales. She wrote her � rst book at the age of six and called it ‘Rabbit’.

Library � ne: At Exeter University,

Joanne was fascinated by the book The Lord of the Rings, and ran up a £50 overdue � ne at the University

library for borrowing it too long.

Writing: Rowling wrote most of the � rst Harry Potter book in a café in Edinburgh while teaching French and looking a� er her young daughter as a single mother. It was turned down by 15 publishers before Bloomsbury published the book to international acclaim in 1997.

Day-dreamer: Joanne was described as a “day-dreaming student” by Professor Peter Wiseman when she was made an honorary Doctor of Letters at Exeter University in 2000.

Net worth: In 2011 JK Rowling was estimated by Forbes magazine to be worth $1 billion (£640 million). By 2012, though, she had dropped o¦ the dollar billionaire list thanks to her charitable giving. She is said to have given away £101 million to charity in a single year.

DID YOU KNOW?

Diagon Alley in Harry Potter is

based on the medieval

Gandy Street in Exeter

This week:

Famous faces with links to the Westcountry

ONE OF US

Joanne (JK) Rowling studied French and Classics at Exeter University

JK Rowling

The happy list

10 things to make you smile this week1 Orchards full of apples

2 Food Festival at Powder-ham Castle, today

3 Rugby just so exciting

4 Kernow King Hall for Cornwall, October 9

5 Carson’s wedding yes!

6 Bowls we like Yelverton club

7 Russell Watson Theatre Royal, October 26

8 Conkers never too old

9 Strictly who are you voting for this year?

10 Tremarnock wonderful new book by Emma Burstall

10 famous advertising slogans:

1 Beanz Meanz Heinz

2 Just Do It (Nike)

3 Snap, Crackle & Pop (Rice Crispies)

4 My mate Marmite

5 Every little helps (Tesco)

6 One, Two, Ski (Ski yoghurt)

7 I’m lovin’ it (McDonalds)

8 Vorsprung Durch Technik (Audi)

9 Ah! Bisto

10 Go to work on an egg

It’s national Champagne week, so why not buy a:

1 Piccolo (0.1875 litres)

2 Magnum (1.5 litres)

3 Jereboam (3 litres)

4 Rehoboam (4.5 litres)

5 Methuselah (6 litres)

6 Salmanazar (9 litres)

7 Balthazar (12 litres)

8 Nabuchadnezzar (15 litres)

9 Solomon (18 litres)

10 Melchizedek (30 litres)

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Interview

hat do you call a three-times married priest who makes people cry with laughter as stand-up comedian?

Well, you might describe champion jam-maker Maggy Whitehouse as a revelation.

“I’ve got to be by the South Zeal Carnival by 6pm. I’m entering my marmalade,” she says when we meet, with one eye on the clock. “Check out the certifi cates on the wall. It’s ridiculous what makes you happy, isn’t it?”

So far, so Vicar of Dibley. Her business cards are print-ed with a catchy offer - ‘Get out of Hell free’, and her jokes at the fi nal of a national stand up-comedy competition in London last week sounds like Geraldine Granger’s idea of Heaven.

But that’s not all: Maggy is actually a Catholic priest – ordained under Independent Catholic movement or As-cension Alliance, which broke from the orthodox church at the turn of the last century.

“It’s still part of what’s known as the Apostolic Catho-lic Church, which goes straight back to the Apostle St Peter,” explains Maggy, who lives in Whiddon Down on Dartmoor with third husband Lion, 62, a publisher, along with beagles Biggle Wiggle and Thunderfeet.

Whether you’re of faith or not, there’s been a pattern to Maggy’s life that make you wonder quite whose plan she’s been working to. Raised in the Church of England, she turned away from religion when her fi rst husband, Henry, an atheist, was dying.

“We were married for one year and 16 days,” she says. “The hospital chaplain told me that Henry couldn’t go to

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Heaven as he didn’t believe in Jesus Christ. Yet he was a better person than I’d ever been.”

Maggy maintained a sense of spirituality, how-ever, training with a faith healer who provided comfort to the dying: “If you’ve been through a lot of pain,” she says, “you want to help people to not go through that.”

Her second husband was a Jewish mystic, who inspired her to dig deeper still into the origins of faith. By the time she was ‘discovered’ by In-dependent Catholic bishop the Right Reverend David Goddard, who eventually convinced her to take up the cloth, she’d become what she de-scribes as “a spiritual para-medic of sorts”, a d m i n i s t e r -ing funerals, naming ceremo-nies and other rites to people of many different faiths who were seeking peace or reconciliation.

She was fi nally ordained a priest of her church, known as The Flower of Carmel, in 2008, when she was living in Birmingham. And it was the way she told ‘em in the pulpit that led to her comedy debut, six years ago.

“One week, three people came up to me indi-vidually and all said I should do stand-up,” she says. “And one thing you learn in the God job is if you get three hints in a week, you do it. I went to see if there were any classes nearby and, to my horror, there was one only half a mile away.”

She took it as a sign and afterwards began se-curing gigs: “My bishop was thrilled, and said,

the angel of mirth stands closest to God. If you can make people laugh, then you’re doing your job, you’re lifting hearts.”

Maggy’s career had begun in an entirely dif-ferent fi eld of communication back in the 1970s, as a television and radio producer, presenter and journalist. “I met lots of rock stars and even dated chef Keith Floyd for six months,” she says. “I did all the cookery when his friends came round, because he didn’t do puddings.”

Less than savoury though, were the unsolicit-ed encounters with some high-profi le celebrities of the time. “One married celebrity tried to put

my face in his crotch. When I complained, I got an offi cial warn-ing from my boss for insulting a guest,” she says.

“Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile were creepy. I can ac-tually show you

what Rolf used to do, if you’d like,” she offers with a wicked gleam in her eye. Permission granted, she does. Let’s put it this way: If a man hugged you in the manner she describes, you’d defi nitely be worried.

“But that was the 70s,” shrugs Maggy. “A lot of women who were around then would tell you sto-ries like that, but we’re not going to sue, because we’re over it.” Needless to say, these experienc-es provided a rich vein of material for her fi rst stand up show – the Maggy Whitehouse Experi-ence – at the Edinburgh Fringe.

But her deep-rooted faith is also key to her comedy and she delights in confounding the prejudice of any holier-than-thou in the house. “People usually trot out the line that ‘a man that lies with a man is an abomination’, but there are many other abominations in the Old Testament,” explains Maggy, who likes to put her audience to the test.

“Wearing mixed fi bres, markings on body... Then there’s anyone who has had sex with both a mother and a daughter. There’s usually always one in the audience, even in Devon. I usually have a prize in my handbag.”

Last week, she was one of ten fi nalists out of an initial 300 contestants to appear at the Ben-efi t Cosmetics’ Funny Women Awards, with the comedy crown going this year to fellow competi-tor Desiree Burch.

