A second sparkling edition to mark our Silver Jubilee years of weekend

From the most charismatic cooks to the royals at their most revealing – Weekend has it all

If you enjoyed our first stunning Silver Jubilee celebration issue last week, then you’ll love this spectacular second instalment. It’s 25 years since Weekend magazine launched – a revolutionary Saturday supplement packed with searingly honest interviews, scrumptious recipes and clever tips on how to make your garden flourish, as well as the most comprehensive TV guide of any newspaper. It was from the start a magazine that would sit proudly on the nation’s coffee tables all week.

Over the past quarter of a century we’ve been guiding you through the ever-expanding TV maze, helping you to raise the bar in the kitchen and serving up the most insightful heart-tohearts with celebrities and royalty alike. In this second of our birthday issues we focus first on the rise and rise of the British cookery show, a phenomenon that now has so many different types, from travelogues to talent shows, and has even spawned its own exclusive channels. We’ll lay bare the simmering feuds between the biggest celebrity chefs, look at the dream cookery teams who’ve become national institutions, and revisit three of Lynda LeePotter’s finest forays into the world of food – interviews with Jamie Oliver, Delia Smith and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. And, as an extra bonus, there’s a spectacular eight-page pullout with favourite recipes from some of TV’s hottest chefs.

We’ll also share some of the tantalising revelations the Royal Family have told us over the years. Mail writer Robert Hardman revisits his exclusive trips to Windsor Castle with Prince Philip as his guide, and to Balmoral and Buckingham Palace with the Queen in residence, and tells the riveting tales behind two very different portraits of the Queen – one by Hollywood pho- tographer Annie Leibovitz, the other set by a babbling burn amid the heathery Highlands at Balmoral.

Plus, more lucky readers will win a magical silver ticket to the stars this week with unbelievable prizes that money can’t buy, such as a role in Midsomer Murders, the chance to be a judge for a day on The X Factor or a meal for you and your friends cooked by our columnist James Martin. So enjoy this scintillating second wander through our first 25 glorious years – and roll on the next 25!