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MAY 2022 BRITAIN’S BIGGEST SELLING LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE MAY 2022 goodhousekeeping.com/uk gh TRIED TESTED TRUSTED ✶ ROBOT VACUUMS ✶ BREAKFAST FOOD & DRINK ✶ CERAMIDE SERUMS Your Good Housekeeping feelgood ✶ EXCLUSIVE ✶ booster! Nigella ✶Magical fashion Lawson to lift your mood on learning to let go of fear & ✶A doctor’s guide live in the now to inner happiness AMAZING GH DEALS! ✶The simple hobby FASHION that sparks delight 20% OFF* PLUS why midlife women need laughter yoga! PURE COLLECTION A jolly BEAUTY good start! 20% OFF* The best breakfast foods Tried & Tested ALLIES OF SKIN Secrets to Hey, come steal from on over! Glyndebourne’s glorious gardens Fabulous food for sharing with family & friends Plus low- & no-sugar puds *Terms & conditions apply; see inside Financially Fabulous GH GUEST STARS… £5.99 How to take the heat Dame Kristin Scott Thomas, Tess Daly, out of rising energy bills Naga Munchetty, Carol Kirkwood, Katie Piper, Anne-Marie Imafidon, Nina Stibbe, Ayisha Malik



Editor’s letter 14 56 Our cover star, Bring me sunshine: Nigella Lawson, the mood-boosting on the pleasures power of gardening of living in the moment 88 Happy habits to nurture good health 134 Street food fiesta! Mouthwatering recipes from around the world PHOTOGRAPHY: MATT HOLYOAK, JOSEPH MONTEZINOS, KRISTIANE VEY/TWINKLE IMAGES/URBANLIP, MIKE ENGLISH, GAP PHOTO, GETTY A dose of the feelgood factor… If ever there were a time we needed a mood booster, it is well as during the lockdowns – but has now reached a very surely now. Following two turbulent years at the hands of ‘contented’ place. She says she’s learned to live in the moment the pandemic, the world currently feels like a very uncertain and gratefully accept things that make her happy, rather than place. I know that many of you are involved in doing your questioning them. Moreover, she has learned to love solitude. bit to do good – giving, fundraising or doing other work ‘I’m sure I’m not the only woman in the world to feel this way, but for charities to assist those in need and displaced by conflict. So it can be so hard to disentangle your wants and needs from other many women rise to the challenge when the occasion demands people’s, to not feel like it’s your duty to do things that make it and demonstrate incredible resilience and leadership. other people happy first,’ she explains. ‘You owe people loyalty and support, but not at the cost of your own happiness. I think In all circumstances, my team and I see it as our role to provide that’s a hard lesson to learn, and I don’t know that I could have you with practical and emotional support to assist with the times learned it without a fair old amount of time alone.’ we’re living through. So for the hour or two that you’re reading this magazine, it’s our aim to provide you with a dose of the That said, being able to socialise again with her children and feelgood factor (along with lots of essential pragmatic advice, friends is giving Nigella enormous comfort and joy – as it is for such as how to deal with rising energy costs, page 120). so many of us – so she plans to make the most of it over the summer. Nigella’s recipes (free at nigella.com) are always You’ll find uplifting colour and brightness in these pages, a source of inspiration if you’re entertaining – or why not try along with sage advice from lots of brilliant experts. These the brilliant sharing plates in our street food fiesta (page 134)? include Dr Rangan Chatterjee, who tells how we can keep ourselves in an upbeat frame of mind, providing a step-by-step Wishing you a peaceful month, with lots of feelgood moments. plan (page 88). I also think Bhupinder Sohanpal’s article on the transformative power of nature (page 56) is well worth Gaby Huddart reading; Bhupinder’s own story is fascinating – following a devastating stroke in her 30s, she has been on a journey to EDITOR-IN-CHIEF restore her health through the simplest of pastimes: gardening. [email protected] Plants have proved to be her greatest strength and friend, and she’s keen to pass on what she’s learned. @gabyhuddart You’ll also find our cover star, Nigella, in a positive and PS. There’s still time to sign up for this year’s MoonWalk London reflective mood in her lovely interview with us (page 14). Nigella (14 May) and MoonWalk Scotland (11 June) to help women confesses to feelings of worry and anxiety earlier in her life – as affected by breast cancer. Find out more at walkthewalk.org goodhousekeeping.com/uk 3MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING



MAY 2022 Good style 46 THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF 68 FRIENDS FOR OVER 50 YEARS! The APPLIANCES Household gadgets secret to a longlasting friendship 12 GOOD IDEAS FOR MAY Pastel shades have revolutionised our lives – and 22 COVER EARN YOUR STRIPES Get in line the Good Housekeeping Institute 158 COVER GOOD LIFE What to see this has been there at every step month and a chat with Katie Piper for this season’s hot new trend 32 COVER SMALL BUYS, BIG IMPACT 50 COVER ‘WOMEN LOOK AT 160 COVER BOOKSHELF May’s best reads TECHNOLOGY IN A NEW WAY’ and Ayisha Malik’s favourite books All you need for a wardrobe update Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon on how the future of science is female 162 COVER ‘THE VOICES OF MIDDLE-AGED Good reads WOMEN NEED TO BE OUT THERE’ 52 ‘ALL I COULD GIVE THEM WAS Bestselling author Nina Stibbe 14 COVER ‘I WANT TO LET MY LOVE’ Jemma Bere shares her tells us why ADVENTUROUS SIDE SPEAK MORE’ family’s inspiring story TV chef and food writer Nigella 164 NEWS FROM THE WOMEN’S PRIZE Lawson on overcoming fears 56 COVER ‘NATURE CAN BE THE FOR FICTION Exciting offers, plus and finding contentment GREATEST STRENGTH & FRIEND’ meet Futures shortlister Eliza Clark One woman reveals how gardening 37 SUSAN CALMAN Our columnist tries has the power to heal and reset lives Good advice out an escape room experience 60 AND FOR OUR NEXT ACT... Three 120 COVER GH CONSUMER AFFAIRS Tips 38 COVER ‘AS I’VE GOT OLDER, THE readers who followed their passions to keep your energy costs down WORK HAS GOT BETTER’ Dame Kristin Scott Thomas looks back 66 THESE FOOLISH THINGS Acting 125 GH GETTING GREENER How green on her amazing career on impulse can bring surprising is your daily cuppa? benefits, says Rachel Edwards 42 COVER MEET THE WEATHER WATCHERS 126 THE COST OF CARE The new care Three experts give their forecasts cap explained ECO GETAWAYS How to travel greener PAGE 170 BEST BUYS New beauty must-haves PAGE 72 OH-SO STRIPY Try the new trend PAGE 22 BRIGHT ON Fill your home with colour PAGE 102 5MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

