Merrier together!
Celebrate with family, friends… and us!
This is our last issue of 2016 and I’d like to say a big thanks to regular readers of woman&home and a warm welcome to new readers from Essentials magazine – we’re delighted you’ve joined us.
Whether you’re partying or panicking this month, you’ll find plenty of wonderful solutions, hacks and ideas to ensure you have a stress-free Christmas and a fabulous New Year.
From our easy three-ingredient Christmas cocktails (p154) to delicious canapés (p134) and the best ever roast (p138), your Christmas food and drink is sorted. If you’re wondering what to wear on Christmas Day, check out our selection of slimming LBDs (p84) – and treat yourself to a designer accessory (p38). Don’t miss our Christmas Essentials Bonus (p151), which has the solutions to all those lastminute to-do lists, and our beauty director Jo has put together your festive make-up beauty kit (p88).
I’m also delighted that one of the busiest and nicest couples in showbiz – Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes – found time to do a shoot for us. In fact, they’re the first ever married couple to grace our cover! On p12, they talk openly and candidly about their relationship both on and off screen, as well as the future. And, like most of us, they know that a happy marriage doesn’t just happen – you have to work at it!
We’ve also had exclusive access to some of your other favourite stars, including Dame Helen Mirren, who talks about becoming the first patron of Women for Women (p40). Plus, our entertainment editor Nathalie Whittle goes behind the scenes on the new Sky drama Delicious, starring Dawn French and Emilia Fox (p46). She also travelled to Rochdale to see the Christmas special of one of my favourite shows, Last Tango in Halifax, being filmed. Hear what the cast, including Nicola Walker and Sarah Lancashire, had to say about it on p68.
As always, we are inspired by women like you – a fantastic example is our reader feature on p61: We appeared in w&h… so what happened next? I can tell you – plenty! Together, we can make things happen.
Enjoy the issue, and we’ll see you in 2017. Here’s to a Happy and Healthy New Year!