“I had such a good time and Desiree was stun-ningly good,” says Maggy. “I didn’t pray to win, just to do the best I possibly could. Although I did say, if you know any funnier jokes for me, I’ll take them.”

Maggy’s also doing some double hander gigs, now, called Rev.Elation, in which she appears with Mark Townsend, the independent Anglican vicar and comedy magician, who performed Jade Jagger’s marriage to Adrian Fillary. Of course,

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Funny folkfrom the Westcountry

Craig Campbell: This hugely charasmatic Canadian funnyman’s lived in Devon for 15 years and has made TV appearances on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Russell Howard’s Good News.

Morwenna Banks Flushing-born sketch show star Morwenna � rst found fame on TV’s Absolutely. She also wrote the screenplay for new comedy weepie I Miss You Already, starring Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette.

Josh Widdicombe: One of stand-up’s biggest names, the Dartmoor born and bred comedian (pictured) is currently touring the UK and is also set to star in his own BBC3 sitcom, Josh, in November.

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders: One of the nation’s best-loved comedy duos, Dawn went to school in Plymouth and has a home in Cornwall. Jennifer and comedian husband Adrian Edmondson brought their family up in Chagford, Devon. Their Comic Strip co-star Peter Richardson lives in Devon too, where he’s recently been � lming.

one big question still remains. Which wins TV gold, The Vicar of Dibley or Father Ted? “Actu-ally, I like Rev,” curveballs Maggy. “But I think being a real-life vicar out-funnies all of them.”

For details of Maggy’s forthcoming gigs, visit www.maggywhitehouse.com

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‘ I had to dosomething’

ESTHER APSEY

[[t’s about being a catalyst for change,” says Devon mum Esther Apsey. Amid scenes of desperation as the the refugee crisis escalates, Esther is trying to help people where

they need it - in their home country. She is busy drumming up support for a project to donate supplies for a children’s centre in Uganda.

Esther, 41, from Woodbury in east Devon, was so moved by the plight of abandoned babies and children in a town called Kisoro, that she set up a project called Ugandabox. Since May she has sent more than 150 kilos of urgently-needed clothing, medical supplies, blankets and toys, all donated by Westcountry families.

“You can achieve a lot, and it doesn’t have to be huge,” she says. “I have been really moved by the massive generosity. Everyone has been so thoughtful. I can’t really put it into words how I feel. But this really isn’t about me. It’s about helping these children and if I can, I will. Before this, I was feeling a bit stuck in quite a suburban life. I needed to do something. I thought, what can I do?”

Esther’s aunt and uncle, Sue and Mike Hughes, a GP, help to run Potters Village in Kisoro, a home for children up to the age of 12.

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With the refugee crisis mounting, one Devon woman is doing her best to help people in desperate need, in their home country in Africa


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Uganda is ranked “high” on the World Health Organisation list for malnutrition. According to the crisis centre, more than 30% of children in the country under the age of fi ve suffer from stunted growth due to the lack of food.

“My aunt came back with stories about all the children turning up to get help. More and more children are coming down from the hills because they have heard we can help them.”

Indeed, a couple of weeks ago, her aunt Sue emailed Esther with an update - the home has taken in a one-year-old boy who had been aban-doned and was found crawling along the path in the dark and rain.

“The other story that really hit me was the new-born baby found in a plas-tic bag, with the placenta still attached,” says Esther. “My uncle and aunt were really worried about him for a while but it looks like he’ll pull through.

“There was also a baby born in the summer to a mother with epilepsy. She can’t look after her child because of her condition. It’s so treatable in this country but in Uganda they don’t have the medicine, they’re so rural. My Aunty Sue said they have to make hard choices with the resourc-es they have. She’s up all night with babies, and some don’t make it, there are a lot of maternal

deaths, too.”Esther has always felt a connection with

Africa. She herself visited Kisoro 20 years ago, and she was involved with the Cheetah Conser-vation Fund in Namibia before she had her two children, Lizzie, four, and one-year-old Pippa. Her husband, John, is a consultant at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

“I plan to go back to Kisoro when my children are older. If I hadn’t been before I would be naive about going but I know what it’s like. If England is painted in watercolour, then Africa is in oils. A lot of stuff goes on out there,” she says.

Africa’s reputation for corruption is no secret and for Esther it is important that help reaches the people that need it. When possible, she posts photos on social media of children in the centre wear-ing the donated clothes. West Hill pre-school near Ottery St Mary re-

cently donated a box of t-shirts and Esther was delighted to show the children a photograph of the African children wearing the clothes.

Her fi rst shipment cost £900 to send and, as she explains, the whole process has been a steep learning curve. “I had boxes in Customs for two and a half weeks. I now have fourteen email ad-dresses for different people in Ugandan customs! I had to contact them for various reasons. They wanted to know what was in the boxes and gave

‘This really isn’t about me.

It’s about helping these

children - if I can, I will’

Abandoned children receive the toys from the Westcountry

Esther’s aunt, Sue Hughes, helps to run the children’s centre

The children’s home, below, offers a safe home to children in Uganda up to the age of 12


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Esther Apsey sends vital supplies to Uganda from

her home in Devon


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me lots of different tax codes. It was unbelievably complicated.”

But these days Esther is not sitting back feeling content with having ‘done her bit’. Supplies are piling up in her garage and she estimates there are another 500 kilos ready to ship over. She also plans to help Potters Village set up a new kitchen to help provide wholesome meals.

“My Aunty Sue is trying to develop more of an independent, sustainable way of life for the chil-dren. The soil is fertile but there is no education about a balanced diet. She’s trying to get sweet potatoes to grow.”

Sue and her husband Mike have told Esther that they are incredibly grateful for everything that has been done to help them so far. Right now they are in desperate need of waterproof pon-chos, especially as they are heading into Ugan-da’s rainy season.

Next on Esther’s to-do list is a fund-raising evening she has organised on Saturday 10 Octo-ber, with live music from a funk band and a three-course meal by pop-up chefs The Pickle Shack.

As she says, it’s a way of helping while having fun at the same time. “Our lives are so different, we can buy what we want but in Uganda people don’t have anything. But we have all got hearts, and this event is about everybody enjoying them-selves. Let’s celebrate the fact that we are able to reach out and help.” Ugandabox fundraiser, October 10, Froginwell Estate near Westpoint, Exeter, £35 for a meal with live music. For tickets: [email protected]. Donate: www.justgiving.com/ugandabox

Esther and daughters Pippa and Lizzie pack toys and clothes for children in Uganda


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Relaxed prairie spirit from www.very.co.uk includes a brushed cotton check duvet set, from £15, antlers wall plaque, £49, and a set of two antique-style trunks, £99. Opposite: highland cow head £75 Debenhams

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lay-it-safe decorators may al-ready be hunkering down for autumn in that time-honoured way - piling on old and familiar cosy throws and cushions - but the adventur-

ous should explore décor’s wild side this season.There’s a new rugged and real ‘wilderness’ look

sweeping into style, which is either evocative of Wild West plains and cowboy ranches or, for the more intrepid, conjuring the dramatic Arctic tundra.

