Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 775 i Grazia

Have your say… Email us at feedback@graziamagazine.co.uk ■ Post comments on graziadaily.co.uk ■ Tweet us at @GraziaUK ■ Find us on Facebook at Grazia UK ■ Follow us on Instagram @GraziaUK REALITY BITES I read How the pandemic became a feminist issue (13 Apr) with curiosity. I’m eight months pregnant, with two kids under four. I’m a key worker (NHS pathology services) but was able to go on mat leave a week earlier than planned. My husband, who is on furlough, complained the other day how much housework there is and how whiney the kids are. I had to remind him that if I weren’t on early mat leave, he’d be alone in lockdown with two toddlers while I worked. Helena THE PARENT TRAP Lockdown is widening the kids vs…

Not all touch needs to be banned right now “Over the past few weeks, we’ve grown increasingly wary of everything we touch: hugging is over; dating is out; and we can only be affectionate with people who live in our house. For those who reside alone, or with family or flatmates they’re not in a relationship with, that’s not very helpful when it comes to sexual intimacy. This might explain the huge rise in sex toy sales since lockdown began. It’s great if a bit of self-gratification can help take the edge off this crisis – whether it’s with a sex toy or not. We might not be able to be in touch with each other right now, but that doesn’t mean all touch needs to be put on hold.”…

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PHOTOS: INSTAGRAM.COM/BOWELBABE ‘COVID-19 STARTED AROUND the time I was doing my fifth cycle of chemotherapy,’ says Cara Hudnott, 46, who is suffering from recurrent ovarian cancer. ‘The chemo was hard on me and there was a high risk of me ending up in hospital with my sixth and final round. So my chemo was cancelled.’ Cara is one of 367,000 people in Britain thought to have cancer, according to Cancer Research UK. Like many, the battle to end the spread of Covid-19 and protect the vulnerable means her treatment plan has changed. Now, she’s moved on to the final stage of her treatment, taking a targeted cancer drug. But she’s painfully aware she hasn’t had the ‘correct amount’ of chemo. Cara’s biggest fear, however, isn’t cancer – it’s Covid-19. ‘I…

‘NEVER MARRY a man you wouldn’t want to be divorced from.’ One of Nora Ephron’s most famous pieces of advice now seems all the wiser, given that she had no idea so many of us would be spending this spring living with our exes again, and under a Government-imposed lockdown. Because, if there is one way to truly test how amicable your divorce is, it’s being back under the same roof and not allowed out more than once a day. Like so many of us – including Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, judging by their Instagram shots last week – I am currently taking that test. While the Willis/Moore dynamic is baffling (he has a wife and two small children elsewhere!), a co-habiting encore is the choice many parents have…

‘THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE – EVER’PROFESSOR KATIE EWER, 43, SENIOR IMMUNOLOGIST AT THE JENNER INSTITUTE, PART OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY I’m viewing this pandemic through two lenses: as a scientist working 16 hours a day on a vaccine we hope will put an end to soaring death tolls; but also as a mother who shares the same worries as everyone about childcare and family. I was telling my parents to stay indoors about a month before lockdown was announced. By then, work on the vaccine was well underway and we could see social distancing was inevitable. My children are eight and 12 and my instinct is to put them first, but I’m torn between being at home and knowing the world is relying on the work we’re doing. It’s…

1. Mo Gilligan’s Quarantine Games Instagram’s king of comedy was quick to establish his own game show live from his London home. Tune in for the jokes, cheesy sound effects, banging dance anthems and snapshots into his followers’ lives as they join his broadcast to play for prizes. Sat, 9pm @mothecomedian 2. John Krasinski’s Some Good News The star of The Office (US version) and Mr Emily Blunt has decided to cut through all the bad news with some moments of happiness from around the globe, from a grandma taking her first selfie to mobile phone providers covering healthcare workers’ phone bills. @somegoodnews 3. Ganni Talks podcast The founders of our fave Scandi fashion brand, Ditte and Nicolaj Reffstrup, are reaching out to their legions of Ganni Girls. They call…

