50plusshow glasgow magazine 2013

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GLASGOW SECCHALL 4

7-9 NOV 2013

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Oh, and look out for the elephant in the room. You can’t ignore it and you could win a safari trip for 2!

Competition terms and conditions apply, visit the Prudential stand for full details.

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The 50+ Show Magazineis published by PRo Publications International LtdFirst Floor Adelphi Court1 East StreetEpsom, Surrey, KT17 1BB

Tel 01372 743837Fax 01372 743838

Robert McCaff rey Editor, Show [email protected]

Reina Villanueva Deputy editor [email protected]

Claire Humphries Associate [email protected]

David Thomson Sales executive [email protected]

Jane Donaldson Sales executive [email protected]

Sally Hope [email protected]

Paul Brown Commercial [email protected]

Sonal Patel [email protected]

Welcome to The 50+ Show Magazine and Show Guide for The 50+ Show in Glasgow in November 2013. We hope that you have a positive, re-energising and inspirational day out at The 50+ Show this year.

The 50+ Show takes place in Manchester in March, in London in July, in Exeter in September, here in Glasgow in November and in Birmingham in December.

In this magazine you’ll fi nd features on fi nance, health and more. If you’d like to try our capercaillie hunting competition and be in with a chance to win £25 in M&S vouchers, please take our quick online survey question-naire before 30 November.

We hope that you’ll tell us what you thought of the show - we really do read every single questionnaire that we receive back. We’d love to read your feedback to help us make the show even better next time.

On behalf of the whole organising team, we hope that you enjoy both this 50+ Show Magazine and The 50+ Show in Glasgow!

4 50+ Show A-Z of exhibitors and advertisers

5 50+ Show fl oor plan

Where to fi nd the exhibitors you are looking for!

PROGRAMME & PERFORMER PROFILES

6 Show programme and information

At-a-glance programmes for Thursday to Saturday...

12 Performer profi les

14 Featured exhibitor profi les

20 Competitions and show off ers

50+ SHOW PHOTOGRAPHY AND WRITING COMPETITION WINNERS

22 Photography competition winners

28 True story: Pommies go home by Sheila Field

HEALTH

30 How to remain active with arthritis

32 SIMPLES - How to make some easy changes that will help protect your

heart health

34 Loving food and hating waste plus recipes from Chef Richard Fox

MONEY MATTERS

36 How to get the most from your pension savings

TRAVEL

38 A Winter Bohemian Break in Prague

PUZZLE

40 Puzzle - Two sets of clues to the same answers!

Robert McCaff reyEditor

Just for fun, we have hidden a number of rare and endangered ca-percaillies (fewer than 2000 now exist in Scot-land) throughout the 50+ Show Magazine: can you fi nd them all? There are more than 10 but fewer than 20.

Answers in our online questionnaire, please!

On-line survey address:

http://propubs.polldaddy.com/s/50-plus-show-glasgow-2013

The 50+ Show Magazine 3 Nov 2013

Visitors are advised to satisfy themselves as to the bona fi des of the exhibitors prior to fi nalising any transactions.

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Exhibitors50+ Show B21Action on Hearing Loss E24Adjustamatic Beds E15Age Scotland E22Arkay Sales B1,E41Arthritis Research UK B11Auchlochan Garden Village C8Barrhead Travel D5Bield C20Book People, The E39Bon Accord Life C1ABritain From Above E21British Heart Foundation E34British Telecom B16Caesar & Howie Law Group E27Cancer Research UK Health ZoneCasada Health & Beauty E33, E5ACastle Collection, The E3Caurnie Soaperie B20Clackmannanshire E4ACollette Worldwide Holidays E4Commonwealth War Graves Commission D21Connect Financial Services B19Cordia E44Country Cousins B10Cyclo-ssage D3DC Thomson C19Damselfly Craft ZoneDavid Urquhart Travel E20Diamond Shortbreak Holidays D4Easy-Breaks.com E10Eclipse Breaks E2AElizabeth Arden Beauty ZoneFitzcharles Coaches Ltd E7Fortina Spa Resort - Malta B8Glenton Holidays E2Gold Seal Windows & Doors D7GSD Dental Clinics B7Guide Dogs for the Blind B5Hamlyns of Scotland Ltd E25Hannover Housing Assocation D13Hearing Clinic UK A5Home Energy Scotland C5House for an Art Lover E6It’s the Thought That Counts E36Jet2.com/Jet2holidays E11KCO Beauty C23Key Retirement Solutions E42King’s Theatre and Theatre Royal Glasgow A1

Mackie’s of Scotland B23Macmillan Cancer Support C3Magic Whisk C25Marie Curie Cancer Care C14McCarthy & Stone B14NHS inform & Care Info Scotland E30NFOP D20NSPCC Scotland E28Nu-Rest Re-Upholstery C6Oakdale Beds D19OPIS: Older Peoples Information Service B18Original Beauty Glow A4Pensions Advisory Service, The A8Pieroth Ltd C13Pillow Centre.co C24Plumbs Ltd D11AProstate Scotland D15Prudential D8, D17Ramblers Scotland E5Regenovex C10Retirement Today Magazine C9Roofsure Ltd D16Rosa Red E29Rotary International Great Britain & Ireland D18RSPB C22ScotlandsDNA E19ScotlandsPeople D1Scots Magazine Sponsorship of the Climbing WallScottish Denture Centre E14Scottish SPCA E17Scottish Wildlife Trust C26Senior Citizens Scotland and GOPWA A3Silver Travel Advisor C4Soldiers Off The Street B17Sole Mates B22Sparklebright B6Specsavers D9St Andrew’s Hospice (Lanarkshire) C15Stately Albion P1Strathmore Travel Ltd E3ASunset Beach Club, Spain D2Therapy Hair & Spa E41AThistle Holidays C11U3A E23Visit York D6Wealth & Safety (UK) Ltd E13Weatherall Exteriors E40Wiltshire Farm Foods B15WW & J McClure Solicitors E35

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THURSDAY - 7 NOV

10.30 - 11.00TOP TIPS FOR RETIREMENT PLANNING FROM PRUDENTIALAlan Stewart, Prudential

11.30 - 12.30YOUR MONEY MATTERS PANELDr Robert McCaffrey, 50+ Show DirectorChris Friel, PrudentialSimon Primmer, The Pensions Advisory ServiceMaureen Mayley, Senior Citizens ScotlandEdwin Finlayson, The Money Advice Service

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13.00 - 14.00GARDENING QUESTION & ANSWER TIMERobert McCaw, Erskine Garden CentreDavid Ferguson, Greenbank Garden, NTSRobert Johnston, Landscape ConsultantAndrew Scott, Reynard Nurseries

14.30 - 15.00TOP TIPS FOR RETIREMENT PLANNING FROM PRUDENTIALAlan Stewart, Prudential

15.15 - 16.00WHAT YOUR CAB HAS TO OFFERThe value of advice and volunteeringopportunitiesLynn Pilkington, Glasgow Central CAB