Good looks Good food TRIED, TESTED, TRUSTED 72 GH BEAUTY The latest picks 132 GH FOOD May’s foodie news Your trust is important to us, which is why: 74 STICK OR TWIST? To makeover, 134 COVER STREET FOOD FIESTA! every recipe is tested three times in the GHI or not to makeover… Go global for the bank holidays kitchens. Every product test bearing the GHI logo is 78 COMING UP ROSES How the beauty 144 THE FABULOUS FIVE Easy, tasty ideas carried out to the strict standards laid down by the 150 COVER SWEET NOTHINGS Perfect puds Good Housekeeping Institute, our leading research industry is harnessing flower power centre. Recommendations on our editorial pages 80 COVER MY LIFE IN BEAUTY With Good to go are based on the impartial advice of our editors and expert contributors. All health articles are checked presenter and former model Tess Daly 167 GH TRAVEL News and inspiration 169 POSTCARD FROM…. DUBLIN Anna for accuracy by the Good Housekeeping Health Good health Watch team of health professionals. All prices are Bonet on why this city is so special 83 COVER HOW LAUGHTER CAN HELP 170 MAKE YOUR HOLIDAY GREENER correct at time of going to press. WITH THE MENOPAUSE Laughter GET IN TOUCH WITH US! yoga may be just what you need Eco holiday ideas you’ll love We aim to correct significant inaccuracies 84 THE EYES HAVE IT Eye health tips Just for you in the next available issue. Email us at 88 COVER THIS DOCTOR’S [email protected] 183 COVER 20% OFF PURE COLLECTION PRESCRIPTION? GET HAPPY! One AND 20% OFF ALLIES OF SKIN ON THE COVER GP’s solution to our problems 93 8 GADGETS TO CALM & REVITALISE Tried & Tested Photography Matt Holyoak Mood-boosting gizmos Hair & makeup Liz Kitchiner 94 ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT 72 COVER SHAMPOO BARS AND SERUMS Fashion styling Cheryl Konteh ALLERGIES We consult an expert 100 MOPS team, Elena Garcia and Femi 96 DIABETES: TIME FOR SOME GOOD 122 COVER ROBOT VACUUMS Konteh at The Wall Group NEWS Dr Sarah Jarvis explains 133 COVER BREAKFAST CEREALS, Blazer Zara Shirt Karen Millen Trousers ME + EM Good homes CROISSANTS AND ORANGE JUICE Shoes Russell & Bromley 99 GH HOMES May’s best buys In every issue 102 IT’S ALL ABOUT HUE The 3 EDITOR’S LETTER transforming power of colour 8 MEET THE TEAM 109 SITTING PRETTY Easy updates 156 SUBSCRIBE TO GH 110 THE ART OF OUR HOME A Dorset 180 GIVE YOUR GREY MATTER A house full of paintings and antiques WORKOUT Brilliant brainteasers 114 COVER THE GARDEN OF THE OPERA 210 COVER ME…. AND MY HOUSEKEEPING! Discover the magic of Glyndebourne With presenter Naga Munchetty START SMALL NICE AND SPICY Simple wardrobe refreshers Bank holiday winners PAGE 32 PAGE 134 FRIENDS FILM STARS FOR LIFE Kristin on her best movie moments Two women’s PAGE 38 story PERFECT PASTELS PAGE 68 Spring is here at last PAGE 12 6 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAY 2022 goodhousekeeping.com/uk



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‘I want to let my Nigella Lawson talks to NIGELLA WEARS: DRESS, EDELINE LEE. BRACELET, ANNOUSHKA. RING, PIPPA SMALL Nathalie Whittle about beating self-doubt, embracing new challenges and the joy of lazy days on the sofa Photography MATT HOLYOAK Since publishing her first cookbook, How To Eat, in 1998, and how to cook it. Her community – and its questions – continue Nigella Lawson has become an unstoppable and to grow, yet Nigella never fails to respond. ‘It makes me feel empowering force of the cookery world. She’s published slightly awkward when I reply and people say, “I can’t believe 13 cookbooks, selling more than 8m copies worldwide, you answered me, I’m not a celebrity,”’ she says. ‘Just because and hosted award-winning shows, including Channel your job puts you on TV doesn’t mean you’re more important.’ 4’s Nigella Bites and BBC Two’s Nigellissima and Simply Nigella. Now 62, Nigella insists she won’t be hanging up her apron any Not even a global pandemic could stop her. When the UK time soon. Instead, the TV chef, who has two grown-up children, went into lockdown in March 2020, not only did Nigella write Cosima and Bruno, with her late husband, John Diamond, is her latest book, Cook, Eat, Repeat, she also became the foodie looking to face her fears and have more fun. Here, she opens agony aunt of social media, solving dilemmas over what to cook up about how she’s learned to worry less and live more… 14 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAY 2022 goodhousekeeping.com/uk

The big interview adventurous side speak more’ NIGELLA WEARS: SHIRT, KAREN MILLEN. BLAZER, ZARA. TROUSERS, ME+EM. RING, PIPPA SMALL goodhousekeeping.com/uk MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 15

The big interview You have grown a huge community on social media, how I now understand does that feel? how important Oh, I absolutely love it. It all started when the pandemic hit; it is to stay I was getting a lot of panicked messages on Twitter from in the moment people who weren’t used to cooking, so I started giving advice in the way I would if a friend phoned for help. Everyone kept saying, ‘Oh, it’s so nice that you’re doing that,’ but the truth is, it was a mutual thing. It still is. It gives me a sense of companionship and connection to others, which is really important to me. I have to admit, though, when someone messages me saying, ‘I’m doing a really important dinner, what shall I cook?’ I think, ‘Oh no!’ – the responsibility is too much. Have you received any messages that have stayed with you? Yes, so many – I actually have a little collection called ‘Touching Tweets’. There’s a particular recipe – my Malteser cake – that people often message me about, and they’ll say things such as, ‘I’ve made it for every birthday since my child was eight – and they’re now 18!’ It’s so moving to be a part of someone’s life in that way. I also get messages from people who have gone through difficult experiences, because they know I’ve gone through similar things – and that’s lovely. What have your own difficult times taught you about coping with uncertainty? It’s much easier said than done, but I now understand how important it is to stay in the moment and not worry about all the things that could go wrong. At this point in my life, if something is making me happy, I don’t want to chip away at it thinking, ‘Oh, this is going to end,’ because that feels ungrateful. I suppose as you get older and you know you’ve had more dinners than you’ve got left, you realise that you can’t afford to waste the good things or the good times. Life is too short. Are you embracing the world opening up again then? Last year, I was feeling quite anxious about it all, but we’ve had to let caution dictate our days for such a long time and FOOD FOR THOUGHT now I’m excited by the idea of spontaneity again. I want NIGELLA WEARS: SUIT, GABRIELA HEARST AT THE OUTNET. to let my adventurous side speak a little more loudly than NECKLACE, MONICA VINADER. BAMBOO BANGLE, ANNOUSHKA. WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT FAVOURITE COOKBOOK? the cautious side, whether that’s by travelling somewhere GOLD BRACELET, ASTRID & MIYU. BOOTS, RUSSELL & BROMLEY Hot Fat, which is full of recipes for deep-fried food. new or taking a work opportunity that comes up. I’m excited to have friends over again, too – even though I need to have I bought myself an electric deep fat fryer as a Christmas a bit of a cleaning and decluttering session, because my present to myself in 2020 and I adore it. house very much looks like one that hasn’t had many people in it for a while! WHAT IS THE RECIPE THAT MEANS THE MOST TO Will you throw a big party? YOU? My mother’s Praised chicken. She died at the age It’s something I’m thinking about. When I was younger, John of 48 and cooking that dish is a wonderful way for my [Diamond] and I would always have a party on Midsummer’s Day, and I’m considering being brave and throwing one again. children to be able to eat her food. It was always very informal – we’d have it in the garden and WHAT IS YOUR MOST TREASURED KITCHEN ITEM? we’d have burgers and hotdogs, which we’d do on the A Parmesan grater that Anna Del Conte gave me about barbecue. We wouldn’t make huge amounts, but enough so people didn’t get totally plastered. You do need someone 30 years ago. It’s only just holding on, but I’d feel heartbroken if it was no longer in my kitchen. goodhousekeeping.com/uk WHAT IS TOP OF YOUR BUCKET LIST? I’d love to go and see the Northern Lights one day. WHO WAS YOUR TEENAGE CRUSH? Robert Redford and David Cassidy – I had posters of them both! WHAT IS THE SONG THAT GETS YOU ON THE DANCEFLOOR? I Feel Love by Donna Summer; I find it very hard not to hurl myself on to the dancefloor when that comes on. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? Anything happening to my children. I don’t even like saying it out loud. 16 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAY 2022

who can do a barbecue without getting totally flustered cooking was a job that women had to do to look after others. though – and I’m not that person! If it wasn’t that, it was ‘How to stop yourself eating’. The latter Have you enjoyed being able to have your children at the sadly hasn’t completely left our culture, but we’ve certainly dinner table again? become more empowered and in control of what we cook and That is always the best thing in the world and it really is the eat. Women feel they deserve to take pleasure in cooking for thing I missed most during the lockdowns. I wasn’t desperate themselves, that it’s not just something they have to do as an to see lots of people, but I did want my children at my table act of service. It helps that we have magazines such as Good because that’s what makes me happy, and I still get enormous Housekeeping, which is much more concerned with helping joy from feeding them. I’m sure I would have felt differently if women feel confident and strong than with telling us how to I’d been homeschooling two young children – then I probably put on a great show while punishing ourselves in the process! would have thought, ‘Get me out of here!’ You have been a real trailblazer in that sense, how does We’re celebrating 100 years of Good Housekeeping this that feel? year, how do you think women’s relationship with cooking It’s very hard for me to see myself that way. I had no idea has evolved in that time? that this would be my career and I think I’ve only accepted When I was growing up, magazine articles would say ‘How to it relatively recently. When I wrote my first book, How To Eat, cook for your man’ or ‘How to impress your husband’s boss’; I didn’t have any idea that anyone would even read it; I simply goodhousekeeping.com/uk MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 17