But don’t fret if your wanderlust only extends to taking a short trip to the countryside. A traditional rustic woodland theme, with a style land-scape teeming with creatures great and small, is still featuring strongly in collections.

“Warm and cosy in essence, ‘Tundra’ takes its influence from the distinctive timeless native traditions

and breathtaking wilderness of the Arctic Circle,” says Fiona Lambert, vice president of

brand design and development at George Home, which is rapidly gaining a reputation for slick on-

trend ranges and is embracing both looks.“We see ‘Hibernate’ as a softer, more tranquil coun-

try look, capturing autumn and narrating its colour changes through a subtle print and colour palette, and enhanced by key woodland characters and iconic images of forests and falling leaves for photographic wall prints.”

Whichever way you journey - far and wide or closer to home – it is nature that’s ruling in rooms.

It’s your choice whether you seek refuge with nothing more threaten-ing than squirrels and those ubiqui-tous stags, or bravely strike out and shelter with bears and wolves.

If you want your décor to be in-spired by a traditional country land-

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A walk on thewild side

This season’s decor is all about bringing the great outdoors inside. Gabrielle Fagan tracks down the trend’s key looks


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scape, then why not take to the Highlands with hunting-lodge style tartan touches and stags heads, or opt for whimsy with quirky animal motifs.

“Combining a sense of adventure and escapism, rooms with this decor refl ect a love of the outdoors and a back-to-basics approach to rustic living,” says Andrew Tanner, head of home design at Sainsbury’s.

“Mixing motifs sourced from the natural world, heavy plaids and Argyll knits, the feel is textural and tactile. Wood and leather fi nishes and a warm colour palette add to the authentic, aged feel, while enamel and ceramic pieces help create a crisp, contemporary version of country style.”

Add a woodland vibe with this Linea pheasant feather framed pair of prints £50 House of Fraser

ABOVE: 3D texture cushion £16, Ram’s head £18, Tapestry

bear cushion £10, and cable knit cushion

£12, George Home asdadirect.com


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GET THELOOK

Be at home on the range with some wilderness style

Navajo cushion £14 Sainsbury’s

Gisela Graham replica reindeer head £60

tch.net

Two-tier antler chandelier £895

Alexander & Pearl

Seek Adventure wall art £12 Sainsbury’s

Sheep cushion £14 Next

All Good Things cushion £8 , squirrel

cushion £8 , stag head £8, George

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ANNE SWITHINBANK

Bearing fruit

Gardens

Devon’s Anne Swithinbank, panellist on Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time, is celebrating this season’s bumper apple harvest

his surely must be the year of the apple. I’ve never seen our trees more laden. There were hardly any last year, with nothing on my ‘Bramley’s Seedling’ and only the

summer-pruned cordons setting well. They generally crop better because they live in the sheltered and sunnier kitchen garden up by the house. Regular pruning and fruit thinning is easy to carry out on these trained forms and they tend to carry an even crop every year. A good set de-pends on ideal conditions for pollinating insects and no sudden cold snaps while the pollen tubes are trying to grow down from the grains that land on the stigma of a fl ower, to the ovary. This deli-cate process enables the male gamete to travel down to join with the female one and create a seed.

After months of chomping on mainly supermarket fruit I can’t wait for the fi rst home-grown apples to ripen in late August, which, in our tiny orchard, is always ‘Merton Worcester’. These are soon joined by the large, juicy and refreshing fruits of ‘James Grieve’. Dual purpose, they make a mild-fl avoured cooker as well. Eventually the ‘Bramleys’ are ready, ‘Fiesta’ and ‘Red Windsor’ (my favourite) ripen up and fi nally ‘Crispin’ and now the ‘Ashmead’s Kernel’ join in. The latter was added a couple of years ago and has set one fruit. The last two, plus ‘Bramley’ are our ‘keepers’, to see us to the other side of Christmas. I won’t buy apples now until next February.

On a visit to Worthing to stay with our daugh-ter, I took a bag of fi ve different varieties, all more

tempting than the Italian-grown ‘Gala’ sitting in her fruit bowl. The UK climate is just right for apples, as we have few temperature extremes and plenty of natural rainfall, enabling them to de-velop slowly and steadily, creating fi ne fl avours.

My husband John and I took a day off, travelled up to London and found ourselves in Bermond-sey. I love making connections and, of course, this is where Richard Cox ran the Black Eagle Brewery until 1820, back when this area was full

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I’ve been keeping a peony in a large pot on a roof terrace for six or seven years and although the plant does well with plenty of leaves, it has never flowered. It’s the sort

that dies back every winter.

A common cause of not flowering is when the crown of the peony is buried too deeply in the ground or in this case, the pot. Autumn is a good time to move them, so take it out, tickle a little of the old compost away from the roots and repot into good compost (50:50 John Innes no 2 and a soilless mixed with a little extra grit added). If you need to use the same pot, you can prune some of the roots back to fit it in. Make sure the crown is at the surface. An open, sunny position suits peonies and of course the plant will need regular watering. Give the plant a high potash liquid feed in spring and a slow release fertilizer suitable for herbaceous perennials the following spring.

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Some of my apples have maggots inside them. What are they doing there and how can I get rid of them?

Coddling moths hatch in May and June, mate and lay eggs near developing fruits. Tiny caterpillars bore in and feed inside the fruits for four weeks, often causing premature ripening and early drop. The caterpillars bore out again and overwinter as non-feeding caterpillars in leaf litter or in bark fissures, to pupate the following spring. You can apply a nematode-based bio-control now to trunk, branches and soil to control caterpillars. Hang pheromone traps in May, which give off the same attracting hormone as females to attract the males, meaning fewer eggs are laid. You can wrap corrugated cardboard around tree trunks to trap caterpillars and scrape up leaf litter.

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Question time with AnneWest reader queries answered by Anne Swithinbank

Send your questions to Anne at [email protected]

This week’s gardening tipsAnne’s advice for your garden

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• Start lifting pruning by about half and potting tender plants such as fuchsia, pelargonium, marguerites and heliotropes ready to keep frost free for next year. Take off dead leaves and stand in porch or greenhouse so they don’t quite touch each other. Ventilate well.

• Plant out garlic, choosing cultivars suitable for the job and setting individual cloves 15cm/6in apart in rows 30cm/12in apart with the tips just under

the surface. If soil becomes wet in winter, plant on ridges.

• Tomatoes will continue to ripen for a long time under glass but if you need their bed space, cut the vines and hang or drape them upside down, where they will still ripen.