Seminar Theare 2

10.15 - 10.45AN EXPERIENTIAL INTRODUCTIONTO MINDFULNESSChloe Homewood, Mindfulness Today

11.00 - 11.30HOW TO REMAIN ACTIVE AND DOING THE THINGS YOU LOVEKathryn Leverett and Lorna Birse-Stewart,Arthritis Research UK

11.45-12.15MIDRIFF MISERY: Top tips on how to fight the flab at 50+ and rediscover your waistline Fiona Kirk, Nutritionist and author of Eat, Live & Lose the Flab

12.30 - 13.00HOW TO START A BUSINESS AFTER 50George Smith, PRIME

13.15 - 13.45WHAT WILL YOU LEAVE? The importance of writing a willBrooke O’Connell, NSPCC ScotlandStuart Pelling, WW&J McClure Solicitors

14.00 - 14.30MULTI-GENERATION HOLIDAYS AND TRAVELLING WITH GRANDCHILDRENJenny Carr, Silver Travel Advisor

14.45 - 15.15WHO ARE THE SCOTS? The Genome of a NationAlistair Moffat, ScotlandsDNA

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10.15 - 10.45FABULOUS FOOD FOR ALMOST FREE: Making delicious dinners from next to nothingTV Chef Richard Fox

11.30 - 12.15MICHAEL KILKIE, Head Chef The Cook School at The Tennents Training Academy

12.45 - 13.30GORGEOUS GAME:It’s the season! TV Chef Richard Fox

14.00 - 14.45COCKTAIL MAKING Neil Dowie, Mixologist

15.15 - 16.00MUSSEL FEST: mussels 3 waysTV Chef Richard Fox

Dance Floor Main Stage

10.00 - 10.30GET MOVING WITH CURVES WEST END

11.00 - 11.45SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCINGThe Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

12.00 - 12.40CHA CHA Yainer Carbonell

10.15 - 10.4550+ Fashion Show

11.00 - 11.30ABBAMANIA

11.45 - 12.15SoundRoutes Singers


13.30 - 14.15TAI CHICharles Gorrie, Tai Chi Union of Great Britain


15.30 - 16.15SALSA!Yainer Carbonell

10.00 - 12.15 12.15 - 14.45

12.30 - 13.0050+ Fashion Showwith House of Fraser


14.00 - 14.40PRIZE QUIZ



14.45 - 16.30

Back on The 50+ Show Cookery Theatre is the talented Richard Fox - a TV chef, and beer expert, personality and active supporter of the WRAP- backed 'Love Food Hate Waste' campaign. He is the author of The Food and Beer Cookbook, which was published in 2006 and was winner of The British Guild of Beer Writers awards for Food and Beer writing.

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10.15 - 10.45AN EXPERIENTIAL INTRODUCTIONTO MINDFULNESSChloe Homewood, Mindfulness Today





13.50 - 14.30PRIZE QUIZ - Win a pair of tickets to see Aladdin at The King’s Theatre Glasgow


15.30 - 16.00Take off with Britain from Above: An introduction to the project and the Aerofilms collectionAlison Cutforth, Britain from Above

10.30 - 11.00TOP TIPS FOR RETIREMENT PLANNING FROM PRUDENTIALDeclan Mullan, Prudential

11.30 - 12.30YOUR MONEY MATTERS PANELDr Robert McCaffrey, 50+ Show DirectorIan Morrison, Prudential Simon Primmer, The Pensions Advisory ServiceJustin Glass, Senior Citizens ScotlandEdwin Finlayson, The Money Advice Service


14.30 - 15.00TOP TIPS FOR RETIREMENT PLANNING FROM PRUDENTIALDeclan Mullan, Prudential

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12.15 - 13.00COME ALIVE AND LEARN TO JIVE with Jump Jazz & Jive Champion and his club formation dancers

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15.30 -16.15COME ALIVE AND LEARN TO JIVE with Jump Jazz & Jive Champion and his club formation dancers

10.00 - 12.15 12.15 - 14.45


13.10 - 13.40 ABBAMANIA


14.30 - 15.0050+ Fashion Show - House of Fraser

14.45 - 16.30

Scottish Country Dancing is the fastest way to fun, fitness and friendship, so come and join The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society and learn some simple dance steps on the 50+ Show dance floor.

An audience with

Dorothy Paul at 3.15pm

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10.15 - 10.45AN EXPERIENTIAL INTRODUCTIONTO MINDFULNESSBhante, Mindfulness Today





14.00 - 14.30Take off with Britain from Above: An introduction to the project and the Aerofilms collectionAlison Cutforth, Britain from Above


15.30 - 16.00MULTI-GENERATION HOLIDAYS & TRAVELLING WITH GRANDCHILDRENJenny Carr, Silver Travel Advisor

10.30 - 11.00TOP TIPS FOR RETIREMENT PLANNING FROM PRUDENTIALGary Stevenson, Prudential

11.30 - 12.30YOUR MONEY MATTERS PANELDr Robert McCaffrey, 50+ Show DirectorRepresentative from Prudential Simon Primmer, The Pensions Advisory ServiceLynn Campbell, Senior Citizens ScotlandEdwin Finlayson, The Money Advice Service


14.30 - 15.00TOP TIPS FOR RETIREMENT PLANNING FROM PRUDENTIALGary Stevenson, Prudential

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15.30 - 16.15SALSAYainer Carbonell

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14.10 - 14.40Kirkintilloch Ladies Choir

14.50 - 15.30PRIZE QUIZ - Win a pair of tickets to see Aladdin at The King’s Theatre Glasgow


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11.45 - 12.15Kirkintilloch Ladies Choir

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Get crafting at The 50+ Show Craft Zone!


Come and meet the staff from Cancer Research Roadshow UK who will be carrying out very simple health checks.They will run BMI, smokerlyzer and blood pressure checks. A BMI entails calculating a person's Body Mass Index by weighing them, measuring waist size, and comparing these with heights. A smokerlyzer test entails the user ex-haling into a handheld machine with a tube, which reads the levels of oxygen in the lungs.

See the colourful display by

Damselfly CraftsAnni and Yvonne from Damselflycrafts in Glasgow’s Kelvinbridge welcome you to the Craft Zone where you can watch some demonstrations and even try your hand at creating with two of their most popular crafts: decopatch and card mak-ing. Decopatch just in case you aren’t yet familiar with this popular and con-temporary craft is the art of decorating a whole host of items and even furniture with the most beautiful french tissue papers. Card making speaks for itself! Both are easy and very enjoyable for all. Yes, even for you novices out there.

Come and visit them in the Craft Zone and see for yourself or better still have a go! We dare you. We guarantee you will create something just a little bit fabulous and you never know, you may get hooked on a new hobby and skill. For more information about Damselflly Crafts, visit www.damselflycrafts.com

WHAT’S ON THE CATWALK

FEATURES

BAFTA award-winning actress and Scottish showbiz legend, Dorothy Paul, will bring us her special take on her life in a once in a lifetime, not to be missed, 'Audience with Dorothy' at The 50+ Show.

