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Secrets Of The Real Downton

With the new film out this month, who better to spill the beans on our favourite stately home than its real-life heroine, Lady Carnarvon of Highclere Castle

Our School Trip Stories

From sneaking martini into the dorms to seeing the teacher in pyjamas, your school journey creates hilarious memories to last a lifetime

My Favourite Things…Lesley Manville

The multi-award-winning actress talks about the moments, people and possessions she treasures the most

Meet The Action Heroınes

Crossing the Atlantic, running over mountains and skiing to the South Pole – what drives these three women to seek out extreme adventure?

In Conversation With Tracy Chevalier

Novelist Tracy Chevalier talks to Zoe West about the ‘surplus’ women of the First World War, why she loves cathedrals, and what it’s like to meet Mr Darcy

I Had To Tell Prue To Stop Talking So Much!

Great British Bake Off judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith talk to woman&home about their friendship and what happens when they disagree

How To Always Find A Silver Lining

When we come to terms with failure, we learn how to succeed at life, our experts tell Christabel Smith

How To Agree On Life Plans

When it comes to practicalities about the future, does your partner want what you want? And if not, what can you do? Frances Quinn deals with a few tricky issues

Easy Updates

Do you have items you love but hardly wear? Fashion editor Hannah Hughes shows how to refresh your look

Allison Pearson

OUR COLUMNIST ON THE HARDEST DECISION SHE HAS EVER HAD TO MAKE

Ease Your Symptoms With Exercise

Keeping moving isn’t just for losing weight – these activities can also help you manage your menopause

12 Days In Japan

woman&home’s Fiona McKim always dreamed of visiting the Land of the Rising Sun – and she wasn’t disappointed

Fashion Isn't Frivolous It's About Confidence

From teaching and tailoring to campaigning for equality and advising the Government, Maggie Semple tells Victoria Young what drives her.

Autism Has Never Held Me Back

Laura James had always felt different but nobody – including doctors – could work out why. It wasn’t until her mid-forties that she was finally diagnosed with autism.

Gardening Is My Therapy

Sophie Raworth talks to Nathalie Whittle aboutconquering nerves, breaking the glass ceiling – and what you don’t see happen at Chelsea…

Woman & Home “Inspired Me to Change My Life”

Mandy Marshall, 56, sold her family home in Manchester to start a new life in Cumbria. She now rents Castle Cottage, Beatrix Potter’s former marital home, and runs her own bag business

Are You the Driving Force in Your Marriage?

Louise Atkinson, married to Jonathan for 22 years, explains what happened to their relationship when a new book inspired her to secretly change her behaviour

It Took Until Midlife To Learn I Had Asperger's

Katherine May always knew she was different but she didn’t understand why – until her diagnosis

in conversation with... nadiya hussain

bake offstar nadiya tells anna moore why writing was her first love before baking, and the real-life stories behind her first novel.

My Daughter is a Much Better Mother Than I Ever Was…

The cook and television presenter Mary Berry tells Charlotte Williamson about ageless ambition, being a hands-on granny and her struggle with being a thoroughly modern mother

Karren Brady

Our Brilliant Columnist Writes Exclusively for W&H Each Month 

The Soundtrack To My Summer

Broadcaster Katie Derham tells Charlotte Williamson about the Proms, why she believes in love not money and spending time with her girls

Talking About My Dad

As we celebrate Father’s Day, three writers describe the very different relationships they had with their fathers

On your marks,get set...JUDGE!

They’re feared and respected as the exacting judging duo on Bake Off, but what do Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood really think of each other? (And do they know what the other would order in the pub?) Victoria Young finds out…

My Favourite Things… Ruth Langsford

The This Morning presenter tells us about her life treasures ahead of the show going live on the road…

'There Are Lots Of Things I Want To Do'

Miriam Margolyes, 77, on why she wants to talk to her enemies, the support of her mother and her very particular knickers from Amsterdam…

My First Year Without My Mum

Author Emily Gunnis’s mother, the bestselling novelist Penny Vincenzi, died last year. Here Emily shares what she has learned in the time in-between

Our Time Is Now

For the first time, we are seeing more women like us on our screens and picking up awards – and it really matters,

Why We All Need Some Vitamin Sea

As we escape to sunny shores this summer, the experts reveal why your getaway to the great blue is good for you.

A Dozen More Dames

With Twiggy joining the proud roll call of great British women to receive a damehood, we find out what it takes and who else is in this exclusive club