• Autumn can bring windy weather, so check tall brassicas like Brussels sprouts and purple sprouting broccoli and stake them if necessary. Don’t let movement cause gaps around their stems on clay soils.

On windy sitesDo trim back roses, buddleias, lavateras and other gangly shrubs by about half now. A further, more thorough, pruning should be carried out in late winter/early spring.

of trades involving hops, leather and wool. Fortunately for apple lovers, Cox retired to

Colnbrook near Slough, took an interest in fruit and planted pips from a cross between ‘Blenheim Orange’ and ‘Ribston Pippin’. Two of the result-ing seedlings came good and in 1836 grafting ma-terial was given to a local nursery who had trees of ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin’ and ‘Cox’s Pomona’ for sale by 1840. They remained almost unknown until included in the catalogue of a bigger nursery in 1850 and ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin’ soon became popular. I remember my grandpa telling me you could tell a Cox by shaking the apple and hearing the pips rattle but I’m not sure how true this is.

Unfortunately for us in the South West, ‘Cox’ is generally a bad choice because our mild, moist climate encourages the diseases of scab and canker, to which it is prone. There are plenty of apples we can grow and you could do a lot worse

than go back to the ‘Cox’ parents. Local varieties are an obvious choice but it

pays to taste the fruit first. There are plenty of apples with beguiling names but they might not please your children, or could even be bitter little cider apples. Thornhayes Nursery near Cul-lompton (01884 266746 www.thornhayes-nursery.co.uk) has apples on display throughout October and there’s a special apple event today at RHS Rosemoor (01805 626800).

For Cornish varieties with odd names like ‘Snell’s Glass Apple’ (a cooker) try Endsleigh Gardens Nurseries (01822 870235 www.endsleigh-gardens.com). I asked Adrian Steele from the nursery to name a couple of local eaters he enjoys and he came up with ‘Pear Apple’ which apparently taste pear-like as you bite into it, then changes to apple and ‘Cornish Aromatic’. If the timing is right, you can try fruits from nursery stock trees before you buy.

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Beauty

Tried& tested

We present the beauty treats and cheats of the week, picked by West magazine’s Catherine Barnes, with help from daughter Tilly, 18

Tried

ALDI ALERT

EYES WIDE OPENIt’s happening! Aldi’s latest amazing

beauty products hit the shelves today and they are made with CAVIAR!

The range includes a day cream and intensive treatments, including a peel-o� mask and costs from just £6.99. They’re

going to disappear like hot blinis.

You glow girl: Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Balance Me’s Radiance Face Oil with yarrow

(£30) is a great light alternative to a night cream. balanceme.co.uk

GOOD STUFF

Fibre lash mascaras can add some serious

length and volume: Find this one, £11.50, by

Autograph at M&S

Perricone MD’s No Blush Blush (£29) will give you a natural, just-been-

for- a-wintry-walk glow. Apply just a touch with your � ngertips, et voila!

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Oxygen FacialThis week we try:

Becky Sheaves puts the Image Skincare Red Carpet Facial, with oxygen peel, to the test

Revamped and deliciously berry scented, Clarins’ JoliRouge lipsticks

(£19.50) not only moisturise, but have hours of staying power.

www.clarins.com

Apply Sachajuan Cleansing Cream (£28) to wet hair, then rinse, for a between-shampoos cleanse that conditions and shines. Find it at www.spacenk.com

BERRY NICE

HAIR TODAY

pparently, before the latest Miss World com-petition, all competitors were given a Red Carpet Facial using products

from the USA-based skincare � rm Image. Hey, if it’s good enough for Miss Venezuala, it’s good enough for me. So o� I went to the new Revitalise-Rejuvenate clinic that has just opened in Exeter’s Southern-hay to try one out for myself.

I’ve had facials before during which I dropped o� to sleep. And might even have woken myself up with a jump, by snoring. There’s no danger of that with this one, though – it’s an invigorating pick-me-up for the skin using high-tech products, and at times my skin was actually � zzing - in a good way.

Image Skincare can only be dispensed by an authorised aesthetic practitioner as it is cosmeceutical, ie the products go deeper than over-the-counter products, right down to the deep skin layer.

Step one was Image’s Gel to Milk Cleanser, explained my therapist, Dr Pradnya Apte. She’s a quali� ed dentist who has moved into medical aesthetics and now runs her own clinic – let’s just say, she knows her stu� . The cleanser went on as a thick gel, then turned into warm hydrating milk which gently cleansed my skin without stripping it. It was massaged in to my face and neck for about � ve minutes, before being removed with a warm compress. Pradnya said that my skin was already look-ing brighter.

The second step was an Enzymatic Facial Peel, with fruit enzymes to dissolve dead skin cells. This sweet-smelling gel was mas-saged in to penetrate the skin and gently li�

dead cells, promoting collagen syn-thesis and deep hydration.

The next step was the application of the Oxygenation Masque, which was the part where you de� nitely wouldn’t drop o� to sleep! The e� ervescent bubbling action felt amazing as the healing oxygen � zzed away, busy at work on my complexion.

Step four was the application of Image’s Stem Cell Enhancer. This booster serum is designed to get high doses of stem cells, vitamin C and botani-cals into the deeper layers of the skin.

Finally, Pradnya applied a lovely tinted moisturiser, which made me feel less naked as I walked back through Exeter. I was also sent away with a pack of Image products, including the Stem Cell Enhancer serum and some more of that gorgeous tinted mois-turiser, to use at home.

My skin was slightly pink immediately a� erwards but this soon settled down, even though I’m prone to having dry, tight skin.

As for the results, I looked so much better that my husband and kids genuinely noticed the di� erence when I got home. And when I looked in the mirror, I had a really pleasant surprise – I’ve had an open pore on my face which has bothered me for quite some time. But – as if by magic – this fabu-lous facial had completely erased it. The Red Carpet oxygen facial, £85, Revitalise-Rejuvenate, Exeter 01392 426285 www.revitalise-rejuvenate.co.uk

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Leopard print coat£199 Biba at House

of Fraser

Faux fur skinny scarf

£10 George at Asda

Suede jacket £79.99 Zara

Gloves£45 Dune

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Harewood cape£299 Hobbs

Suede tassel coat£375 East

t’s likely to be your biggest splurge of the season, so wouldn’t it be great to have lots of time to thoroughly peruse all the options before decid-ing on a winning winter coat?

Sadly, when it comes to this particular fashion feat, time isn’t on your side, because the outer-wear collections are dropping at a rate of knots, with the most popular pieces fl ying through the checkouts.They won’t be back in stock either, so if you want to be toasty AND on-trend when winter eventually rolls around, these are the coats, wraps and jackets to nab now...