Enjoy comedy, music and general outrageousness with one of Scotland's most-loved performers on stage this Friday at 3.15pm!

ABBA Tribute band ABBAMANIA, the UK’s original ABBA tribute, are widely regarded as one of Europe’s Premier ABBA tribute Bands. Their sensational live concerts have taken them all over the World.

ABBAMANIA’s show is a wonderful tribute to ABBA’s live concert that fans throughout the World were enthralled with back in the 70’s. They have taken the wonderful music of ABBA to places such as: Denmark; England; Portugal; Scotland; Belgium; France; Ireland; Germany, Philippines and Holland.

Re-live the memories of ABBA with the ABBAMANIA girls at The 50+ Show.

Gardening Question & Answer time each day from 1pm to 2pm at The Prudential Seminar Theatre.

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Fashion show featuring real models, professionally styled and choreo-

graphed by Mandy White of White Event Management.Clothes supplied by:

House of Fraser, Glasgow

WHAT’S ON THE CATWALK


Yainer Carbonell Vegueriz & The Descarga Dance CompanyDancer and Choreographer Yainer Carbonell has extensive experience on stage and on screen in contemporary dance, Cuban popular dance, specialising in Afro-Cuban folklore. He is the Artistic Director of The Descarga Dance Company & School established in Febru-ary of 2010, has made numerous performances and choreographic credits including the full-length theatre show ‘ASERE: On My Mind’ with a cast of 10 which debuted at Glasgow’s Mitchell Theatre on 26-28th October 2011. Yainer has also recently finished a world tour with ‘Lady Salsa’.Join Yainer on the dance floor on Thursday and Saturday. There’s no need to pre-book, just come along and have-a-go!

BEAUTY ZONE

Relaxation is on offer at the Beauty zone with Elizabeth Arden, where visitors can enjoy a beauty treat, courtesy of experts in make-up and skin care, who will be delighted to demonstrate the tips and tricks of the trade as well as introduce beauty essentials.

SoundRoutes Singers

Kirkintilloch Ladies Choir was first established in 1960. It initially started as a small group of ladies led by their conductor, Nan Duncan, who went on to conduct the choir for twenty years.

Over the past 50 years the choir has expanded to over thirty mem-bers and during that time was also led by Margaret Whitelaw for 22 years. The choir has performed on popular TV programme, Songs of Praise, at George Square’s The Spirit of Christmas and various other charity and fundraising events. The choir recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary and held a Golden Jubilee concert, showcasing the many different pieces of its varied repertoire. This includes traditional to television themes, mad-rigals to modern, Scottish to songs from the shows, and African pieces to general pop.

Bryan Marshall is the current Musical Director. He not only directs the Kirkintilloch Ladies Choir, but also is Musical Director of the very popular Westerton Male Voice Choir.

SoundRoutes Singers are one choir spread over five locations in central Scotland – Glasgow, Bearsden, Hamilton, Carluke and Motherwell. They sing a collection of pop, folk, roots, rock and gospel music. They don’t audition and everyone is welcome to join – even those who think they can’t sing!

Scottish musician Shona Brown founded SoundRoutes in 2009 and since then the choirs have grown to a membership of over 180 people. They have sung to sold out audiences across Lanarkshire and Glasgow and made regular appearances at events including the Royal Highland Show and the Glasgow Winterfest.

The choirs meet weekly with Shona who aims to make the sessions fun and inspiring whilst always striving for musical excellence. They always welcome new members. For more information Email: [email protected] or call 07811 504141.

dance! dance! dance!Keep fit with Curves West End - the Curves Workout is fun, fast and safe providing both cardio and strength training. Taster session will be on offer each day on the dance floor!

Featured exhibitorsAGE SCOTLAND ENTERPRISESStand E22

Age Scotland Enterprises offers products and services to older people and is one of UK’s largest social enterprises. Our offices are based in Edinburgh and Glasgow and offer a face to face service, over the telephone or on the internet. We offer insur-ances which include Home, Travel, Car, Energy and Funeral Plans which are price freezed until 30th November 2013. We provide a free ‘Lifebook’ which makes the storage of infor-mation easier.

Telephone: 0845 833 0758/0141 204 0811 Email: [email protected] Web: www.agescotland.org.uk 160 Causewayside, Edinburgh, EH9 1PR

BRITISH HEART FOUNDATIONStand E34

Start living a heart-healthy lifestyle by joining Heart Matters – the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) FREE membership service. As a member, you’ll get: a member-ship pack that includes a tape measure & recipe folder, our bi-monthly Heart Matters magazine, access to our online healthy eating tools, community discussions and support emails, and support from our friendly Heart Matters helpline. Join Heart Matters at stand E34 and get a free BHF pill box.

Telephone: 020 7554 0000 Email: [email protected]: bhf.org.uk/heartmatters Greater London House, 180 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 7AW

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSIONStand D21

The CWGC commemorates 1.7 million members of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars, maintaining their graves and memorials in 153 countries. Over 125,000 Scots were killed in the Great War alone, and there are over 20,000 Commonwealth war graves in Scotland at over 1,200 locations. Commission staff will be on stand D21 to answer questions and undertake traces of individual casual-ties using a searchable on-line database. A wide range of free information sheets will also be available.

Telephone: 01628 507200Email: [email protected]: www.cwgc.org2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7DX


BIELDStand C20

Bield have been helping older people in Scotland for over 40 years. We believe there’s no age limit on happiness. Why should you be forced to love your life a little bit less just because you’re getting older and less able to do the things you’ve always done? We are a non-profit organisation with charitable status. Our services include: • Housing • Care Housing • Home and Day Care Services • Community Alarm Service

Telephone: 0131 273 4000Email: [email protected]: www.bield.co.uk 79 Hopetoun Street, Edinburgh, EH7 4QF

CAESAR & HOWIE LAW GROUPStand E27

Caesar & Howie are dedicated to providing legal services for the elderly and vulnerable, with legal aid where possible. Originat-ing in West Lothian, the firm has been in existence for over 200 years, and has offices in Alloa, Falkirk, Bathgate, Whitburn, Livingston & Glasgow. Caesar & Howie are the founder mem-bers of www.solicitorsforolderpeoplescotland.co.uk, an affinity group of solicitors throughout Scotland, looking after the legal needs of older people in a caring and sensitive way.

Telephone: 0800 037 0526Email: [email protected]: www.caesar-howie.co.uk 29 George Street, Bathgate, EH48 1PG

COUNTRY COUSINSStand B10

At an age in life when familiarity and routine are wholeheartedly embraced, home is where you want to be, whatever it takes to maintain your precious inde-pendence. That’s why 24-hour, private, live-in care, through Country Cousins is becoming a popular and more affordable choice for those elderly or disabled people who can no longer cope with living at home. A live-in, caring ‘Cousin’ will provide continuity and companionship, with all the comforts of home, where life can go on with a reliable normality. Telephone: 0844 209 2646Email: [email protected]: www.country-cousins.co.ukThird Floor, West Point, Springfield Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 2PD

GSD DENTAL CLINICSStand B7

GSD Dental Clinics is a leading clinic in dental implants and complex oral rehabilitation, located in the heart of Lisbon, Por-tugal, where you can enjoy a great city break. Get superior qual-ity health services that can cost up to 60% less than in the UK. We have prepared a free welcome package worth 800€ for your first visit, so that you can personally experience our professional service before deciding to start your treatment with us. Smiling already? Visit Stand B7!