PHOTOS: TOM CRAIG,JASON LLOYD- EVANS Send a letter. Stationery brand Papier reports sales are up by 300%. Time to log off? Take a Wardrobe Reality Check. Vestiaire Collective’s new challenge encourages you to break bad fashion habits. Flex! Tory Sport is now available at toryburch.co.uk. Work out or just work it. Treat your future self. Mackintosh x Margiela’s white-hot trench is the perfect spring layer. Take deskside style inspiration from the eternally elegant Joan Didion. Indulge your sweet tooth. Cute cuts in candy colours are guaranteed to put a spring in your step.…

WITH THE WORLD plunged into a state of emergency, it has never been a better time to talk about sustainability. Plenty already are. Since the beginning of 2020, global search platform Lyst has seen a 37% increase in searches for keywords relating to environmentalism. And if Amy Powney, creative director of Mother of Pearl, has anything to do with it, the demand will surely rise. She’s all about transparency (every single garment is traced from field to final, so she can 100% guarantee its environmentally-friendly and socially-responsible credentials) and helping to educate consumers (her not-for-profit organisation, Fashion Our Future, has a wealth of advice on its website). Her next move is a capsule collection of wardrobe classics with John Lewis & Partners, which is made entirely from Tencel™ and 100%…

1 CHOOSE THE RIGHT SHADE ‘Choose the colour closest to your base colour. The shade your hair was in your mid-teens.’ 2 ASSEMBLE YOUR KIT ‘I have a tinting bowl and colour brush on-hand. Order a brush on Amazon, it’s the secret to making even basic kits easy to apply.’ 3 DO YOUR PREP ‘I section my hair by the centimetre with the tail end of my brush, down from my parting along to each ear, using a loose ponytail to keep the rest out of the way.’ 4 GET PAINTING ‘I paint the grey out with the tint. It doesn’t matter if you overlap slightly. The brush makes it much easier to control placement.’ 5 ADDRESS YOUR HAIRLINE ‘Once you’ve worked your way around to each ear, you’ll notice…

CREATE A HOME SPA Fill your bath with Organic Pharmacy’s Cleopatra’s Milk Bath, £39.95, and drift away on the scent of ylang ylang and rose geranium. theorganicpharmacy.com A HELPING HAND Raw hands? Kloris has created a No Rinse Hand Sanitiser, £30, with 60% alcohol – but it also contains soothing aloe vera, CBD oil and the scent of bergamot. kloriscbd.com THE POWER SHOT If you don’t own a juicer but are craving a high dose of goodness, try Moju Cold Pressed Ginger, Turmeric or Acerola Cherry shots, £10.50 for seven. mojudrinks.com…

MEDITERRANEAN SODA BREAD BY CANDICE BROWN I’ve always baked. My nan baked and I spent a lot of time with her so anything she was doing, I wanted to do as well. I baked at university, and then, when my mental health really suffered, I baked and that was when it really took hold. Now I bake when I’m happy, when I’m sad, when I feel rubbish, when I need the reassurance that I am all right at something – and now to help in these weird times that we’re in. One of the easiest breads to make is soda bread. It’s a good one to start with because you don’t need yeast, or to take the time to knead the dough, prove it, rise and knock it back again.…

Catch up on… Alma’s Not Normal A standalone, single episode pilot at present, Sophie Willan’s traipse around deprived Bolton, based on an award-winning Edinburgh stand-up show, just has to be turned into a series. Sophie plays Alma, the boyfriendless, jobless, borderline hopeless Boltonian looking for a purpose. Her Northern vernacular sparkles with gems of parochial wit that will fill the This Country chasm in 10 minutes flat. BBC iPlayer Watch live… Gangs Of London In a breathtakingly expensive-looking roll around the seedy underworld of London’s criminal netherworld, another brilliant young ex-Skins alumnus, Joe Cole, makes his bid to join the rest of his peers on the A-list. What an actor. What drama. Sky Atlantic, 9pm, Thursday Wallow in… The Great British Sewing Bee The Great Pottery Throw Down, endless derivations…

