With a new book out, TV fashionista TRINNY WOODALL talks candidly to Susannah Butler about her break up, raising a daughter and what it's like running a cosmetics empire! Woodall will turn 60 in February and feels she has reached a new, emancipated stage of her life. In spring she broke up with her partner of ten years, the advertising mogul Charles Saatchi, 80; her daughter Lyla, 19, is about to head to university in Spain; and she has hit her stride in her second career, as CEO of her expanding make-up and skincare business, Trinny London (valued at about £180 million).
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Let's talk specs! Stylist Stephanie Sofokleous focuses on the latest styles
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WILLIAM HENRY SEARLE: Now we live in a remote valley in North Cornwall and Eli will be five next month. In the darkness after losing Elowen, I could never have imagined that we would make it this far. I am so proud. And I never take a moment with my son for granted. He is my world. To those people who don't know us, it looks as though we only have one child. But we have two: Eli and Elowen. It's just that Elowen is felt in the heart rather than seen with the eyes. Pictured left: William, his wife, and their son Eli.
Tom Parker Bowles & Charlotte Kristensen: YOU magazine's brilliant restaurant critic and wine expert
Tom Parker Bowles & Charlotte Kristensen: YOU magazine's brilliant restaurant critic and wine expert
Tom Parker Bowles & Charlotte Kristensen: YOU magazine's brilliant restaurant critic and wine expert
SARAH BEENY on living in a house full of men: Property ladder star reveals her sons' premonition about their Glastonbury fame, and how she overcame cancer treatment and the menopause at the same time
TV star Sarah Beeny, from reading, speaks to You Magazine about the mansion she built for her family and what it's like to live in a house full of men. Viewers of Sarah Beeny's New Life in the Country will know this house, which she and her husband, artist Graham Swift, built for themselves and their four sons, Billy, 19, Charlie, 17, Rafferty, 15 and Laurie, 13. It is a vast grey classical-style mansion, near the fashionable Somerset town of Bruton, which is mocked - and envied - for its glossiness: the Cotswolds of the West.
FOOD & ENTERTAINING
By royal approval
- Giant bourbon biscuits Rather like giant dominoes, these sandwich biscuits with a rich chocolate filling are a British classic loved by all
- Lemon and thyme cake Made with yogurt and olive oil, this is incredibly light and moist. It is drenched in an aromatic, thyme-infused lemon syrup
- Rhubarb and white chocolate tartlets In this recipe, thin, crisp, golden filo pastry shells are filled with unctuous white-chocolate vanilla mousse and topped with tart rhubarb
- Strawberry bunting cake There is no cake more regal. It was originally made for Queen Victoria, during whose incredible 63-year reign the tradition of afternoon tea evolved
Squeeze in the sunshine
- Asparagus & gruyere tartlets These are so quick to make, especially if you buy ready-rolled pastry.
- Courgette, chickpea & feta salad Delicious warm as a light dinner or at room temperature when on a picnic.
- Grilled aubergine sandwiches with caper, olive & herb salsa Silky soft marinated aubergines are one of my favourite things - that and salsa verde, which this salsa is a variation of.
- Roasted squash & onion frittata Squash, red onion and coriander is one of my favourite flavour combinations.
Shared pleasures
- Griddled monkfish This came about by clearing the fridge and using up the last of the jar of harissa. Perfect to cook on a smoking-hot griddle pan or barbecue.
- Roasted pork belly This is a recipe inspired by Valentine Warner, a very good chef and food writer and a friend who I adore.
- Crab salad This salad could be either a great starter or a fantastic main event with bowls of fries. You could replace the baby gem with chicory or kohlrabi
- Barbecued rib-eye steak with tomato salad This is a dish I've used at all our street parties. It's an easy barbecue recipe and an all-time favourite.