Telephone: UK 07920643311 PT +351 910766688Email: [email protected]: http://holidays.gsd-dentalclinics.comR. Duque de Palmela 30 – 2º A, 1250-098 Lisboa, Portugal

PRUDENTIALStand D8, D17

Whether there’s some way to go before you retire or you are already retired, Prudential’s Financial Advisers will be on hand to help you with any questions or concerns that you may have. You’re welcome to come along to our stand to chat about your financial hopes and worries.

We look forward to seeing you there. Oh, and look out for the elephant in the room. It’s hard to ignore, and you could win a safari trip for 2*! *Terms & Conditions of this competition are available at the Pru-dential stand.

Telephone: 0800 000 000Web: www.pru.co.uk

RETIREMENT TODAY MAGAZINEStand C9

Visit our stand and receive a complimentary copy of Retirement Today and About Animals magazine. Fantastic show offer, subscribe today and receive 12 issues of Retirement Today magazine direct to your door for only £14.99, plus a free gift. Enter our competition for a chance to win a fabu-lous overnight stay, with dinner and breakfast at the fabulous Four Seasons Hotel, Perthshire - situated in a picturesque set-ting on the banks of Loch Earn. (Terms and conditions apply).

Telephone: 01296 632700Email: [email protected]

MARIE CURIE CANCER CAREStand C14

Marie Curie Cancer Care provide high quality nursing care to terminally ill patients and their families, completely free of charge, either in a patient’s own home or in one of our hos-pices. Gifts in Wills fund the equivalent of 1 in 2 of our nurses so have an important part to play in the future of the charity.

Telephone: 0131 561 3952Email: [email protected]/en-GB/donate/charity-will-legacy/14 Links PlaceEdinburghEH6 7EB

REGENOVEXStand C10

Regenovex is a unique, technically advanced formulation for men and women containing Bionovex® (marine oil from New Zealand Green Lipped Mussels) and Hyaluronic Acid (key com-ponent of synovial fluid, cartilage, tendons and ligaments). Regenovex is manufactured in the UK to EU quality standards by The Mentholatum Company Limited. With a reputation spanning over 100 years Mentholatum - one of Scotland’s most prominent consumer healthcare companies - provides high quality, innovative products worldwide.

Telephone: 01355 848484Web: www.regenovex.co.uk1 Redwood Avenue, Peel Park Campus, East Kilbride, G74 5PE

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL GREAT BRITAIN & IRELANDStand D18

We’re for communities. We believe that society works better when people make a positive difference. Rotary is looking for like-minded people, like you, to join and help us to help oth-ers by using your skills and experience. Our 52,000 British and Irish Rotarians share a common interest in friendship, with over 1,800 clubs across GB & I to choose from, just waiting for your call.Do you want to join us? Call: 07947 676642

Telephone: 07947 676642Email: [email protected]:www.rotary50plus.org Kinwarton Road, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 6PB

Featured exhibitors


Is writing a will ticked off your to-do list?

With Macmillan’s discounted will writing service, it’s now even easier to make sure your loved ones are looked after.

Our service gives you a choice of trusted legal professionals and saves you money at the same time.

And while there’s no obligation to leave a gift to Macmillan, we hope you’ll consider it to help us support more people affected by cancer.

Call us today on 0800 107 4448 or visit macmillan.org.uk/willwriting

Macmillan Cancer Support, registered charity in England and Wales (261017), Scotland (SC039907) and the Isle of Man (604). MAC14478_0913

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Live-in care in your own surroundings.

Contact us on 0844 209 2646www.country-cousins.co.uk

Your Home. Your Lifestyle. Your Choice.

If now’s the time to talk, we’re always happy to listen.


TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGEparticipate in our Prize Quiz (see today’s programme for details)

Are you a brainiac or perhaps Britain’s next mastermind? Come along and test your knowledge! The person with the most correct answers will win a pair of tickets to see Aladdin at The King’s Theatre, Glasgow. Tickets have kindly been donated by ATG

Places in the quiz are offered on a first-come, first-served basis and only a limited number of places are available.

Tailor made products and services for the over 50s• Home Insurance • Travel Insurance • Car Insurance • Gas and Electricity • Personal Alarms • Funeral Plans

Home, car and travel insurance are provided by Ageas Insurance Limited. Gas and Electricity is provided by E.ON Energy Solutions Limited. If you call the 0845 number calls are charged at no more than 4p per minute from a BT landline. Call charges from other landline providers or mobile phones may vary. Please check with your network provider.Age Scotland Enterprises Limited is a limited company, Registered in Scotland number SC199856. Registered office: Causewayside House, 160 Causewayside, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH9 1PR. Age Scotland Enterprises Limited is a trading company and subsidiary of Age Scotland, registered charity number SC010100, and donates its net profits to that Charity. Age Scotland Enterprises Limited is an appointed representative of Age UK Enterprises Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority for insurance mediation. FSA Register number 311438. Promoter: Age Scotland Enterprises Limited. ID201177 11/12 MP3169V2NOV12

For a no obligation quote, visit:Age Scotland Enterprises Ltd – EdinburghCausewayside House160 CausewaysideEdinburgh EH9 1PRTel: 0131 668 8025(Open 9am–5pm Monday–Friday)

Age Scotland Enterprises Ltd – Glasgow37 Glassford StreetGlasgow G1 1UGTel: 0141 204 0811(Open 9am–5pm Monday–Friday)

or call 0845 833 0758 or visit www.agescotland.org.uk/products

Featured exhibitorsST ANDREW’S HOSPICE (LANARKSHIRE)Stand C15

St Andrew’s Hospice is Lanarkshire’s Centre of Excellence and provides the total care of patients who require complex symptom management and/or end-of-lifecare. We care for patients from all over North and South Lanarkshire. Our multidisciplinary team also offer support to patients, their families, and carers to help them with the traumas and challenges they face. The annual running costs are approximately £5 million of which nearly £3 million has to be raised each year from public dona-tions.

Telephone:01236 766951Email: hospice@st-andrews-hospice.comwww.st-andrews-hospice.comHenderson Street, Airdrie, ML6 6DJ

STRATHMORE TRAVELStand E3A

Entering our 9th year, Strathmore Travel provides greatvalue coach-inclusive UK breaks, fun day trips, and excit-ing excursions, incorporating Flower Shows, Stately Homes, Easter, Christmas and more. Using quality hotels, our breaks include DB&B, all coach travel, reserved coach seats and ex-cursions. There is no single supplement on some tours and we offer discounts for Group travel.