The big interview wanted to share my enthusiasm for food and fly the flag for ‘No, that’s it.’ Or if I wake up in the small hours and NIGELLA WEARS: DRESS, EDELINE LEE. BRACELET, ANNOUSHKA. RING, PIPPA SMALL home cooking. But I do feel pleased, and actually one of the I can’t sleep, I listen to an audiobook. I don’t indulge things I’m quietly proud of is the fact that some of my books that cycle any more. are now taught in eating disorder clinics. What else do you find calming? You’ve described yourself as a lazy person, how do you Reading is such a valuable form of nourishment for me. I’ve explain the fact that you’ve achieved so much? just read a novel called Love & Saffron by Kim Fay, which was I think lazy people often work the hardest because we know wonderful, and now I’m on to Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie that we’d just be lying on the sofa reading books and eating Garmus. I rather love having other people’s characters living toast if we didn’t! I have two speeds: one is full pelt, and the inside my head – I’ve become quite greedy for it! other is no speed at all, recumbent. But I love my work and Is there a special meal that always lifts your spirits? I’m not very good at doing it in a semi-detached way; I get It’s not a meal, but I know that I will always have some a bit obsessive about it. Socially, it’s a different story; that’s Sesame Blues Corn Tortilla Chips in the cupboard, and where my laziness shows! some taramasalata in the fridge for those days when Have you ever had moments when you’ve doubted yourself? I know I can’t do anything. That’s always such a treat. Always. It doesn’t matter how many books I’ve written, almost What is your favourite lazy moment now? every time I write, it’s as though it’s the first time. And I don’t think Lying on the sofa in my Roman there will ever be a time when matron pose with an endlessly I’m not filled with anxiety about refilled mug of tea, while chatting things not being good enough. to people on Twitter. That’s my I hate it, but I do think self-doubt moment to myself – and I guard is important. The key is to learn it quite preciously. to distinguish between what is Do you still have any ambitions? a helpful form of self-doubt, such I’ve never had an ambition – and as ‘Is this what you really think?’ I still don’t. I’m not ready to stop and an unhelpful one, such as what I’m doing, but I do want to ‘This is going to be hopeless’. challenge myself to do things that What advice would you give are a bit frightening, otherwise you your younger self? can end up chugging along. I did I wish I could say, ‘Stop eating a book tour last year, and I turned yourself up with anxiety, it’s such it into more of a one-woman show, a waste of time.’ But the truth is, which was hard for me because it’s very difficult not to feel anxious. I’m not a natural performer. Going A month before a book comes out, on stage alone was terrifying, it’s hard not to feel like your insides but I realised that if the worst are churning because you want happened and I said, ‘I’m feeling people to like it. It’s frightening. so nervous, every word has gone So I don’t think I could have out of my head,’ people would saved myself that altogether, respect that. So I want to do more but I’d tell myself not to let it of that. I don’t want to always go dominate – allow it to be a part for the safest option any more. of the exercise, but not the whole  Find Nigella’s recipes and a host part, so that you can enjoy it, too. of other food-related features, all You seem to have reached a free of charge, on nigella.com happy place in your life; what do you think you owe that to? I’ve certainly got to a very contented place. I think a lot of it 100 YEARS OF CHANGE has come from learning to love solitude, which has been one of the most freeing things of my life. I’m sure I’m not the only The greatest change in women’s lives woman in the world to feel this way, but it can be so hard in the last century has been… to disentangle your wants and needs from other people’s, to not feel like it’s your duty to do things that make other people Having the ability to earn our own living happy first. Of course, you owe people loyalty and support, and be independent. It’s shocking when you think but not at the cost of your own happiness. I think that’s how late it was that women could get mortgages a hard lesson to learn, and I don’t know that I could have or rent by themselves without having to be learned it without a fair old amount of time alone. underwritten by a man. How do you look after your mental wellbeing now? The change I’d still like to see is… I exercise – I’ve kept up my weights exercises, which I started I think childcare needs to be thought of during the lockdowns, and I have a huge weights collection in a way that helps all women, not just those now. I’ve also got better at turning off the ruminating switch. who can afford it. We need to find ways Instead of going over and over the same ground, I’ll say, to make the juggle easier for everyone. 18 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAY 2022 goodhousekeeping.com/uk

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Good style Earn your stripes Vertical, horizontal or diagonal; multi-coloured or monochrome, crisply uniform or mixed and multi-sized – statement stripes will get everyone’s attention this season… Photography LIZ CHAMBERS Styling AMANDA MARCANTONIO Winning streaks Nothing says spring like a new dress and this stick-of-rock-striped classic is pure joy. The glorious mix of strawberry and candyfloss panels take the humble midi to the next level. With its sculptural statement sleeves and cute waist-cinching belt, this high-street hero is one of the season’s most coveted pieces. Get it before it goes! Dress, £140, 6-20, Phase Eight. Shoes, £169, 3-9, Rogue Matilda [continued over page] goodhousekeeping.com/uk MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 23

Good style Shirt circuit There’s nothing quite like a cotton shirt for instant put-togetherness (no matter how late you’re running), but swap your usual crisp white button-up for something far more fabulous. When you can’t rely on the weather for sunshine, bold, deckchair stripes provide all the brightness you need. Is there anything that isn’t improved with a swipe of stripes? We don’t think so. Blazer, £335; trousers, £125, 6-16, both Gant. Shirt, £95, xs-l, Kitri. Loafers, £49.99, 3-8, Mango 24 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAY 2022 goodhousekeeping.com/uk

Learn your lines Desperately seeking sleek? The clean aesthetic of simple yet striking black and white makes it the easiest way to approach bold, graphic lines. Be inspired by the timeless, stripey monochrome gowns seen at Carolina Herrera and Tory Burch. Meeting at 10am, team lunch at 1pm, after-work drinks – this head-turning dress suits all. Add straw accessories for relaxed holiday vibes. Hat, £35, Phase Eight. Dress, £220, 8-18, Jasper Conran London. Pumps, £229, 3-9, Pretty Ballerinas [continued over page] MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 25

Strut your stripes The new attitude to stripes is bold and unapologetically feminine and we’ve fallen for this stunning matchy-matchy dress-and-sandals combo. Plus, these power platforms won’t sink into the grass or make your feet ache! Dial up the drama and pair with glitzy earrings and a spectacular hat for the perfect wedding guest get-up. Dress, £399, 6-18; heels, £279, 3-8, both L.K.Bennett. Clutch, £59, Next 26 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAY 2022

Good style It takes two Stripes are a perennial favourite, but this year, get in line with a captivating co-ord and you’ll be streets ahead in the style stakes. Showstopping lines worn top to toe look smart yet sassy, and are the new spring power-dressing shortcut. Separately, they’re great – together, they’re truly stunning. Pair with this season’s wear-on-repeat chunky white sandal. Kimono shirt, £225; trousers, £235, both 8-16, Agnès B. Sandals, £89, 3-8, Phase Eight [continued over page] goodhousekeeping.com/uk MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 27

Get in line Yes, you can clash stripes with stripes! Just stick to a single colour family, such as whites and beiges, and vary the thickness. The direction of stripe makes a difference; horizontal bands give a relaxed feel, up-and-down is more businesslike – but a subtle mix of both is thoroughly modern. Stripes on stripes works, especially layered under a trench with a pop of tangerine (this season’s shade) accessories. Trench, £99.95, xxs-xxl, Gap. Shirt, £65, 8-18, Phase Eight. Skirt, £228, 8-16, Joseph at The Outnet. Bag, £295, Russell & Bromley. Sliders, £199, 3-8, L.K.Bennett 28 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAY 2022 goodhousekeeping.com/uk