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Coat£75 Next

Limited edition trim coat £95 Marks & spencer

Scarf £38 Phase Eight

Coat £179 Biba at House

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hris de Burgh fans rejoice, red is the colour of the season. The top fash-ion houses honed in on the hue for their AW15 shows, often embracing it in head to toe ensembles that in-

cluded pantsuits and sleeved maxi dresses. For everyday versatility, nothing beats a clas-

sic red shift. Timeless, fl attering and memora-ble, it is a piece worth investing in.

Any sound investment requires a spot of re-search, though. Red isn’t just red. There are so many incarnations of this shade, from cran-berry to the hottest chilli, and it is vitally im-portant that you choose the one best suited to your skin tone. Most makeup and style consult-ants agree that there are three camps that we can all fall into. Cool (blue undertones), warm (yellow undertones) or neutral (no dominant undertone).

It’s all very reminiscent of women in shoulder pads and silk scarves bouncing about and enthusing about ‘Getting their colours done’ but there is no denying the whole thing is in fact a bit of a science.

Luckily there is no need to make a colour reading appoint-ment with Barbara/Wanda/insert Eighties name in here. Here are a few quick tricks that should tell you all you need to know before you strike out, visa card in hand.

It’s not very glam, but check your veins. Turn your arm upside down in natural light and assess the colour of the visible veins. Blue or purple veins mean you are a ‘cool’ and yellow/green veins make you a warm. Bluey-green? Then you’re a neutral, and the good news is you can wear whatever shade you want.

Another quick test is to check if you look healthier in a white t-shirt, or an off-white one.

Those who shine in bright white are often ‘cools’ while ivory suits the warm among us.

Once you have worked it out, it is easy as cherry pie. You simply shop in your colour cat-egories. Cools will look best in reds with a blue undertone, such as berry and crimson while warms should look for a bit of an orange tint such as cinnamon or ruby.

The beauty of a good red frock is that you can afford to pare everything else back, put it on, and still look wonderfully put together. As

Coco Chanel once said: ‘Dress shabbily and they remember the dress, dress impeccably and they remember the woman’.

This LK Bennett stunner wasn’t the thrifti-est of options, but it’s certainly the defi nition of impeccable. And if that will, in turn, aid in making me memorable, then I’d call that a fabu-lous return on investment.

All fashion in these pictures is from Princesshay Shopping Centre, Exeter, www.princesshay.co.uk

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MISS SELFRIDGE Sleeveless rollneck

jumper £30

DEBENHAMS Principles coat

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NEW LOOK Laser cut

layered Bardot dress £19.99

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Stars

Your starsby Cassandra Nye

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22)Dreams are bringing you inspiration and a certain yearning. Take control

and shape them into a more practical pic-ture. Mystery and intrigue send shivers down your spine. Meeting with others who are new to your experience really opens your mind and heart. Certainly the attraction of the unknown has never been stronger.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21)Plan properly and you can now start to take the steps to make your dreams a

reality. When someone makes promises, realise it is their intention to fulfi l them if pos-sible. That may leave a big question mark over their involvement, of course. A fi nancial blip could leave you feeling low. Stay cool and calm until you know the facts.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20)Getting into the groove is not the same as getting into a rut. What do you have

to do to be free to move forward? Some-one wants your love. How long will they wait? Your cash is under threat if you let anyone take advantage of you. Be wary of promises and sob stories.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19)Get moving in all areas of your life this week. Change something at home,

in your work, with your relationships and mainly in your attitude. Don’t force any

issues but do keep moving forward. Money and romance run alongside each other. Guard your cash, but be generous with your love.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20)Sometimes we can all be our own worst enemy. How often have we found our-

selves saying or doing something just to make a point? Don’t waste your time with petty matters this week. There is a chance to improve a current relationship that should not be missed. Cash fl ow problems should clear in the next week.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20)As much as you may feel like ‘going it alone’ this week, there is more sense

in letting someone help you. There is much to do and missing out on just a few details could be a problem. As you approach the weekend, you are inspired. Listen to someone who knows you well. You may not like their ideas but their reasoning speaks to your soul.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21)It is great having a busy life and being in demand. Even so, the chances are

that lately you have been doing too much. Have a good look now at your overall health and be more realistic. Take on what you need to, rather than what others want you to. There is a big difference, believe me!

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)Having got through a lot of work and

organisation recently, you could now be feeling a little fl at. Gather your thoughts and energy and look for your next project. Don’t rush into anything but do a bit of research. Someone with experience will likely save you a lot of time and money.

CANCER (June 22 - July 22)Someone or something is blocking your time and imagination and needs

sorting out. An open and honest discus-sion may be long overdue as, until the air is cleared, it will be hard to make progress. With a bit of compromise, the weekend could bring the solution. Maybe use some of that charm?

LEO (July 23 - August 23)Gathering your thoughts and making sense of them is not always easy. At

the moment there is some confusion about what you really want. While that is spinning around in your head it is hard to concentrate. Every word gives the chance of a misunderstanding, so take care. A discussion about money at the weekend could involve the welfare of a loved one.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)Perfection is not what you are looking

for this week. What you are looking for are simple solutions to many small problems. With high energy and the willingness to work hard, you are a real asset. Just make sure part-ners are pulling their weight.

Kate Winslet

This week’s sign: Happy birthday to...Intuitive Librans are great relationship builders. They have a knack for � nding others in life who possess the strengths they lack, and as a result, form successful partnerships in work, love and leisure. Typical Librans are ideas people and o� en boast a natural � air for the arts. They also tend to be the peacemakers in relation-ships, even if this means masking their own feelings for the sake of harmony.

born October 5, 1975Brought up in Reading in Berkshire, Kate’s big lm break was in Sense and Sensibility – partly lmed in Devon on the Flete estate and at Saltram House. She’s gone on to star in scores of Hollywood lms including epic romance Titanic, with Leonardo DiCaprio. Now married to businessman Ned Rocknroll, she’s been mar-ried twice before, to lm directors Jim Threa-pleton and Sam Mendes, and she has three children. Librans such as Kate have adventur-ous spirits and thrive on being surrounded by other people.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23)Are you looking to improve or develop a relationship? With your mind sharp,

this is a great week to make a start. Get out of your emotional rut by going and doing something different with your partner. Those who are single could now meet someone to become close to. The advice is the same, though: get out and land yourself in a new place.

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Wellbeing

the boost

Life just got better. We’ve handpicked the latest wellness trends,

best-body secrets and expert advice to help you be your

best self, everyday

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s among the celebrity fans of coconut water, which can be a good source of potassium if you don’t get

enough in your regular diet. Unlike the milk, which comes from ripe coconut � esh, the water is tapped from green coconuts - a 250ml

glass of the low-fat juice contains around 45 calories.