Come and meet our friendly team at Stand E3A.

Telephone: 01355 598490Email: [email protected] Strathmore House, East Kilbride, G74 1LF


BIRMINGHAM NECFriday-Saturday6-7 DEC 2013

LONDON OLYMPIAThursday-Saturday10-12 JULY 2014

EXETER WESTPOINTFriday-Saturday19-20 SEPT 2014

Britain’s BIGGEST exhibitionfor the active over-50s!

GLASGOW SECCThursday-Saturday9-11 OCT 2014

www.50plusShow.com

MANCHESTER CENTRALFriday-Saturday28-29 MAR 2014

A childhood full of love and laughter?

A safe place to play?

Your generosity?

Children are our future. They learn from us, share our interests and inherit our funny little ways.

After you’ve remembered your loved ones, you could help the NSPCC protect children by leaving a gift in your will.

Visit www.nspcc.org.uk/giftsinwills for more information.

What will you leave children?

NSPCC registered charity numbers 216401 and SC037717. Photography by David Chambers, posed by a model. 0945/12.

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COMPETITIONS and show offers

AGE SCOTLAND - E22Visit the Age Scotland Stand to win £1000. *Simply fill in a prize draw form to enter.

ARTHRITIS RESEARCH UK - B11Enter the prize draw for the chance to win £50 worth of Marks & Spencer vouchers.

AUCHLOCHAN GARDEN VILLAGE - C8Enter their prize draw to win a weekend for two people in either one of their beautifully furnished self catering apartments or one of their superb en-suite bed & breakfast rooms.

BARRHEAD TRAVEL - D5Enter into a prize draw for your chance to win a £250 holiday voucher.

BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION - E34A free pill box for everyone who joins Heart Matters - a FREE membership programme from British Heart Foundation that encourages heart-healthy lifestyle. This seven day pill box is ideal for people who take medication on a regular basis. There is a compartment for each day which can be taken out and slipped into a bag.

COLLETTE WORLDWIDE HOLIDAYS - E4Enter a prize draw for your chance to win a £1000 voucher towards one of their holidays.

DAVID URQUHART TRAVEL - E20Visit the stand and enter into a prize draw to win a coach holiday ‘The Braemar Bash’ 3 days / 2 nights at the Fife Arms Hotel, Braemar. Included are 2 nights dinner, bed and breakfast, an excursion to Ballater, bottle of sparkling wine in your room on arrival, entertainment each evening and travel throughout. Selected dates available departing from West Central Scotland. This prize must be taken before 31st March 2014 and is non transferable. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer.

EASY-BREAKS.COM - E10Enter a free prize draw each day to win a 2 night break for 2 people.

ECLIPSE BREAKS - E2AEnter a free prize draw to win a luxury coach holiday for 2 to St Annes.

ELIZABETH ARDEN - BEAUTY ZONEEnter into a prize draw to win £500 of beauty products.

FORTINA SPA RESORT - B8Enter into a prize draw to win return flights and accommoda-tion in a spa bedroom for 2 persons on an all-Inclusive basis to the Fortina Spa Resort on the magical island of Malta (to the value of £2000).

GOLD SEAL WINDOWS- D7Enter into a prize draw to win £3000* worth of windows and doors. *This prize is a credit to be redeemed against windows and doors purchased from Gold Seal.

HAMLYN’S OF SCOTLAND - E25Enter a competition to win a breakfast set.

HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER - E6Enter a competition to win lunch for 6 at House for an Art Lover.

MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT - C3Visit the stand, complete a simple quiz and enter into a prize draw to win a ‘single’ will from The Goodwill Partnership.

NSPCC- E28Enter their free prize draw to have your will written for free. Three free wills to be won, meaning that one lucky winner will be drawn each day.

MARIE CURIE CANCER CARE - C14Visit the Marie Curie stand and enter their prize draw to have your Will written or amended for free! A draw will be made on each day of the show.

NFOP - D20Anyone visiting the NFOP stand can enter a competition to win FREE Life Membership of the National Federation of Occupa-tional Pensioners. Anyone attending the Glasgow 50+ Show is eligible to take advantage of our special joining fee offer. 50+ Show delegates can join the NFOP at the much reduced fee of £10* for a full years membership. *This offer only applies to the first year’s membership fee. Applicants must be a Glasgow 50+ Show delegate and make their application at the NFOP stand D20 over the three days of 7th, 8th, and 9th of November 2013. Those wishing to remain a member after the first year must then pay the full fee for subse-quent years.

PLUMBS - C10Visit the Plumbs stand and get the following show offers: £100 off Loose Covers and 4 free scatters (valid on minimum order value of £399. £200 off Re-upholstery and 4 free scatters (valid on minimum order value of £800). £100 off Total ComfortRecliners.


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PRUDENTIAL - D8,D17Want to win a truly unforgettable trip for you and a guest to jet off to the sun soaked South African city of Cape Town? The highlight of this trip will be an overnight safari experience at the Aquila Safari Park where you will get a unique close up view of the famous Big Five. To enter, just pop along to the Pruden-tial stand at the 50+ Show, answer a few quick questions in our Survey, and we’ll enter you into the draw.

REGENOVEX - C10Win 1 of 5 x Hula Hoop & a 3 month supply of Regenovex (Includes 4 packs of Regenovex Capsules and 3 packs of Regenovex Gel). Simply complete an entry form on the Regenovex stand for your chance to win.

RETIREMENT TODAY MAGAZINE - C9Visit Retirement Today Magazine stand and enter a competition for a chance to win a fabulous overnight stay, with dinner and breakfast at the luxurious Four Seasons Hotel in Perthshire. Sub-scribe today and receive 12 issues of Retirement Today maga-zine direct to your door for only £14.99, plus a free gift.

SCOTLANDSDNA - E19Exclusively for visitors to the 50+ Show, ScotlandsDNA are offer-ing ‘his and hers’ Chromo Complete tests for £399, a discount of £71. Unlock the secrets hidden in your DNA and take your fam-ily history far beyond the written record, with the world’s most advanced genetic ancestry test. Visit us at stand E19 for more information and to take advantage of this special offer.

SILVER TRAVEL ADVISOR - C4Enter into a prize draw to win a villa holiday to Corfu for 2 people for one week. The lucky winner and partner will be stay-ing for seven nights at CV Travel’s Villa Margarita located in the charming village of St Stephano.

ST ANDREW’S HOSPICE - C15Visit the St Andrew’s Hospice (Lanarkshire) stand and enter their free prize draw to be in with a chance of winning a 1st prize of £50 vouchers (redeemable in a variety of high street stores) plus a 2nd prize of a fabulous Hospice Goodie Bag!

STRATHMORE TRAVEL - E3AVisit the stand and enter into a prize draw to win a coach holiday for 2 people, for any of their 2014 Holidays! Holidays include, dinner, bed & breakfast at one of their 3* Hotels with entertainment each evening, full coach travel and excursions (excludes Easter & New Year Breaks).