Good style Spring break Sun’s out, legs out! What better way to embrace the new optimistic mood than with this season’s chic short suit? A more relaxed take on tailoring, a two-piece suit (or in this case, three-piece) is not just for the office, but a great multi-tasker for holidays, too. Consider a stripey top to energise pristine white staples such as denim jeans, linen trousers or simple cotton shorts. The hint of a bold pattern under a blazer or jacket is a print-happy look even minimalists will love. Blazer, £110; waistcoat, £75; shorts, £69, all 8-18, Phase Eight. Blouse (blouse belt styled as pussy-bow), £199, 6-18, L.K.Bennett. Sunglasses, £175, Aspinal of London [continued over page] MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 29

Good style Over the rainbow Need a little more colour in your life? Usher in spring with new-wave multi-coloured lines as seen at Chanel, Fendi and Emporio Armani. Wide or narrow, preppy or Parisian, the choice is yours. The clean graphic motif gives romantic ruffle blouses a modern edge and, worn with sporty drawstring trousers, the result is a perfect mix of the unexpected and playful for round-the-clock cool. This is the blouse to befriend now, your wardrobe will thank you for it. Blouse, £85, 6-22, Boden. Trousers, £185, 6-16, ME+EM

Stripe tease Farewell to Zoom-dressing, after two years of pyjama bottoms, below-the-waist is fighting back with a flourish. Dressing loud is the new dressing down and we’re loving this dazzling update on the classic wrap skirt. Teamed with a rebellious Breton (how could we not mention such a classic!) this feelgood look is guaranteed to boost your happy hormones. Not a print person? This striped tee is the perfect place to start. Yes, there is room in our wardrobe for just one more… T-shirt, £29, xs-l, Cos. Skirt, £221, xxs-l, Diane von Furstenberg at The Outnet. Sandals, £85, 3-8, Dune London STYLING ASSISTANT: CORIN RIPLEY MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 31 HAIR: CHRISTOPHER GATT MAKEUP: CHARLIE DUFFY AT CAROL HAYES MANAGEMENT MODEL: MARIAMA AT MRS ROBINSON SET BUILD: SIMON GODFREY PRODUCTION: FIONA ANDREWS WITH THANKS TO FRESH LOCATIONS goodhousekeeping.com/uk

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Good style BIG IMPACT little style heroes will magically bring some new-season brilliance to your wardrobe BUCKET LIST CLEVER CLOGS Practical and cool, bucket hats will House to garden, beach to bar, the clog protect you from rays, and their has gone from clompy to cool. compact nature makes them a breeze to pack in your suitcase. £98, 3-8, Boden TIP £15, Marks & Spencer £225, 3-8, Russell & Bromley £135, 3-8, Arket Counteract the bucket’s TIP tomboyish Invest in stick-on aesthetic by cushioned insoles pairing it with to take the feminine pressure off your summer dresses heels and balls of your feet £48, Reiss £50, Gant Giambattista Valli S/S 22 £59.95, 3-8, United Colors of Benetton TUTTI-FRUTTI Give black a break for summer’s juicy tangerine, lime sorbet and lemon-zest shades. Lend your look extra zing with a hit of citrus. Heels, £85, 3-8, Bracelet, Necklace, & Other Stories £22, £79, Cos Bag, Bag, £39.95, Oliver Bonas £125, United Colors Whistles of Benetton Bag, £79, LINKED IN Arket Bag, £28, When it comes to TIP Next Bracelet, £59, jewellery: go big or A chain TIP L.K.Bennett go home! Chunky bracelet If you only invest in one chain necklaces feels dressy colour this while season, make and bracelets are retaining it fizzy orange so on-trend. everyday Bag, £69, appeal Cos Bag, £69, Necklace, £58, Bracelet, Sliders, £15, 3-8, Tu John Lewis Anthropologie £28, Hush & Partners Sandals, £45, 3-8, Marks & Spencer MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 33

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Point of view SUSAN CALMAN ‘I love living out my Jessica Fletcher fantasy’ If you want to test your detective skills and get the adrenaline pumping, there’s nothing more exciting than an escape room, as our columnist has discovered Sometimes an experience that was at one time key, to open a typewriter, to type in a sentence, to switch on a frightening, can at another time be fun. It all depends light, to illuminate a picture, to point to a hidden panel, to open on context. For example, I recently locked myself in a door… Simple! That might not seem immediately relaxing, my porch. It sounds ridiculous, but I’d popped out but I love living my Miss Marple/Jessica Fletcher fantasy life. in my dressing gown to take something to the bins, And if you enjoy a crime drama on a Sunday night, this could be shut the front door, but hadn’t unlocked the porch door. I was perfect for you. Anyone can try to out-sleuth DCI Vera Stanhope literally stuck in a 3 x 4ft room. The only positive was that my from the safety of the sofa, but what about in real life? porch door has glass panels, so I could see out and others could It’s also a tremendous way to find out how people, who you see in. Now, I don’t know how you would react if you saw a think you know, react under pressure. My team comprised my woman banging on her own porch door for help, but apparently wife and two of our friends. Friends who, I would say, I know it’s not very welcoming, as several people simply walked past, very well. However, it seems that only when faced with a pretending to look at their phones. It was only when next door’s countdown clock do people’s true colours come out – because dog walker arrived, recognised me, and got the spare keys from we all approached the same situation very differently. I liked to sit said neighbour, that I was released. It was a tense three hours. patiently, waiting for inspiration to come, before moving to panic The reason I say context is important is because a few weeks phase. My wife and friend one ran around like idiots, pressing earlier, I’d actually paid money to be locked in a room – and buttons randomly. Friend two calmly started reading through the I loved it. The difference being clues and solving the puzzles, that I was taking part in an as we were meant to. Friend two escape room experience. The Only when faced with a countdown is now my official emergency premise is simple: you arrive contact if I get into trouble. at a building (it could be an clock do people’s true colours come out For me, doing escape rooms office block, a disused factory, is the perfect way to relax. The an empty house) and you get puzzles are so varied that most locked in a room or series of people would be able to have rooms. You then have a time a go at one of them, and the limit (generally upwards of sense of achievement when you 60 minutes) to solve a series find a solution is phenomenal. of puzzles and get out. There’s an incredible adrenaline To reassure the participants, rush as you scramble to defeat escape rooms always leave the clock. Just be warned, there one door open, in case of are cameras in the rooms so emergencies (or to let you the staff can monitor what’s PHOTOGRAPHY: DAVID VENNI. ILLUSTRATION: STEPHEN COLLINS gracefully exit if you give happening. I’m glad there’s now up). But, for me, once that video evidence of me screaming, door closes and the attendant ‘Why won’t it open?!’ while lying says, ‘Good luck’, I’m in it for on the floor, sobbing. It’s how the long haul. I want to be remembered. If Many rooms have a theme, you’re up for a bit of adventure such as Victorian London, a and some relief from your jewel heist or even a jungle, normal stress, I highly and there’s often a difficulty recommend trying it. rating so you can start with an I’d also like to suggest that easier one while you learn the if you see a woman banging ropes. A usual puzzle sequence on her own porch door, you would be to find a combination, help her. Even if she is in her to open a cupboard, to find a dressing gown. goodhousekeeping.com/uk MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 37