HOMESPUN HELP Thanks for giving me some inspiration this week. Times are tough as we learn to navigate our new normal. I struggle with anxiety and the current situation is certainly exacerbating that. The other night I was unable to sleep, so took my copy of Grazia, made a coffee and watched the sun rise. And as I read 14 expert (and easy) ways to re-spin your home (13 Apr), I was inspired to start a project. I dug out my chalk paints and transformed a set of drawers for the bedroom. Lost myself in the job for a day; loved the new look; felt pretty pleased with myself. And slept well that night! Thank you. Serena…

PHOTOS: ALAMY OF COURSE, there are benefits. And of course, I say that as a person who hasn’t felt my health flounder (yet), hasn’t lost anyone to the virus (yet squared), a person with a small, lovely flat from which she is in no danger of being evicted, with an amiable partner and a tiny, precious bit of garden – a person, in other words, well-placed to reap any benefits that might be had, unlike so many others. But, still: there are benefits. The accumulating realisation life lived slow is like food cooked slow: it takes bloody ages, but it tastes better. A sense of being stripped down to the point of understanding who you actually are, and what you actually want, which is: to feel well, have everyone you…

. PHOTOS: COREY NICKOLS/CONTOUR BY GETTY IMAGES IT HAS BEEN 12 months since Fleabag broke our hearts by bowing out with its second, final season, leaving us obsessed with tinned gins and with major, confusing crushes on both Andrew Scott and Kristin Scott Thomas. Since then, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, its creator and star, has resurrected the stage play that inspired it, picked up a few casual Emmys and snagged a seat in the writers’ room for the new Bond film, No Time To Die. But, while we look forward to seeing how her trademark humour finds its way into 007’s traditionally unreconstructed form of espionage, we can enjoy her latest project, Run, airing on Sky Comedy this week. The international comedy drama is Phoebe’s latest step towards Hollywood domination. When Phoebe…

PHOTOS: WENDY CARLSON, SHUTTERSTOCK WHAT WOULD Carrie Bradshaw make of our post #MeToo world? Naturally, we don’t know because she ceased to exist after the final Sex And The City film in 2010. But we can bet she’d be writing columns taking down notorious New York predators. Her creator, on the other hand – Sex And The City author Candace Bushnell – has been so stirred by the movement that she has written her first overtly feminist novel for young adults, out this week. ‘It was definitely inspired by what is going on in the world,’ says Candace. ‘The #MeToo movement and women speaking up about guys like [convicted rapist film mogul] Harvey Weinstein and [convicted sex offender and financier] Jeffrey Epstein.’ Rules For Being A Girl, which Candace co-wrote…

NEW NETFLIX SHOW Unorthodox is full of striking scenes. But nothing better sums up the scale of the change undergone by 19-year-old Esty Shapiro (played by Shira Haas) than when, having escaped her Hasidic Jewish marriage in New York for Berlin, she walks into a lake, takes off the wig that she was required to wear in her past life, and simply lets herself float – the picture of the freedom she is seeking. For Deborah Feldman, whose own life inspired the series, the scene resonated. ‘I also had a moment where I took my wig off. I also had the moment of putting on jeans for the first time. I remember many amazing moments that marked the beginning of my emancipation.’ Although, she adds, compared to her on-screen counterpart,…

1. Make a list of the birds you see out of your window or in your garden. To attract more, put up bird feeders: sunflower hearts are very popular. The Collins Bird Guide app will help you work out which bird you’ve seen. 2. Put your phone away while on a walk and really look at the trees, plants and birds around you. Listen to the sounds of nature, rest your hand against the trunk of a tree or a mossy log, and notice the smells of leaf mould, flowers and soil. 3. Go on a wild flower hunt and see how many different plants you can spot, even on a walk through a town. A great book to help you identify them is Harraps Wild Flowers. 4. Start growing…

PHOTOGRAPHS EMRE GUVEN FASHION SELIN BURSALIOGLU DREAM OF ADVENTURE WITH FLUID LINES, BOLD SILHOUETTES AND TALKING-POINT ACCESSORIES…