SUNSET BEACH CLUB - D2Visit stand D2 to register your chance to win a 3 night Winter stay at the fabulous 4* Hotel-Apartments Sunset Beach Club on the Costa del Sol, Spain. Located on the seafront, and just 20 minutes from Malaga airport, this is the perfect destination for a Winter Sun break!

THISTLE HOLIDAYS - C11Visit the Thistle Holidays stand for a chance to win £500 of holi-day vouchers, £100 M&S Voucher and a food hamper.

VISIT YORK - D6Visit York will be giving away two bags of York goodies each day – to include a tea towel, candle and a mug to enjoy free sample of Yorkshire tea. Visitors simply need to fill in their details and the winner of each draw will be announced on the stand at midday and 3.30pm each day.

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CATEGORY ‘IN MY GARDEN’ WINNERBee on Salvia by Jennifer Nisbet

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A true story...POMMIES GO HOME by Sheila Field

I would only have to think of what Sydney Harbour looked like when I first saw it or when I left it three years later, not just the place but for those I’d grown to love there, and I would get a lump in my throat.

It was in the late 60s, I was young and adventurous, commuting to Oxford Street by tube for work and shared a flat in Not-tinghill Gate, with friends. London then was the height of fashion with music fes-tivals of love and peace but something was missing. I had broken up with my boyfriend and I was on a mission to put the past behind me and start afresh. I had chosen Sydney, as I knew people there and it was all of £10 to emigrate.

I was on a plane for three days which took me through different time zones,

stopping at Istanbul, Bombay, Singapore and Melbourne. The minute I stepped off the plane at Bombay to change planes, I felt a whoosh of heat enveloping me and the sun beating like a great fan against my tired face. When I arrived at Sydney, and adjusted from the ringing in my ears from the sound of the plane, the first thing I noticed was that the sky was a phos-phorescent blue. My friends, whom I had worked with in London, were waiting for me at the airport. I was to stay with them a few nights. We drove along the coast to their home where I could see the arch of the bridge, as full of promise as a rainbow. Enormous and more curious seagulls than I had ever seen in England hovered over us. The stretch of bold advertising along the high street, I could barely see for the kitschy splendor of it all. My new life had begun.

The wine that passed around the table that evening, I shall never forget. I drank a lot. I was experiencing mixed feelings of this adventure, a voyage into unchartered waters and the reality of being in Sydney far from home and having to stay for two years. What if I hated it?

I rented a flat in Darling Point, over-

looking a bay, with a small balcony from which I could see the Harbour Bridge and the ferries coming and going. I could see the Opera House slowly rising, near Ben-nelong Point, and I was later to discover that there was controversy over the cost and the building stopped. The scent was overpowering from the wild flowers that grew on the cliff descent where I would walk down in the morning to the jetty. The sun on my neck, the smell of the sea and the newness of it all was so appealing. It was a ferry ride of 15 minutes to Circular Quay and I marvelled at the blue skies and sea, I never wanted it to end. Other pas-sengers off to work in the city, bank man-agers in their shorts and knee high socks which I always found amusing, would read the morning papers, oblivious to it all. I couldn’t help looking at the wonders of the harbour and the bridge, the rich blue skies and sea.

I struggled at first with difficulties in finding work and making friends. There appeared to be hostility towards the Eng-lish immigrant in those days. This, I was told later, is because they kept moaning and complaining. I used to see graffiti on walls saying “whinging pommies go


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home” and there were times when I felt homesick. But it soon faded. I fell in love of course. Not just with the bridge and the harbour but with friends, their hospitality, their sentimentality and their recklessness and eventually with a man. Sydney was growing into a great metropolis but still poised between overgrown country town populated with Greek and Italian market gardeners and a gentle beach and harbour. In half an hour from where I lived, I could be on a harbour beach or an ocean beach, washing scallops down with wine, watching beautiful people on the beaches, surf-ers tumble and children play. How could I not fall in love? When you are young and far from home in a seductive place, you fall in love with the vivid colours and the sensa-tion of distance with its far away sadness, Sydney has always struck me as melancholy.

The university where Geoff worked as a scientist and I worked as an administrator, and the clubs where he played his clarinet, filled me with great joy. We’d go from lunching in the grounds, endless walks along the coastline and back to his place listening to Brahms’s clarinet quintet in the fad-ing sunshine.

So why did I leave? The simple answer is that you can have too much of a good thing. It was unreal, the wine bars, beach life, although seductive, there was too much fun and not enough work. It is a sad but necessary fact for some of us to face: that we fare better when the going isn’t easy. On the day before I sailed away, I sat on a bench in a park over-looking the harbour and I cried buckets.

Pictures above: Some 'snaps' from a very old album (1968/9). The small black and white photos are views from the ferry of Sydney when I commuted to work, the balcony house is where I lived although I think that was when I lived in Paddington and one of the opera house from the ferry still being built. There is one of me on top of a building in Sydney (note the ad!), Geoff and I, a view of Sydney Harbour Bridge and me lying on a deserted beach.

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How to remain active with arthritis Joint pain can sometimes be dismissed as an inevitable part of ageing, something that we just have to put up with as we get older. Arthritis Research UK believes that this shouldn’t be the case. At this year’s 50+ Show they’ll be talking about what we can do to help improve the health of our joints and muscles and here, the health promotion team at Arthritis Research UK give readers some advice on the role that exercise and diet can play.

There are ten million people in the UK who are living with the pain and stiffness that is caused by musculoskeletal conditions. Osteoarthritis is the most common musculoskeletal condition in older people. Around a third of people aged 45 years and over in the UK, a total of 8.75 million people, have sought treat-ment from their general practitioner for osteoarthritis. It can occur in different parts of the body, causing pain and stiffness in the knees, hips, feet, ankles, hands and wrists.

Everyday things, like walking, standing or lifting can become difficult. This has a huge im-pact on people’s quality of life, working, driving, playing with the grandchildren and gardening, can all become more difficult. But there is hope, for people who are living with joint pain and stiffness, as there are a number of things that can be done to help to strengthen the joints and relieve pain.

Below are a couple of examples of a simple exercise that you can do at home or at work for osteoarthritis of the knee:


Exercise:You may think that having arthritis and joint pain means that you need to rest up and avoid physical activity, but in fact, exercise is important for people with arthritis because keeping the joints supple will help to reduce your pain and stay active.

Strengthening and stretching exercises are particularly important as they stop joints stiffen-ing up and help to keep them in the right position. You can try a range of exercises such as cycling, Pilates and yoga that cater for every type of mobility and severity of arthritis.

Weight Loss:Weight loss can also play an important factor in helping to take care of your joints. Because of the way joints work, the pressure in your knee is five to six times your body weight when you walk, so even a small weight loss can make a big difference.