‘As I’ve got OLDER, the work has As she returns to our screens in the Apple TV+ spy series Slow Horses, got BETTER’ actor Dame Kristin Scott Thomas reflects on her extraordinary career Since her debut role in Prince’s 1986 directorial debut Under The Cherry Moon, Kristin Scott Thomas has rarely left our screens. She’s starred in major romcoms, including the 1994 classic Four Weddings And A Funeral, been Oscar-nominated for her performance in the 1996 war drama The English Patient, and stolen scenes as Winston Churchill’s wife, Clementine, in 2017’s Darkest Hour. Now 61, her career continues to flourish and this April, she stars in the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses, as a member of a team of disgraced British MI5 agents led by Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman). They’ve been relegated to Slough House, where sub-par agents are put out to pasture – until a kidnapping plot sees them called back into action. Kristin, who was made a Dame for services to drama in 2015, says she’s enjoying the variety of roles coming her way: ‘I would say that I’ve hit a sweet spot. Fortunately, as I have got older, the work has got better.’ KristIn lives in London and has three grown-up children, Hannah, Joseph and George, with her former husband, French fertility expert François Olivennes. Here, she looks back at some of her most iconic roles to date… SLOW HORSES (2022) ‘I loved being able to work with Gary Oldman again – we really liked working together in Darkest Hour. I was happy to be back on set, too, because I hadn’t shot in a year due to Covid.’ goodhousekeeping.com/uk

My life in films DARKEST HOUR (2017) ‘It was a great opportunity to show more of the relationship between Clementine and Winston Churchill. To understand that she was very much part of his “motor” and keeping him level, keeping him buoyed up – and in bringing him down when he needed to be brought into line.’ REBECCA (2020) SUITE FRANÇAISE (2014) ‘People kept telling me I’d be perfect ‘My character, Madame Angellier, is in for the role [of Mrs Danvers], although agony over her missing son, and just I’m not sure how I should take the thought of not knowing your son’s that! So I kept pestering Eric Fellner, whereabouts… as a mother, I can tell who had produced Four Weddings you that would be unbearable.’ And A Funeral and was producing Rebecca. Every time I would see him, NOWHERE BOY (2009) I’d ask, “When are you going to offer it ‘I really liked Mimi [Kristin plays John to me?” I was not subtle at all.’ Lennon’s aunt and guardian Mimi Smith]. I felt that she’s somebody who has been FLEABAG (2019) undervalued and criticised, but actually ‘I was a huge Fleabag fan – I thought she was the most fantastic woman.’ it was a work of total genius. So when Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote to me I’VE LOVED YOU SO to ask me to do it, I think that was LONG (2008) probably the happiest I’ve ever been.’ ‘I loved it. No makeup. I hardly even speak. TOMB RAIDER (2018) The director, Philippe ‘It was exciting to work on this film. Claudel, even felt it I liked being involved in a film where necessary to warn me there’s a strong female role model that I would be shot in such as Lara Croft, which is particularly a way that would be important for young girls.’ very unflattering.’ MILITARY WIVES (2019) MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 39 ‘I asked quite a lot of people I knew well, including members of my family who’d experienced Afghanistan and Iraq, what it was like having your nearest and dearest on the frontline. Which is a very difficult conversation, because people want to put on a brave face and say, “Oh, we just get on with it.” To some degree there is that, but there is also just the human instinct, which is fear and dread – all these things that you try to overcome.’ goodhousekeeping.com/uk

My life in films GOSFORD PARK (2001) THE HORSE WHISPERER (1998) ‘I remember getting the ‘There are always a million reasons why script and thinking, “Great, people want a particular role. For example, I can play the maid!” But I felt like living in Montana for three no, they wanted me to be months! More importantly, I found my Lady Sylvia da-di-da-di-da, character captivating and interesting, and and my heart sank because I was eager to shoot with Robert Redford.’ at first I’d thought, “Robert Altman is directing – at last, I can do something different.” But no, I got the toff! After that, I tried very hard to avoid playing English aristocrats in 1930s films and that’s when I began working more often in French films, which weren’t so class-obsessed.’ THE ENGLISH MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996) WORDS: JAN JANSSEN, VIVA PRESS. PHOTOGRAPHY: CAMERA PRESS/MATT HOLYOAK / BAFTA, ALAMY, MIRAMAX, PATIENT (1996) ‘Director Brian De Palma gave me one of ARROW FILMS, ORION PICTURES CORPORATION, LIONSGATE, SUITE DISTRIBUTION LTD, NETFLIX, LMK ‘I remember feeling like the most cruel notes. I was standing in a the luckiest person in the lift trying to look like a spy and Brian said, world to do this. It was “Cut! Kristin, stop looking like you’re such a rich, beautiful role. thinking about your orchards in Russia!”’ I was so amazed they gave it to me. Even FOR THE RECORD though we’d done this beautiful screen test, this  Kristin was born in Redruth, kind of audition with Cornwall. Her father, Simon, was a Ralph [Fiennes, Kristin’s pilot in the Royal Navy and died in co-star] and it was a flying accident when she was five. evident that it was a  She attended London’s Central total no-brainer that School of Speech and Drama, but this would be fabulous.’ after being told she had ‘no talent’ by tutors, she dropped out and FOUR WEDDINGS AND UNDER THE CHERRY moved to Paris at the age of 19. She A FUNERAL (1994) MOON (1986) lived there for the next 35 years. ‘Hugh Grant, who I’d ‘This was what people like  After working together on Under worked with on Bitter to call “a turkey”. After The Cherry Moon, Kristin formed Moon, read the script and being told you’re a better a deep friendship with the late told me, “You should read cure for insomnia than a musician Prince; so much so that that. There’s a really good glass of warmed milk, I’m he dedicated his 2009 song Better part in it for you.” So I read amazed I ever got back With Time, to her. it and thought, “This is my in front of the camera.’  In her spare time, she enjoys part. I can do this better watching football. ‘I’m a huge football than anyone else.” fan. I just fell in love with Leicester City Football Club,’ she says. A HANDFUL OF DUST (1988)  Slow Horses begins on Apple TV+ ‘Ever since I played Lady on 1 April Brenda in this, I got stuck in certain roles. If I see the words “ice queen” attached to me, I feel like banging my head against the wall.’ 40 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAY 2022 goodhousekeeping.com/uk



Mewetethaether watchers We’ve always been fascinated by the weather and now it’s taken a more serious turn with concerns about climate change. Three women with an in-depth understanding of weather patterns share their long-term forecasts ‘There’s no buzz like presenting the weather’ BBC Breakfast’s Carol Kirkwood has been a weather presenter for 25 years in rain, shine and even the odd blizzard. One of my most extreme memories on BBC Breakfast me that I look into and also on a small monitor on my left. By was presenting in a blizzard. The ice and snow on looking at these screens I can see where to place my hands in my skin felt like being stabbed with a thousand order to tell you about a particular aspect of the weather. While pins and needles, my speech slurring as I struggled I’m doing the forecast a producer is talking in my ear, giving me to move my mouth in the icy onslaught. Just as I’d countdowns so that I finish in the time that’s been allocated to got through the broadcast, I heard a producer in my ear: ‘This is me. It takes concentration, a good memory and the ability to great telly. Have another minute.’ I had no choice but to carry on! stay calm under pressure, but there’s no buzz quite like it. In my job, no two days are the same. It’s why the weather I started my role on BBC Breakfast in 1998. I had already done remains the main subject that we talk about when we first meet basic training in meteorology, but to present weather with the someone. I love the sun, I love the wind and, despite my blizzard BBC, I had to take Met Office exams. However, even 25 years on, incident, I also love snow. But mainly, I love the variety that our I will never be fully qualified, because our constantly changing weather brings to each and every day. climate means there’s so much more to learn. The I grew up in the Scottish Highlands, where there biggest changes to our weather that I’ve seen are can be four seasons in one day; it didn’t put me off, It’s not as more flooding and higher temperatures. The highest I was always outside! I did a BA in commerce as my simple as temperature ever recorded was just a couple of years parents thought it would stand me in good stead ago, 38.7° Celsius in Cambridge, compared with highs for a variety of careers. It included a one-year people think of around 34°C when I started my career. placement, which I was fortunate to do at the BBC. A typical day for me now starts at 2.45am. My When I graduated, I joined the BBC’s secretarial partner makes me a cup of tea, which I think is very reserve, working in different departments when romantic. I then have a long drive from my home in people were off, doing typing, shorthand and making a lot of Berkshire to the studio in London. I do my hair and makeup in tea. Eventually, I worked my way up to become a production time for a conference call at about 5am with the company that assistant on Breakfast in 1993. provides the BBC with its forecasting information. Broadcasting Back then, I was quite shy, and I was very happy being behind on location is an added challenge, because I can’t see any the scenes. It wasn’t until a few years later that a friend working graphics and have to remember all the temperatures across the in television training convinced me to give presenting a go. From UK. The timing always has to be spot on, so that the forecast the first time I tried it, sitting in for the usual presenter of a doesn’t end too abruptly. If I have three seconds left, you’ll holiday programme, I was hooked. I did some presenting with probably hear me say something like ‘wrap up warmly’ or ‘don’t my local cable channel in Windsor, made a show reel and got forget your brolly’ to fill the gap. an audition for The Weather Channel in the US. I did some People do often stop me to ask about the weather; I’m happy training in Atlanta for a few weeks before moving back when to help, but it does make me smile when I’m asked whether the UK channel started. the sun will shine for someone’s wedding in six months’ time. Presenting the weather is great fun, but it’s also hard work and Ultimately, the weather is unpredictable. All we can do is take not as simple as it may look. The charts you see next to me on TV each day as it comes – a good motto for life. aren’t actually behind me in real life, what I see is a green screen  BBC Breakfast is on BBC One from 6am. Meet Carol at Good known as chroma key. I see my charts on the camera in front of Housekeeping Live in June; turn to page 10 for details and to book 42 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAY 2022 goodhousekeeping.com/uk