SHE SHOULD COCO

ALLERGY ALERT: Once the central heating goes on, so does the laundry over the radiator, but if you’re prone to allergies then stop! Steaming clothes can increase humidity and also send mould spores into the air that you breathe. Find out more about how manage year-round allergies at: www.haymax.biz

Are you getting your Vitamin K? If you eat a healthy diet you probably are: this nutrient’s important for helping blood to clot and helping your body to heal. It’s found in leafy greens, cereal and vegetable oils. So, say

Yes to cabbage!

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Is it an eating disorder? Orthorexia’s not been

formally diagnosed as a health condition,

but it’s said those in its grip are obsessed with

eating ‘clean’ to the point that their entire life can

revolve around their ‘healthy’ eating routines.

Nutritionist Zoe Har-combe says that every case should be taken

in context, as many of us avoid or eat more of certain foods for health

reasons. She says: “In my view: giving up anything

bad is good and giving up anything good is bad. And

that’s it!”

HOW TO EAT WELLBe mindful

Keep calm by becoming mindful - this updated version of Budd-

hist meditation can help manage depression, anxiety, stress and pain. An eight-week mindfulness course

is set to begin at Sharpham Trust in Torquay on October 24. Find out

more at www.sharphamtrust.org

A-peelingUse a vegetable peeler to get

more goodness into your salad bowl. Dietitian Sophie Claessens suggests dashing o� strips of raw carrot, yellow or green courgette cucumber and apple as a quick

and easy way to posh up a simple bagged salad, or add vitamins to a pasta dish. Find more of her tips at

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I’ve always been obses-sive about cleaning my

teeth, but they’re still quite yellow - although I must have spent a small fortune on tooth-

pastes that promise a dazzling white smile. Is it silly to worry

about this, if I’m lucky to be virtually filling free? I’ve thought about bleaching, but is it safe? And can I do it at home with a kit? Dr Ann Cummins, the founder and co-owner of Abbey Mead Dental Practice and Implant Centre in Tavistock, says: I know exactly how you feel! As a dentist, I always feel my teeth are under the scrutiny of my patients - and prospective ones. So while your teeth may be perfectly healthy – and only your dentist can tell you this - I can understand why you may feel self-conscious.

Healthy teeth vary in colour dramatically. Not everyone has naturally pearly white teeth and as we age, they become more yellow in appearance.

We’d all prefer our smiles to be bright ones, though. Tooth-whitening is now commonly carried out by dentists and is a safe and straightforward procedure under expert care. But it’s vital to undergo a proper clinical ex-amination before you undergo teeth whitening,

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as it’s a procedure that should only be done if your teeth and gums are healthy.

They may look fine, but there’s no way for in-stance, of a beautician who carries out this sort

of treatment knowing. Nor will you be any wiser if you simply go it alone at home with a kit bought online and there’s a risk of permanent damage in the hands of someone who won’t be able to help, if something goes wrong.

Whitening toothpastes sold over the counter can only remove surface staining and will not alter the actual colour of the tooth tissue. Some may be quite abrasive on the tooth enamel. Long term use could result in a yellower appearance as the second layer of the tooth,

the yellow dentine, shows through the thinned enamel.

Tooth whitening really is the business of den-

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It’s vital to undergo a

proper clinical examination

before you undergo teeth

whitening [[Is it safe to bleach?

tists - after all, you wouldn’t get a filling at the hairdressers. It really is unwise to take short-cuts for the sake of your pocket: expect to save up around £360 for an expert treatment that will promise results in safe hands.

Whitening won’t remove the surface of your teeth or change their shape. It is often a better option than alternatives such as veneers be-cause it doesn’t involve permanently altering the tooth’s structure and is easy to look after. The process can be carried out in the surgery or, after your consultation, your dentist may give you a kit and instructions on how to use it at home.

The home kit involves specially made trays molded to fit over your teeth, which are carefully loaded with a controlled concentration of car-bamide peroxide whitening gel. You’ll find your teeth may be sensitive for a short time during treatment but this is normal and soon fades away after. Usually, treatments are completed within a couple of weeks, so it’s quite a fast option and the results are guaranteed to make you smile.

www.abbeymeaddentalpractice.co.uk

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Eat

Method:

Natural food expert Ally Mac lives and cooks in South Devon. Ally specialises in devising good-for-you recipes that are easy to prepare at home. She also sells several of her own delicious healthy products online at www.allyskitchenstories.co.uk

Soak the oats in almond milk in a pan for 10 minutes.Turn on the heat (on low) and simmer the por-ridge. You don’t want your porridge to seize up on a high heat.

Add your tsp. of matcha green tea and keep stir-ring for approximately 4-5 minutes. You want a nice gloopy consistency (the type that Goldilocks would love!)

Take your pan off the heat and pour into a bowl, dress your green porridge with berries, seeds and gojis.

What a beautiful start to the day!

You will need: (serves 1 bowl)

150ml homemade almond milk1 tsp. matcha (I use Tea Pigs matcha powder)30g oatsSprinkle of goji berries, chia seeds, coconut and blueberries

ally mac’s

@AKitchenStories@allyskitchenstories

Matcha Green Tea PorridgeAlly says: I love starting the morning with a big bowl of porridge, and my matcha chia porridge will have you raring and ready to seize the day ahead.

Matcha is high in antioxidants and made by using shade-grown tea leaves.

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Tim Maddams is a Devon chef and author of Game: River Cottage Handbook no. 15 (Bloomsbury £14.99)

or me, October means one thing and one thing only. Mushrooms. Not the boring character-less diminutive white lumps seen all year in the shops, and none of your

‘exotic’ nonsense either. The mushrooms I have spent the last few weeks getting excited about are wild - and a little harder to come by. I have been picking the early species such as chanterelle since late July, but they are just a teaser for the abundance and variety that bursts from the ground at this time of year.

Ceps, hedgehogs, caulifl owers and more, all have individual traits in both the kitchen and their wild habitats, too. I always think of winter chanterelle as a camoufl age mushroom, that can appear when you stare at a patch of damp forest fl oor.

For all the edible and tasty mushrooms around

there are some deadly ones, too, so proceed with extreme caution if you go gathering. John Wright’s brilliant River Cottage Mushroom Handbook is a masterpiece, but the best thing to do is book a guided course with someone who

knows their stuff. If you decide not to pick your own, you need a good relationship with the local green grocer or better still, a forager.

Wild mushrooms are a pleasure to cook with. Try not to obsess over cleaning them; you’re better off with the odd pine needle in your risotto. Do it quickly and they will store well in the fridge for a week or so in a Tupperware lined with kitchen paper. Keep it simple with the cookery. Omelettes, pizzas, risottos, mushrooms on toast, and mushroom pasta allow you to

explore the often new and always tasty fl avours unhindered.