Aside from keeping active, below are several easy and healthy ways to help lose weight. Cut down on fat - fat has twice as many calories as the same weight of starch or protein and most people eat far more fat than they need. Cut down on sugar - sugar contains only calories and has no other food value so you can cut down on sugar without losing any nourishment. You can use dried fruit, like raisins, to sweeten cereals and puddings; unlike sugar and artificial sweeteners, they also provide vitamins and minerals. Eat more fruit and vegetables - The World Health Organisation recommends that you eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day. This is to make sure your body receives the important nutrients that it needs to maintain good health and to protect it during the stress of disease. It’s been suggested that antioxidants may help to protect the joints by mopping up some of the chemicals that cause inflammation. Choose more vegetables or salad to help fill your plate but lower your calorie intake.

Step upsStep onto the bottom step of stairs with the right foot. Bring up the left foot, then step down with the right foot, followed by the left foot. Repeat with each leg until you get short of breath. Hold on to the bannister if necessary. As you improve, try to increase the number of steps you can do in 1 minute and the height of the step.

Knee squatsHold onto a chair or work surface for support. Squat down until your kneecap covers your big toe. Return to standing. Repeat at least 10 times. As you improve, try to squat a little further. Don’t bend your knees beyond a right angle.


How to remain active with arthritis

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Diet:Although there are no diets or dietary sup-plements that will cure your arthritis, some people do find that a change in diet can improve their symptoms and help to reduce the symptoms of arthritis. Some vitamins and minerals have been proven to help musculoskeletal conditions.

CalciumCalcium is important for maintaining healthy bones. Calcium deficiency increases your risk of osteoporosis, which is particu-larly common in women after the meno-

pause. Many people with arthritis also have a risk of developing osteoporosis. The best sources of calcium are dairy products such as milk, cheese, yogurt, calcium-enriched varieties of milks made from soya, rice or oats and fish that are eaten with the bones (such as sardines).

Vitamin DVitamin D is needed for the body to absorb and process calcium and there’s some evi-dence that arthritis progresses more quickly in people who don’t have enough Vitamin D. Vitamin D is sometimes called the sun-shine vitamin because it’s produced by the body when the skin is exposed to sunlight. A slight deficiency is quite common in winter. Vitamin D can also be obtained from the diet (especially from oily fish) or from supplements such as fish liver oil. However, it’s important not to take too much fish liver oil. If you’re over 60, dark-skinned, or don’t expose your skin to the sun very often and are worried about a lack of vitamin D, you should discuss with your doctor whether a vitamin D supplement would be right for you.

IronIron is important in preventing anaemia and many people with arthritis are anaemic.

Anti-inflammatory drugs to help treat ar-thritis help the pain and stiffness of arthritis but may cause bleeding and stomach ulcers in some people, leading to anaemia. The other main cause of anaemia in arthritis is anaemia of chronic disease, which often occurs with rheumatoid arthritis and similar conditions and doesn’t improve with iron supplements. Good sources of iron are red meat, oily fish e.g. sardines, pulses e.g. lentils and haricot beans and dark green vegeta-bles e.g. spinach, kale and watercress. Although diet, exercise and weight loss can’t cure osteoarthritis, they can help to relieve the pain and help you to stay active.

If you are living with pain, try making a few small changes to your daily routine. More information and advice is available on daily living with arthritis at:www.arthritisresearchuk.org or you can visit Arthritis Research UK’s stand at the show (stand number B11). v

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All fat is bad isn’t it?Although all fats are high calories (energy), some types of fat are better for our heart than others. It’s saturated fats that can in-crease your cholesterol, specifically ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol, which increases the risk of fatty deposits forming in your arteries. Unsatu-rated fats, meaning monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, are a better option and can help lower ‘bad’ cholesterol.

Saturated fats are:Butter, lard, palm oil, coconut oil/cream and ghee. They are also in dairy products and meat (eg, chicken skin or fat around a chop).

Unsaturated fats are:Olive, rapeseed, sunflower, corn and soya oils. The oils in fish such as mackerel, herring, pilchards, salmon, fresh tuna and sardines. The fats in nuts like almonds or walnuts.

So what can I do?Choose low-fat dairy products and lean meat, and replace things such as butter and ghee with olive rapeseed, corn and sunflower oils. You might also think about eating fewer crisps, pastries, takeaways, cakes, biscuits and ice cream as they’re often high in saturated fat. Whichever fats you use, remember they are all high in calories, so aim to only use a little.

What about cholesterol?Some foods such as prawns, liver, and eggs contain cholesterol, but this doesn’t seem to affect cholesterol levels in most people. It’s the excess cholesterol you produce as a result of eating too much saturated fat that is more important in terms of your heart health. Eating food like prawns and eggs is fine as part of a balanced diet as long as you

How much is too much salt?The most you should have in a day is 6g, which is about a teaspoon. Most of us have more than this as we’re used to foods tasting a certain way. Try to cut down gradually, don’t add salt to your food, use herbs instead and always check the salt content of ready-made food you buy.

How can I tell if food is high in salt?If the nutrition label shows more than 1.5g of salt per 100g, then it is high in salt. If the label shows 0.3g or less per 100g, then it is low in salt. Traffic light colours on pack labels can help you see at a glance if a product is high in salt, fat, saturated fat and sugar.

What about fruit and veg?Eating five portions a day helps to reduce your risk of heart disease. A portion is 80g but use a handful as a rough guide. Fresh, tinned (in water without added salt or sugar), frozen, juiced and dried all count. If you’re feeling uninspired, visit bhf.org.uk/heartmat-ters for a portion guide, recipe ideas and on-line videos to get the whole family cooking.

I enjoy a glass of wine, do I have to stop?Not as long as you stick to the recommended amounts. Men should not regularly drink more than 3-4 units a day, woman 2-3 units a day. A pint of lager, beer or cider is around two and a half units. A 175ml glass of wine is around two units and a single pub measure of spirits is around one unit. If you are not sure visit bhf.org.uk/heartmatters and use our handy alcohol unit calculator.Try one of Heart Matters’ heart-healthy reci-pes – Roasted red onion and fennel soup – ideal to heat you up after a cool winter walk.

We are forever being told to eat a healthy balanced diet, but what does this mean? Most of us know we should be eating plenty of fruit and vegetables but do you know which fats are better than others or how much salt you are eating? Heart Matters, the free information and support programme from the British Heart Foundation, is here to tell you how to make some easy changes that will help protect your heart health.

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Roasted red onion and fennel soup

Prep time: 15 minutesCooking time: 55-60 minutesServes: 2

Ingredients:2 small red onions, sliced1 small fennel bulb (about 175g/6oz total weight), trimmed and thinly sliced1 clove garlic, crushed (optional)2 tbp olive oil1 tbsp red wine vinegar4 tbsp red wine (or additional stock)½ tsp dried thyme450ml (16fl oz) home-made or reduced-salt vegetable stockFreshly ground black pepper, to tasteSmall fresh thyme springs, to garnish (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/ gas mark 6. Put onions, fennel and garlic (if using) into a small, non-stick roasting tin; add olive oil and toss to coat vegetables. Roast in oven for about 35 minutes or until vegetables are softened and tinged brown at the edges, stirring once.