Women who lead My outlook Early bird or night owl? Night owl, but my job makes me an early bird. The most amazing natural phenomenon is… The aurora borealis, otherwise known as the Northern Lights. Faraway shores or British staycation? Both. I relax by… Walking in the fresh air. My favourite season is… Summer. Sitting in the garden, having a glass of wine in the sun. I look after our planet by… Being mindful of what I buy. Town or countryside? Countryside. The most extreme weather I’ve experienced is… It’s got to be presenting in a blizzard! If we want to slow down climate change, we should all… Do more Zoom calls instead of travelling to work where possible. My hope for our world’s future is… Peace. MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 43

Women who lead ‘You can never give a weather scientist enough computers!’ Professor Penelope Endersby, the first female CEO of the Met Office, reveals the cutting-edge technology behind the forecasts. In the early years of the Met This role 25 years at the Ministry of Defence. Office, forecasters relied on a is a dream For 10 years, I was an armour technique called ‘persistence’ scientist, designing military to predict the weather. What job vehicles, before leading the physics this means is that around department at the Defence Science two-thirds of the time, the weather My outlook and Technology Laboratory and tomorrow will be similar to how it is becoming head of the cyber division. today. Of course, this did sometimes Early bird or night owl? I’m In 2021, I was delighted to be elected result in people leaving their brollies definitely a lark. a Fellow of the Royal Academy of at home after a spate of sunny skies Engineering in recognition of my and being caught in the rain! The most amazing natural contributions to the field. phenomenon is… Snow rollers, We still take persistence into when snow rolls itself naturally I have always been fascinated by account when forecasting, although the weather. This role is a dream our systems are now a lot more like a Swiss roll. job; so much so that my family even advanced. In the last few years, Faraway shores or relocated from Salisbury to Devon, thanks to ever-improving British staycation? where the Met Office is based, so technology, we have seen a huge Staycation – because I love the I could take up the post. I’m lucky increase in accuracy – what you see British countryside and I’m to have such a supportive family. on the receiving end is that weather keeping a tight eye on my own forecasting gets better at about a carbon footprint. The Met Office’s purpose is day a decade, which means today’s I relax by… Hiking, jogging described as ‘helping you make four-day forecasts are as accurate as better decisions to stay safe and one-day forecasts were 30 years ago. and singing. thrive’. As well as public forecasts, My favourite season is… we provide information to airlines The Met Office runs one of the Spring, for the range of plants, and train companies. We also have world’s biggest supercomputers. It an education mission; we provide a does 14,000 trillion calculations a insects and birds. programme for BBC Bitesize and run second and takes in over 2bn observations I look after our planet by… weather and climate workshops for schools. from around the world every day, creating Watching my carbon use and We help with everything from short-term what is essentially a digital grid of the planet’s using my voice to influence decisions, such as not getting caught in the atmosphere and all its oceans, mountains and rain, to long-term issues, such as climate land masses. This grid is fine enough that we other people. change. We are living in a climate that is then know what the state of the weather is in Town or countryside? already 1.2 degrees above pre-industrial levels every grid cell, and a climate forecast works and the impact of that is huge, with hotter, by projecting this forward. The smaller we can Countryside. drier summers, warmer and wetter winters, make that grid, with shorter time steps and The most extreme weather rising sea levels and more intense rainfall with smaller cells, the more accurate we can be. I’ve experienced is… The very the ability to cause catastrophic flooding, not heavy rainfall of July 2021. just in the UK but worldwide. The advancement in technology means we Even if we all stopped emitting carbon can often put out warnings five days in advance dioxide tomorrow, there would still be global for storms when they’re not even visible on warming, because it takes time for the planet a radar picture, like we did earlier this year for to equilibrate. As well as researching the Storm Eunice. It may only be a ripple in our science, the Met Office provides evidence models, but we can observe it and say that to policymakers on the effects that changing there’s a good chance we’ll be hit by something weather, sea levels and ice loss may have. quite serious. We hold ourselves to very high We are continuously improving our science, standards of accuracy at the Met Office, and engineering and technology to be able to our trust from the public runs at around 80%, forecast further in advance, more locally and a figure most organisations could only dream of. more accurately. We’ve placed a contract with Microsoft for another supercomputer. Worth I am the first female CEO of the Met Office £1.2bn and backed by a billion-pound UK in its 168-year history. The weather is such a Government investment, it will be even more great British interest that when I was appointed powerful than our current one. You can never three years ago, one of my friends said it was give a weather scientist enough computers! like being president of cheese for the French!  metoffice.gov.uk Science has always motivated me. After studying natural sciences at Cambridge, I spent 44 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAY 2022 goodhousekeeping.com/uk

INTERVIEWS: ELLA DOVE. HAIR AND MAKEUP (LORRAINE): EVIE SMITH AT GINGERSNAP. PHOTOGRAPHY: NICKY JOHNSTON, GARETH IWAN JONES, MET OFFICE, GETTY ‘The weather is changing, so we My outlook must change, too’ Early bird or night owl? Early Social attitudes to climate change are finally catching up with the science of our weather, bird – my boys are up at 6am. says environmental psychologist Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh, but we need to speed up. The most amazing natural phenomenon is… The evolution of the human brain. Faraway shores or British staycation? Britain’s brilliant! I relax by… Taking photographs. My favourite season is… Autumn. I love going to my local arboretum to look at all the beautiful maple trees. I look after our planet by… Avoiding red meat. Town or countryside? Both – but I love town because you can go everywhere on foot. The most extreme weather I’ve experienced is… 43°C heat in Thailand – I struggled! If we want to slow down climate change, we should all… Drive less. My hope for our world’s future is… That we act quickly to tackle climate change. Concern about our planet’s changing weather has barriers – oat milk is more expensive than dairy and it’s often never been greater. For many years, climate scientists cheaper to fly to Scotland than take the train, for example – while have predicted and warned us about climate change; some people still feel like ‘going green’ is a bit alternative. however it has taken until now for society’s behaviour I’ll admit, I am also guilty of worrying what people think. For to start to catch up. example, I’ve always found it easier to say that I can’t travel to As a professor of environmental psychology at the University a conference because I have two young sons to look after than of Bath, I’m fascinated by the gap between meteorological to say, ‘I don’t want to generate lots of emissions by taking predictions and how we live as humans. Within my role, I work a flight.’ Somehow, it seems to be more socially acceptable as director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social to have family or cost reasons for not travelling than to have Transformations. Our primary goal is to look at the role people climate-related concerns. Until people feel comfortable just can play in tackling climate change – how we can transform saying, ‘No thanks, I don’t want the extra emissions,’ it will be behaviour to reduce people’s carbon footprints difficult for us to break the norm of climate silence. and, ultimately, improve everyone’s quality of life. Research shows that, while most people want to I’m fascinated by what people believe and do Having a change, many are still finding the circumstances – my first degree was in religious studies and, a few low-carbon and conversations they have to have difficult. years later, I did a PhD in social attitudes to climate However, given the right support, I’m confident change. My PhD was around the role that being lifestyle is that we will start to accept and embrace greener flooded plays when it comes to what people think still difficult lifestyles – not just reducing meat intake and the about climate change. I discovered that the amount of flights we take, but also the increase of majority of people surveyed didn’t connect the two a sharing economy, moving from ownership of items issues, believing flooding in their area to be a purely to borrowing and renting everything from clothes localised event and climate change a global situation. for special occasions to household tools. The consumer trends So if being flooded doesn’t make you worried about climate are really encouraging, but we need more support from the change, what would? This is the question my research asks. In government to continue to move in that direction, something the past two years, language used to talk about the climate is my team are working on, as we sit on advisory boards. much more urgent – phrases such as ‘climate crisis’ and ‘climate When I look at my boys and think about their futures, the stark emergency’. Businesses are becoming greener, supermarkets reality of the situation we’re in feels overwhelming. They have are changing their messaging and individuals are beginning learned about climate change and often encourage my husband to adjust their habits. and I to make greener choices. In fact, I often think they’re better However, this is happening at a very slow rate in comparison at educating us on sustainability than we are them! Seeing that to global warming. This is partly because having a low-carbon they care so much gives me hope. The weather is changing, lifestyle is still quite difficult. There are cost and convenience so we must change, too – and we all have a part to play. goodhousekeeping.com/uk MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 45