PHOTOGRAPHS MARCO VITTUR 1 THE HIGH-SPEED HAIRDRYER Ghd Helios Professional Hair Dryer; £159, ghdhair.com When it comes to hairdryers, we can quickly spot a dud that isn’t up to the challenge (hotel room variants, we’re looking at you). But this, well, we were collectively blown away by the sheer speed and shine-delivery of this next-level dryer. To the point that it prompted a group WhatsApp chat that went a little like. Joely: ‘OMG, have you tried the new Ghd dryer?’ Annie: ‘Yes! It’s unreal. So impressed!’ Emma: ‘Right, I need to get my hands (slash strands) on it, ASAP.’ 2 THE SOS TREATMENT Aussie SOS Repair Treatment Shot; £3.99, boots.com We have a collective weakness for Aussie products (the efficacy, the nourishment, the nostalgia!) and this…

DO ask the question, ‘Is a permanent colour refresh vital right now?’ If not, why risk undoing all the beautiful work of your colourist in one fell swipe of a tinting brush? DON’T go lighter. Whether for or against at-home hair colour, this is one thing that every pro is agreed upon. DO experiment with wash-out options first. A quick grey cover-up or root retouch might be easier than you think. DON’T consider this a revamp. At-home colour should be something that tides you over between salon appointments, not a replacement for them. DO know your limits. Keep things simple and don’t attempt any fancy techniques. Even colouring the hair at the back of your head should be avoided.…

A FAVOURITE on the backstage circuit, a deep side-parting may seem daunting – especially if you’ve been rocking a centre parting since teenage years – but swerving this simple style means you’re missing out on an easy hair update that flatters all. ‘It’s a foolproof way to add glamour,’ promises hair stylist David Wadlow. ‘How far you take it is up to you – just use your eyes as your guide. Simply part the hair right above the outer edge of your eye. Or, to ease yourself in gently, part the hair above your pupil. Then I like to tuck the finer side of hair behind the ear, adding hair accessories.’ Once you’ve tried it, we guarantee you’ll be back for more. ‘Slick and sleek or loose and tousled, it’s…

Inject comfort and joy Your bedroom needs to be all about sleep. ‘It’s not an office, gym or cinema,’ says sleep expert Dr Neil Stanley of The Sleep Consultancy. If you’re WFH and your bedroom has to double up as your office, try and zone it off. ‘Create a barrier or a separate area with a screen if you can, or keep just that one area for working – don’t be tempted to work on your laptop in bed,’ says The Sleep Council’s Jessica Alexander. Make your bedroom a room you love being in too. ‘Decorate it so you look forward to being in there,’ says Dr Kat Lederle, sleep coach at Somnia. ‘Paint it a favourite colour, make sure the duvet is inviting... it all plays a role in…

PHOTO: CAMERA PRESS/JAY BROOKS I live in Crouch End in north London and I’m a fanatic about it. So many comedians live here we call it Clown Town. I don’t think I’ll ever leave. I grew up in Camden but the energy is different: more frenetic. When I was filming GameFace it was hard to switch off, because I write it and exec produce on it, so I’d have to sort out stuff in the evening for the next day, like homework. If you’re working until late and up early, you’re trying to get to sleep as fast as possible and, since I don’t drink any more, I’ll have a bath and listen to a podcast. Early on in my career, I’d go out a lot. You’d get off stage…

MAIN COVER PHOTO: CONTOUR BY GETTY IMAGES. ADDITIONAL COVER PHOTOS: AMIT LENNON, MARCO VITTUR. THIS PAGE: AMIT LENNON, MARCO VITTUR, EMRE GUVEN ONE SILVER LINING of the lockdown? There’s nothing to feel guilty about when you spend a night on the sofa, binge-watching TV. If you’ve exhausted Netflix already, though, take comfort in the fact there is a host of new series coming; including Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Run and an adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People, both of which we dissect in this week’s issue. But alongside new shows, there are plenty of your old favourites reinventing themselves in these times – as well as new live experiences popping up on your social media feed constantly. So, on page 34, we present your complete guide to the new so-called ‘quarantainment’.…