FWild mushrooms and garlic on toastToast a slice of bread and keep warm. Heat a frying pan to a moderate heat and meanwhile cut your bigger mushrooms into pieces. Add a little oil to the pan and fry your mushrooms; you want a little colour. Once they’re tender, chuck in a generous knob of butter and a chopped garlic clove. Cook for another minute, then take off the heat, squeeze a little lemon over and sprinkle with chopped parsley. Put it on the toast and gobble greedily.

Ingredient of the Week

Mushroomswith Tim Maddams

Ceps, hedgehogs, and cauli� owers all have individual traits in both the kitchen and wild

habitats [[ @TimGreenSauce

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Drink

The British Beer and Pub Association reckons the Rugby World Cup could result in an extra 25 million pints of beer being sold during the tournament. The total impact on turnover for pubs across the country, just on beer, is expected to be around £86m.

Best of Cornish cider Lostwithiel Cider Festival is now a � rm date on the Cornish qua ers’ calendar, taking place this year on Saturday, October 17. Held in the town community centre, the event will feature more than 40 dra� ciders and juices, plus apple pressing and the presentations from an amateur cider-making competition.

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Darren Norburytalks beer

etherspoons – force for good or bad on the British pub scene? It’s one of those companies that tends to polarise opin-ion, but I fi nd that

it does more things well than otherwise. It does sell cheaply, which can’t be a good deal for smaller brewers, but can be a very good shop window for a growing brewer.

Every October, it holds a very fi ne beer festival with two key points of interest: beers brewed exclusively for the festival by foreign brewers, and specials created by British brewers.

For this event, the foreign brewers make their own recipe beers at UK breweries and there have been some terrifi c creations. Top of the shop this time, in terms of strength, is Red Racer IPA, made by Central City Brewery’s Gary Lohin. Central City is based in British Columbia. Red Racer is very much along the lines of a British IPA, but an overseas brewer will generally add

their own twists to such a classic.There are three South West contributions to

the festival, all hailing from Somerset. Butcombe Brewery is offering Chinook APA (4.2% ABV), an American pale ale with a fl oral aroma, citrus on the palate and a dry fi nish. Cotleigh Redfi re (4.8% ABV) is a copper-coloured bitter with rich, spicy molasses on the tongue and hints of chocolate. And Exmoor Ales, celebrating its 35th anni-versary this year, is presenting Gold Export (5.5% ABV), a high-er-strength version of Exmoor Gold which featured in Wether-spoons’ fi rst beer festival back in 1990. Expect intense hops, juicy malt and vanilla notes.

Here’s the rub. Most Wetherspoons only have ten or a dozen handpumps, some with perma-nent regulars on them. So it’s pot luck which of the festive 50 will be on when you pop in to your local, but don’t let that put you off. The full beer menu is online at tinyurl.com/plarckm.

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When you’re a Southampton supporter you need a decent

beer when watching the match to make the experience worth

while. Cornish Pale Ale from St Austell Brewery is one of

the newer brews to grace the excellent M&S beer line-up and at 4.4% ABV is a perfect session

sup. Cornish malts provide a biscuit backdrop to a mix of

Fuggles, Celeia and Willamette hops that give a fruity, slightly

grassy bitterness.

Beer of the week

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Bistrot Pierre

here’s something about dining out in a French restaurant that feels a bit special. And Plymouth’s Le Bistrot Pierre is certainly in a spe-cial location. Situated in the city’s

trendy Royal William Yard the restaurant is next to the yard’s green, which looks picture perfect on a summer’s evening.

I met a friend for a long over due catch up there over a bite to eat. I’d eaten at Le Bistrot Pierre once before when I’d been impressed at how the kitchen and waiting staff had handled a large number of orders at a busy Christmas function.

My friend had been less impressed by her pre-vious outing to Le Bistrot Pierre so we were cu-rious as to whose experience would prove to be borne out by our second trip. I arrived first and sipped a welcome sparkling water in the restau-rant’s bar area. It was a pleasant experience to sit and watch people come and go in the Royal William Yard, which now boasts a host of eater-ies offering everything from Italian to Asian and Mexican food.

When my friend arrived we were quickly shown to our table by the friendly and efficient staff. Le Bistrot Pierre looks and feels like a typi-cal French restaurant. The chain has been going now for 21 years and I’m sure that if you went into any of their outlets there would be striking similarities between them, but this isn’t neces-sarily a bad thing and whoever designs the res-taurants clearly knows what they are doing.

The restaurant manages to accommodate a good number of covers but doesn’t feel crowded. While catching up over some more sparkling water, we had a look at the menu and the specials board, which offered a good choice of food.

My friend and I are both Francophiles thanks to time spent in France while at university so we enjoyed swapping stories about our respective years abroad in an appropriate environment.

Le Bistrot Pierre offers dishes that are French in style but the menu is clearly designed to be ac-cessible and so the food is fairly mainstream. In a way this feels like a bit of a missed opportunity to be bold and take some culinary risks but, having said that, it does mean that Le Bistrot Pierre is somewhere which offers something for everyone. We started with the salade de crabe (crab salad to those who don’t speak French) which was tasty and arrived quickly, which I think is an often under-rated aspect of eating out.

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4 of the bestFrench restaurants

1 Chloes, Plymouth This small but perfectly formed restaurant o ers Modern French cuisine with a collection of old favourites and interesting twists on traditional themes.Dish of the day: Smoked Haddock Casolette: Flaked haddock poached in milk and blended with a light mashed potato, topped with grated Emmental cheese Prices: Mains between £9.50 and £22.50 Contact: 01752 201523

2 Frou Frou, Tiverton With decor evoking 1920s Paris, this bistro’s mouthwatering blackboard menu changes daily- and you can try two lunch courses from it, for just £10. Its cocktail bar boasts an amazing selection of gins- over 50 varieties!Dish of the day: Oven baked asparagus & artichoke racelette with potato gratin. Prices: Evening mains from £12.95 Contact: 01884 250544

3 Côte Brasserie, Exeter Part of a national chain, Côte is a modern interpretation of Parisian bistros of Paris. It serves authentic brasserie dishes with a modern twist, using high quality produce.Dish of the day: Breton � sh stew – traditional stew of sea bass, mussels, clams, prawns and squid with tomato, white wine and chilliPrices: Mains about £13 Contact: 01392 433 406

4 Les Saveurs, Exmouth O ering a classic French style of cookery from chef Olivier Guyard-Mulkerrin, Les Saveurs has won many awards. The menu features locally picked, caught or sourced produce which an emphasis on seasonality.Dish of the day: Roasted lamb rump with a Dijon mustard and herb crust Prices: Mains between £18 and £25 Contact: 01395 269459

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Price Lunch for two was £68

In today’s time-poor society, good food and good company are best appreciated if you’re not fading away with hunger while those around you tuck in. Anyway, enough of my lack of prandial patience… For our main we both ordered the salade de steak au Roquefort (steak salad with blue cheese and chips – though the French version sounds much more glamorous). I was really looking forward to trying this as I think that simple, well done food is hard to beat. Like the starter, we weren’t kept waiting long for the main, which looked appetis-ing and well presented.