The GHI tests hundreds of different brands every year THE From washing machines to kettles, appliances big and small are put through their paces life-changing MAGIC OF appliances Housework has been transformed over the years by the ongoing evolution of gadgets. But how have we kept up? The Good Housekeeping Institute has always been there to test products and help consumers buy the best Revolutionising housework best buys on the market for readers. one of the first fridges (1926). A GHI has been part of Good It included a modern kitchen and review of an electric iron claimed: ‘It is Housekeeping’s DNA for bathroom, as well as laundry and no exaggeration to say that the electric 100 years. ‘There shall be no research laboratories, where a team iron transforms a task into a pleasure.’ drudgery in the home,’ we of domestic science experts spent declared in our very first issue, going their days up to their arms in laundry In the 1930s, the GHI was particularly on to make this pledge: ‘Household or testing the new aluminium pans proud of its robust testing of cookers management will be a feature of Good and Pyrex dishes. Findings were (using either gas, electricity, oil or solid Housekeeping and every new invention written up and the GHI also launched fuel). In the September 1937 issue, a that is practical and economical in use its stamp of approval, so readers could feature detailed the lengthy processes will be brought to notice after careful instantly see products that could be involved: for each cooker, at least four examination month by month.’ trusted as being reliable and of good typical dinners for several people were quality – a scheme that has evolved prepared, as well as a breakfast and The aim was to ‘enormously reduce’ and continues to this day. ‘a grill’. A typical testing menu was the amount of time spent on housework roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, in order to free readers up to enjoy A CONSUMER CHAMPION roast potatoes, cauliflower with white other aspects of life. It was a very sauce, gravy, fruit pie and custard. attractive proposition as the middle-class The opening of the GHI coincided with women of the 1920s got to grips with a boom in appliance development, as During the Second World War, the reality of running their own homes. many previously manually operated priorities changed, of course, and the Previously, they had been able to appliances gained electricity. Some of institute turned its attention to helping employ domestic staff, but after the the products tested during that exciting people make do with less. The magazine First World War, society shifted and first decade were electric washing became packed with energy-saving this was no longer the norm. machines (1924), the Electrolux vacuum ideas, nutritious recipes made from cleaner (1925), electric kettles (1925), tinned food and patriotic articles. In 1924, the Good Housekeeping toasters (1926), electric irons (1925), the Institute opened with the sole mission KitchenAid stand mixer (1926), and even Spending on electrical goods in of finding, testing and revealing the the 1950s was six times higher than any other consumer spending, and 46 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAY 2022 goodhousekeeping.com/uk

Talking point washing machines, to smaller appliances, including smoothie makers, coffee machines and air fryers. Appliances are always evolving to become easier to use, an example being the robot vacuum, which can clean floors and carpets on its own, rather than being pushed around by a busy owner. ownership of washing machines and invented in 1947, it took over three TRIED AND TESTED vacuum cleaners doubled. In 1952, the decades to become commonplace, Today’s new developments are around connectivity, using apps on a phone to GHI was invited to plan a dream kitchen partly because of the expense – and also control everything from heating and lighting to operating appliances – and at the Ideal Home Exhibition in Olympia, because some consumers were fearful that is only going to snowball, says Lucas. equipped with appliances it had given of them. The institute was critical in ‘The evolution in the home is still going on,’ he says. ‘We had that massive stamps of approval. dispelling myths about burst of consumer electronics and consumer products in the middle part Aside from modern microwaves being of the 20th century, then the huge boom was in mobiles and mobile phone plastic flooring and harmful and getting technology at the end of the 20th century. Now, the two things are being Formica counters, it Appliances are them widely accepted joined as app connectivity becomes featured the Kenwood in British kitchens. prevalent around the home. I am Chef Electric Mixer, the always evolving While the aim of the currently testing a dishwasher that has wi-fi connectivity so you can Hoover Washing Machine to become GHI has always been the operate it from your phone.’ and the Electrolux easier to use same – to be a consumer Refrigerator. champion – its premises Some aspects of testing haven’t changed, however. In the 1950s, Meanwhile, the testing have changed over the vacuums were compared by weighing the amount of dirt they gathered up. of automatic dishwashers decades, moving from its That still happens now, although the process has become a little easier. ‘The began in 1956, when they first site near The Strand beauty now with bagless vacuums is that you take the dust canister off and first launched to the UK market. For in London to sitting alongside the weigh it before and afterwards and there’s no need to deal with a bag,’ says the first couple of decades, they were magazine’s offices in Soho and now Lucas. ‘But manual testing of appliances remains the best way to put them very much the preserve of wealthy extended to include extensive, ultra through their paces; we want to use them as a consumer would in order to families and it wasn’t until 1974 that modern buildings in Feltham. see whether they work well in a home environment. Do they do what they a feature declared they were ‘not so Lucas Shead, homes testing manager, claim to do and will they make life easier for a consumer? That’s what we always much a luxury, more a way of life’. heads up a team which tested some set out to discover.’ In the 1980s, the key new appliance 1,500 products last year, ranging from In terms of trends, Lucas says that sustainability is increasingly important keeping GHI testers busy was the large domestic appliances, such as to consumers – both in terms of how the product is made and packaged – and microwave. Although it had been fridges, cookers, dishwashers and how long it will last for. ‘What we are seeing now is that people don’t mind spending a little bit more money if the product is good,’ he says. ‘They don’t want to have to replace it in a few years. People are a lot more switched on to the ecological impact of products and that’s a good thing.’ goodhousekeeping.com/uk MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 47