1. New in PHOTOS: (NUMBER 9 POSED BY MODEL) BACKGRID, INSTAGRAM/MILEYCYRUS, PA IMAGES, GETTY, SHUTTERSTOCK SAM HEUGHAN We have isolation to thank for finally watching Outlander (Amazon Prime) and HELLO, LOVING YOUR WORK Jamie Fraser/Sam Heughan! 2. New in BLAIR COWAN Rugby player, brought to our attention during a news item about his team, London Irish, repurposing players to make meals for NHS workers. 3. Up SIAN CLIFFORD Previously of Fleabag, more recently of Quiz, ITV’s exceptional drama about the coughin’ cheatin’ Who Wants To Be A Millionaire major. 4. Up ELIZABETH HURLEY Would ‘love to fall madly in love with someone, which certainly won’t happen whilst I’m locked down with blood relatives’, according to a new interview. 5. Up JOHN FINLAY WITH TEETH Former husband of Joe Exotic, who…

PHOTOS: STOCKSY LAST YEAR’S Mother’s Day was unforgettable for Lidia Moret. It was the first time she’d seen her son Peter, now 38, since learning the truth about his identity, in a scenario she describes as ‘a nightmare’. A few days earlier, Peter had called Lidia with astonishing news. With the help of the Dutch government, he’d established that his biological father was the now infamous rogue fertility doctor Jan Karbaat, who fathered at least 60 children by secretly using his own sperm to inseminate unsuspecting women seeking a donor. Karbaat had died in 2017, aged 89, as allegations surrounding his malpractice in the Netherlands first gained momentum. Lidia, 69, was among those patients. ‘I immediately started to see Karbaat in [Peter’s] face,’ she recalls. Now, the fertility scandal that…

Make that call. Take that call. Now is the time to reconnect with old friends I’M NOT SAYING I’m a woman on the edge, but I almost bought an inflatable hot tub, just to mix up the days. Don’t get me wrong – I’ve been enjoying the Zoom dinner parties and 20-way conference-watches of Fleabag Live, and I respect that staying in is the greatest act of love we can perform during a pandemic of this nature, but the sheer goddamn hugless, publess, weirdness of life right now cannot be underestimated. I bumped into a friend by chance in the street the other day, both out on our one allotted form of daily exercise, and the natural instinct to hug her was so strong I rocked back and forth on…

ABOUT TWO MONTHS after my husband’s death, on one of those nights where you set yourself up not to sleep, I turned to Google for an answer as to why my sweet 34-year-old Cam got cancer and died. There was a desperate exactness to my questions. He was young, so why? He was healthy and vegan. He owned two pairs of shoes and the calmest of minds. He was a good person. I was hoping for an enlightened answer or, at least, would settle for something to blame. But I didn’t come out with either; I came out with this: we are all going to die at some point. The good die young, or old. Life can be wonderful, and then random and cruel. We can live our worst nightmares…

PHOTOS: ED MILES, GETTY IMAGES Would you switch to a shampoo bar? IF THE BOOTS website is anything to go by, it’s shampoo that people are hoarding right now, not loo roll. Once, when I was a teenager, my friend washed my hair in washing-up liquid, but I may not need to resort to that because, three months ago, I switched my liquid shampoo for a shampoo bar, which lasts way longer than bottled shampoo. If you’ve never heard of them then, mark my words, everyone will be using one in a few years’ time and brands will be turning their liquids into solids quicker than you can say ‘squeaky clean’. The first reason I’ve fallen in love with shampoo bars is that they eliminate the need for plastic packaging.…

Best for straight hair ‘Use a texturising mousse to give extra grip and to help keep your hair in place when blow-drying.’ Try: L’Oréal Professionnel TECNI.ART Rebel Push Up, £16.10 Best for fine hair ‘If you’re looking for extra volume, employ a volumising spray through mid-lengths to ends to help bulk up strands.’ Try: Kevin Murphy Anti Gravity Spray, £23 Best for loose curls ‘Use a lightweight yet hydrating cream to keep curls from drying out.’ Try: Christophe Robin Anti-Frizz Rescue Milk with Shea Butter, £30 Best for tight curls ‘Blow-dry your parting into place but leave the rest of your hair to dry naturally. Try a lightweight spray to enhance your curls.’ Try: Moroccanoil Curl Re-Energizing Spray, £17.85…