THE LADY established 1885 • No 6446
ContentsFEBRUARY Features 12 Taking Centre Stage
Thomas Blaikie continues his series about the royal family with a profile of the Princess of Wales 26 Helen George The Call the Midwife star
tells us about playing Anna in The King and I 30 The Damask Rose A special Valentine’s Day
shor t story by the novelist Kate Glanville 34 Made with Love The beautiful gif ts
people used to give their sweethearts 36 Raby Rising
Ciar Byrne visits Lord and Lady Barnard’s new gardens at their castle in County Durham 42 Sweet and Spicy Award-winning food
writer Eleanor Ford’s recipes for cakes with extra zing 48 Europe Awaits There is a wealth of
exciting events on the continent this summer 60 Love Your Heart
How to keep your own and your par tner’s most vital organ in good shape 67 Past Glories A beginner’s guide to
24 Liz Hodgkinson Why women are ageing
much better then men 40 Gardener’s Diary
Ciar Byrne 46 Ivo Uncorked Seductive smoothies 56 Fashion Look radiant in red 58 The Stylist
Armand Beasley 64 Case Notes Dr Sue Hyde 79 Weight of the World
Ivo Dawnay 114 First Impressions Bettany Hughes
Reviews 76 Bookshelf The best new novels
and non-fiction 80 Art
Roderick Conway Morris 84 Theatre Georgina Brown 85 TV
Emily Ross 86 Films Larushka Ivan-Zadeh 87 Radio
Louis Barfe
Puzzles 101 Word Fill and Codebreaker 102 The Ladygram
the endlessly fascinating world of buying and selling antiques Regulars 6 The Lady Loves...
True romance 8 Her Indoors
Mary Killen 10 Letters 18 The Lady Remembers The bir th of Princess
Alexandra’s first baby 20 Modern Manners
Thomas Blaikie 22 The Debate
Are phone calls becoming a thing of the past?
Challenge Win a Tisserand aromatherapy kit 104 Archive Ladygrams 106 Cryptic Crosswords,
Wordsearch, Sudoku 108 Giant Crossword 110 Spot the Difference 111 Bridge 112 Solutions
Classifieds 88 Holiday lets, positions
vacant and much more
Subscriptions 74 Subscribe and receive
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