We both eagerly tucked in with the steak, the salad and the chips making a tasty, straightfor-ward meal. I tried hard to get a fl avour of the Roquefort but drew a blank. Initially, I put this

down to my taste buds being defective but, when my friend also found no trace of the cheese, we queried it with our waitress who checked with the kitchen who had forgotten to add it when the food was being prepared. A dish of the cheese was soon brought to the table and, once sprinkled onto our meals, this added a bit of fl avour that had been missing from the main. Le Bistrot Pierre offers a good selection of desserts but we decided not to indulge so we rounded off what was an enjoyable meal in very pleasant surroundings with some good conversation and a good cup of coffee before heading home. A bientot.

Bistrot Pierre, New Cooperage, Royal Wil-liam Yard, Plymouth PL1 3RP. 01752 262318

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My Secret Westcountry

Director Peter Nicholson is behind new � lm thriller Dartmoor Killing. He grew up in Dartington and currently divides his time between London, (where he lives with wife Jane and son Adam, 17), and Devon, where his mother still lives. He has further Westcountry movie projects in the pipeline.

Peter Nicholson

Bantham Beach

My favourite...

Places: I grew up walking on Dartmoor, swimming the rivers and climbing the Tors, so I know the light and what an incredible cinemat-ic stage it can be. Dartmoor is really the fi fth character in my fi lm. The sense of place and identity trigger deeply buried memories within the lead character, Becky. I also love the coast and the rolling green hills of south and north Devon… and places in Cornwall like the Lizard. I would like to fi lm there too… I also really like Plymouth. It is gritty and real and diverse… I’m planning a sci-fi TV drama there, with its natural links to the sea.

View: Well, it would have to be Dartmoor where there are too many to name, but I have to plug Sharp Tor from the fi lm! I also love the view towards Kings Tor and Tavistock as the sun sets… and also the view out to sea that you get from the road between Yelverton and Tavis-tock. A gem in the low late autumn sunshine.

Beach: I have several favourites, but I’ll plump for Bantham for the sand, although my son

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did step on a weaver fi sh there a while ago and we had to stick his foot in a bucket of very hot water! Well, the lifeguard did! I’m also very fond of Soar Mill Cove.

Arts festival: When I was a teenager I used to work at the Dartington Summer School of Music and it’s still going. I’ve also been really impressed with William Jenkins and Ben Han-cock set up Plymouth Film Festival. It’s nice to be associated with that early on and I can only see their success growing.

Food: I love fresh Westcountry fi sh and shell-fi sh with a good white wine. Who doesn’t?!

Tipple: I’m not sure if I should say that we used to go to get our rough cider from Hills, a small scale producer near Landscape, when I was at school! You need summer and sunshine, I think, to appreciate cider. New Lion Brewery did the bar at our open air premiere screenings of A Dartmoor Killing at Newbridge and their beer is excellent.

Look out for Dartmoor Killing in cinemas now, across the Westcountry. dartmoorkilling.co.uk

Pub: I have to mention The Cott Inn in Dart-ington as I have been going there longer than I can remember and in the last few years the food has also become really good. I also really like The Tower Inn in Slapton. Their fi sh and chips is my favourite.

Restaurant: The Treby Arms in Sparkwell. It’s wonderful.

Way to relax: I’m not very good at relax-ing, but I do watch football every so often. I was taken to see Plymouth Argyle by neigh-bours when I was about seven so they have been my team down here. (I was also taken to see Arsenal by my uncle, so they became my London team). I’m increasing- ly back down here and this shift in the centre of gravity is only going to get stronger in the next few years as Jane and I develop and hopefully pro-duce further fi lm projects.

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man and boy

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my life

ugby has come to our fair Devon city in all its ugly, savage glory. Exeter: host city for the 2015 World Cup – it sounded so cool proclaimed on the billboards.

As citizens, living far from the Chiefs’ home at Sandy Park out by the M5, we thought we could bask in our new-found status without actually having anything to do with the com-petition. Then somebody had the smart idea to stick a 5,000 capacity fan-zone in Northenhay Gardens, slap bang in the city centre.

The timing turned out to be pure genius too, kicking off the spectacular at the same time as a few thousand students descended on the university for Fresher’s Week. A heady mix indeed. You can imagine: drunken teenage girls and boys wandering the streets, faces painted with the emblematic Tudor rose, singing Swing

Low Sweet Chariot. The first Saturday night went with a bang, followed by residents jammed the phone lines with complaints about a noisy live band playing at the site.

We didn’t hit the phones, but the event went down like a lead balloon with my wife, as she struggles to write up her phD thesis. She is not a fan of rugby, or football either for that matter. If pushed she would probably confess an inter-est in ice-dancing, not a sport which attracts a great deal of rowdiness I would imag-ine (though who knows what pas-sions the Bolero stirs up among the faithful). As for the boy, he loved the bass drum which echoed around our normally sedate neighbourhood. He was busy shaking his body the beat rather than going to sleep.

Much has been said about the divisive nature of Rugby Union – and the suffix is important.

In my home town of St Helens on the open-ing fixture of the world cup, fans were gath-ering to watch Saints versus Wigan, under league rules. The ‘amateur’ game, as it was for so long, has long been characterised as the plaything of posh boys, the preserve of public

school Hugos and Henrys. To those of us who grew up making the

pilgrimage to football stadiums built hotch-potch among the tenement blocks and terraced streets of northern cities, rugby union remains an alien world. As a lover of the round game, I watch the whole thing with curiosity and be-wilderment. I note with interest that support-ers inside the stadiums are free to guzzle pints

of beer. In full view of the cameras. This priv-ilege is still denied us football fans, who are still forced to neck our pints out of view of the pitch, a throwback to the bad old days of the 1980s. The reason of course, as supporters

love to remind us: rugby is a hooligans’ game played by gentlemen, unlike its polar opposite, football, where fans remain segregated along tribal lines.

But I feel no hostility towards the ‘egg chas-ers’. When the players start throwing the ball around it can be exciting to watch, though you have to admit that the melee, that pile of bodies from which the ball eventually emerges, re-mains baffling in the extreme. Seems they need a video committee to sort out that mess.

But what I am fascinated by are the heavy-weight clashes between nations, like New Zea-land and South Africa. And of course nothing is sweeter than a victory for the perennial un-derdogs over the old enemy. Like the Welsh boys from the valleys striking a blow into the very heart of the English middle classes – a last gasp victory at Twickenham. Who could fail to be moved by that? You can’t really blame them for belting out Bread of Heaven at the top of their voices after that. Though it would be nice

if they kept it down a bit around here.

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Phil Goodwin, father of James, five, on the World Cup

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