‘14 HOURS In the early 20th century, a woman’s day was largely taken up with housework hoAuDsAeYwOoNrk ANDchildcare’ Vanessa Meade, curator at the Museum of the Home, explains how housekeeping has changed over the past century – and where we might go from here When it comes to looking of housewives still spent at least 12 hours housework until the 1960s or 1970s, after a house, there’s a day on housework and childcare. accelerated by more women entering the plenty to do – and workforce and households getting smaller. that was especially RINGING THE CHANGES In the 1950s, the housewife was almost the case for an early seen as an ideal state of being, but as the 20th-century housewife. In our collection I don’t know how long it would have years passed and feminist movements is a 1917 notebook, containing a ‘plan of taken to do washing by hand, but even came into play, this ideal became less rosy. work’ for a small house for a woman and early washing machines were far more girl to do from a course the owner took laborious than those we’d recognise Fast forward to today and people are in household management. With live-in today. They would clean clothes and get now looking for eco-friendly appliances servants slowly disappearing from homes, the dirt out, but housework books still that use less energy, less water, last middle-class housewives were learning recommended that you rinsed and dried longer and can be repaired easily. the ropes. The 14-hour plan begins at 6:30am and is non-stop – including Appliances have LASTING IMPACT laying the fire, sweeping, dusting, allowed us to get preparing food, washing-up, cleaning more out of life We recently held an exhibition called and going to the shops – until 8:30pm. Tomorrow’s Home, curated by The Not including extra daily tasks, such as clothes after they’d been in the washing Liminal Space creative consultancy washing clothes or polishing! machine, then the laundry had to be and drawing on research by University pegged out, folded and ironed. College London’s Institute of Healthcare By the late 1930s, almost two-thirds Engineering, which looked at what our of houses had electricity and, with Fridges and freezers cut down the time homes may be like in 2050. It noted that appliances finally more affordable, they needed to run a home but didn’t become the things most likely to have an impact became increasingly widespread. Despite widespread until well after the Second are the ageing population, climate change that, a 1934 study found that the majority World War. Before then, larders would and the next technological revolution. It’s need to be regularly cleaned, with food also likely that we may expect more from In the 1950s, needing to be bought fresh most days. appliances: for example, perhaps a toilet the role of the that analyses urine to monitor your health! Looking into archive materials, many housewife people were positive about electric In terms of lasting impact, appliances was seen appliances coming into their homes in the have allowed us to get more out of life. 20th century. They saved time and made For example, an electric or a gas oven as an ideal housework more appealing – it seemed meant cooking more elaborate meals than more fun to use a new vacuum than to when coal stoves or one pot cooking was push your old ‘carpet sweeper’ around. the norm, and efficient washing machines have enabled consumers to have a It’s interesting that there wasn’t a big wider variety of clothes. We might still decline in the time women spent on be doing a few hours of housework each week, but modern appliances mean we can achieve so much more in that time. 48 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAY 2022 goodhousekeeping.com/uk

10 gadgets that changed our livesMICROWAVE ELECTRIC IRON Talking point Usurping heavy metal irons that needed When the first commercial microwave went heating over a fire, the more efficient electric WHAT’S NEXT? on sale in 1947, it was almost 6ft tall andiron was invented in 1882, though it didn’t involve steam until 1926. The Steam-O-Matic Six gadgets of the future… weighed 340kg. A domestic model followed was the first to gain popularity in 1938, leading to a sales boom in the 1940s. REAL KITCHEN GARDENS 110 years later, and by the early 1980s, it Kitchens of the future might be ELECTRIC KETTLE stocked with the technology to became a household staple, allowing meals grow veg from around the world. to be prepared in a matter of minutes. Munich-based start-up Agrilution has designed an automated 2TOASTER vertical farming system named Plantcube, which uses LED lamps Before toasters, bread had to be held to simulate different climates for in a wire frame over a flame. The first different plants. AUTOMATIC IRONING 3electric toaster was invented in 1893, The ironing solution of the future? Machines that knock out creases followed by the pop-up toaster, which in half the time. In development is a machine called Effie, which 4took until 1926 to be sold to the public. takes in washed items one by Faced with a kettle with a heating element one to dry, press and steam. SMART FRIDGES that couldn’t be immersed in water, Arthur Refrigerators of the future will be true multi-taskers. Smart fridges 5 Leslie Large designed a metal-cased wire already being released feature in 1922. Russell Hobbs created the first screens to help make lists and DISHWASHER kettle to switch off at boiling point in 1955. cameras to keep an eye on stock, but soon they’ll tell you when food A hand-operated mechanical dishwasher was is about to go off, give you recipe ideas using those items and push invented in 1886 by Josephine Cochran. In WASHING MACHINE them to the front of the shelf. 1929, the first electric-powered dishwasher A 2009 L’Osservatore Romano article argued SELF-CLEANING COUNTERS was developed by Miele, but it wasn’t until that the early 20th century electric washing Saving you the task of wiping machine did more for women’s liberation than everything down after each meal, 76the 1950s that they began to sell successfully. the contraceptive pill or abortion rights. your countertops may one day clean themselves. The material FRIDGE used will employ nanotechnology to repel water or other liquids and, The process behind modern-day refrigeration with the counter on a slight angle, will ‘push’ any crumbs or mess into – using a liquid coolant to absorb heat – was a compartment to be emptied. DIGITAL SPLASHBACKS WORDS: JACKIE BROWN, MINI SMITH. PHOTOGRAPHY: MEGAN TAYLOR, GETTY discovered in the early 19th century. The first FREEZER Instead of plain tiles, your future fridge for home use was sold in the UK in 1923. Freezers (made for home use in the 1940s) splashback could be entirely meant less time spent preparing meals as digitalised. Featuring touchscreen 98STAND MIXER frozen food sales soared. In 1970, 4% of displays, they’ll allow you to homes had a deep freezer – by 1978, 41% did. watch TV, search for recipes or control your oven and appliances, The electric-powered mixer as well as display artwork or family photos when not in use. 10was invented in 1885 and VACUUM CLEANER APP-CONNECTED APPLIANCES Evolving from manually operated carpet App-connected appliances are the stand mixer in 1908. sweepers, the first electric domestic vacuum on the rise and will become more cleaner was invented in 1908 by an Ohio janitor. common as we find ways to ‘talk’ to appliances using phones or watches. Benefits range from setting washing off when you’re miles from home to ordering cold water to greet you at the fridge before you get to the kitchen. MAY 2022 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 49

‘Women look at TECHNOLOGY in a NEW WAY’ Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon has led the march in encouraging more women into science and technology, and now she can’t wait to see what they come up with Illustration SEAN LONGMORE We’re on the cusp of a technological revolution generation has realised is that we all have to pull and it’s one I’m very excited about. The together to make a world that’s sustainable and revolution is women: right now, women will be better for future generations. are getting involved in technology in ways they’ve not been for a long time – and that’s GETTING RID OF LABELS going to be a change for the better. I got a sense of this old view of success when I was Now, you might say women have always been in tech, just presenting Channel 4’s Countdown recently. It’s an under-acknowledged – and you’d be right. Go back to wartime institution and it felt amazing to be part of it. But Bletchley and the women there were crucial to breaking the I was surprised to get tweets asking things such as: codes; go back even further to the 19th century and Ada ‘If you’re so smart, why aren’t you Prime Minister?’ Lovelace is considered to have been the world’s first computer Or: ‘If you’re so clever, why haven’t you made a programmer. So, yes, women have always been pile of money?’ But why should these there: but men have been the gatekeepers, men be the only things a smart person have forced leadership. What’s changing now is To me, would want to do? Surely smart people should be that women are moving in and taking control. innovation is collaborating with others, creating opportunities for We’re becoming digitally literate in far greater others, finding new ways forward for the community. numbers than in the past, and we’re poised to the app made It’s not only about being top dog – and we’re starting make a real difference. to get that. It’s a rethink that will change our priorities by a woman as a society. No longer will it be about innovation if it’s That’s what the organisation I founded in 2013, Stemettes, is all about: it’s a social enterprise that shows innovation that benefits only one demographic, or working to inspire and support young women and one already-advantaged group. The question being non-binary people into STEM (Science, Technology, you the safest asked is: what actually constitutes success? Do we Engineering and Maths) careers. Through that, I get way home need to look at it in a broader, less individualistic way, to meet the future: the students and young people so it’s about the whole of society, rather than a few who are coming through, who will shape and lead individuals who stand to make money from it? tomorrow’s world. The next generation of scientists I’m one of five children, raised near where I still live will include more women: between 2010 and 2019, female in east London. All of us passed exams at a very young age. I candidates for A level STEM subjects increased by a third, and passed A level maths at 11, went to the University of Oxford at 17, around 35% of STEM students in higher education are women. and was awarded my master’s degree at 20. We’ve been called I can see that, as a group, their values are different from many child prodigies in the media, but I don’t think we were geniuses. who went before. They see a plurality of progress, not just one The important factor in our childhood was simply that, in our type of success at all costs. And they’re reframing the idea that family, there were no labels. My mum is a linguist, my dad is an the focus should invariably be on what’s bigger, stronger, faster, ophthalmologist. There was no sense, in our household, that you showier than what went before. Because what the new were either ‘science’ or you were ‘arts’; what mattered was that 50 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAY 2022 goodhousekeeping.com/uk