2. Remove from oven and transfer mixture to a non-stick saucepan. Add red wine vinegar; cook over a medium heat for 1 minute, stirring. Add red wine; bubble for 2-3 minutes or until almost all the wine has evaporated, stirring. Add thyme and stock. Bring to the boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes.

3. Remove from heat; season to taste with black pepper. Divide soup between serving bowls; serve immediately, garnished with fresh thyme springs (if using).

COOK’S TIPS• Use ½-1 tsp chopped fresh thyme in place of the dried thyme.• Roasting the vegetables before simmering the soup adds an extra rich-ness to the flavour.• Serve with crusty French bread, if you like.

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For more heart-healthy recipes join Heart Matters. Visit bhf.org.uk/heartmatters or call 0300 330 3300*. When you join, you’ll get a free welcome pack with the latest issue of Heart Matters magazine, a recipe folder to start collect-ing heart-healthy recipes and a tape measure to check if you’re a healthy shape. As part of the on-going free support, you’ll get the magazine sent to you every two months and access to online tools like our recipe finder, free email support and online community.

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‘Delicious, quick-as-a-flash, no shopping required, everyone loves it’.If this little phrase of unlikely bedfellows sounds like the stuff of culinary fantasy - in the same vein as self-emptying dish washer and easy-clean juicer, then prepare yourself for a little surprise. This wish list for heaven in the home eating is yours for the taking by simply embracing a few basic principles and ideas.

Imagine opening the kitchen cupboard doors and fridge; glanc-ing at the veg rack, and instead of seeing empty spaces, decay-ing produce, yesterday’s remnants and a scary ensemble of dry goods, you were able to instantly visualise effortless, tasty pizza (with a golden thin and crispy base made from a flour tortilla). Imagine a topping on that pizza of char-grilled courgette strips, succulent roasted pepper (last week’s old veg), a thin spread of Bolognese sauce (three day leftovers), all topped with melt-ing, bubbling cheddar (was dry, with the first bloom of mould). Or how about a golden-fried fish cake stuffed to the gills with tuna mayo, green flecks of blanched broccoli stalk, garden peas and tender potato? And then to finish - a tasty layered dessert made from last week’s croissant (magically transformed into soft sponge), sweet, juicy nectarine (which only minutes previously could have made a couple of overs of test cricket it was so under-ripe), and a raspberry-streaked crème fraiche.

Chances are you’ve probably consigned all the ingredients that went to make the above dishes to the bin at some time or another based on anything from an expired best before date to “it’ll be rotten by the time we get back after the weekend.” Most food waste comes from a combination of phobia, false percep-tion and paranoia: A phobia of re-heating - propagated by the

dark forces of the European food police; a false perception that slightly brown or bendy means inedible and paranoia that an ex-pired best before may poison you.

The first issue to tackle is the phobia of reheating, and the cor-nerstone of fulfilling that opening line fantasy. You can re-heat just about anything for days after it’s been cooked: chicken, rice, pasta, Bolognese sauce, roasted red pepper, blanched broccoli, etc. etc. The fridge life of any of this stuff is considerably extended by having your fridge on a good, cold setting - mine is just one notch away from freezing stuff. Just make sure you cool your cooked food to room temperature as quickly as possible (thin lay-ers always cool quicker than thick), and then refrigerate or freeze in plastic lidded containers.

Secondly, just because your courgette wouldn’t take first prize at the village fete doesn’t mean it won’t be transformed from tired and bendy into tasty and good-looking with a quick blast of heat from the char-grill plate. ‘Scratch beneath the surface’ is the bat-tle cry here, and you’ll be amazed what gems you unearth. And finally, just because it’s stale (bread products) or past best before (everything) doesn’t mean it’s a has-been only fit for the scrap heap. Those dried herbs and spices are a treasure trove of flavour for the mundane and the everyday, so let aroma be your guide - not the date.

It’s also worth bearing in mind that fruit and veg deteriorates because of enzyme activity which is magically halted through cooking. So, once cooked, you’ve temporarily suspended that deterioration, and you have the double whammy of a load of pre-cooked ingredients in your fridge or freezer that simply need combining in whatever manner you fancy and then simply re-heating. Believe me, it’s a lot easier to conjure up a fish cake recipe from nothing when you’re looking at fluffy, cooked mash in the fridge than a gangrenous green tattie with a ‘don’t you dare’ glint in its sprouting eye. - Richard Fox, Chef

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LOVING FOOD & HATING WASTE!

“Most food waste comes from a combination of phobia, false perception and paranoia”

INGREDIENTS:• 200g yellow split peas (soak for a couple of hours)• 1 ½ litres chicken stock (use two cubes in the water, or better still fresh chicken stock!)• 1 onion, finely dicedLeftover roast chicken, torn into bite-size peices• Handful of spinach or curly kale• Seasoning to taste

Roast chicken and slit pea ‘stewp’This quick, tasty and cheap-as-chips leftovers number was inspired by a mark Hix smoked haddock and fish stock version. My version uses left over roast chicken in place of the haddock and chicken stock instead of the fish stock. The rest is pretty much the same. You can vary the consistency by just blitzing a higher or lesser proportion of the cooked split peas. I’ve called mine a stewp simply because it’s a cross between a soup and a stew...and sooooo tasty! - Richard Fox

METHOD:• Gently fry the onion in some butter or oil for a few minutes until soft.

• Add the drained and rinsed split yellow peas and add the chicken stock (I threw in the broken up chicken carcass for extra flavour – which you need to remove and discard when the peas are ready).

• Bring to the boil, skimming off any froth that rises to the surface and simmer for about 30 minutes, or until the peas are tender.

• Remove about a fifth of the peas and stock and blend. If you think you’ve got too much liquid still in the pea mix, just drain some off.

• Add the blended stuff back to the soup, add the chicken pieces and the kale or spinach and cook for a few minutes until the chicken is warm and the leaves are wilted.

• Correct the seasoning and serve with some warm crusty bread.

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Beer and bacon steamed musselsServes 2

Ingredients:

1 kg mussels, cleaned and de-bearded

1onion, finely chopped

Left over bit of leek, finely chopped

Two or three rashers bacon, ideally streaky, cut into lardons (little

pieces)

250ml beer

200ml double cream

Handful of flat leaf parsley, finely chopped

METHOD:

• Heat a little oil in a heavy based pan large enough to steam all

the mussels, which also has a tight fitting lid.

• Add the bacon and fry until golden brown.

• Add the onions, leeks and cook on a more gentle heat for a

couple of minutes.

• Add the mussels and the beer, turn up the heat, put on a lid and

cook until the mussels open, giving the pan an occasional

shake.

• Add the double cream, bring to the boil, turn off the heat and

add the parsley. Serve immediately with plenty of crusty bread.

Apparently we throw away around 3000 un-opened bottles and cans of beer a day - WHAT?!? It’s true people – I curse those crazy ‘best before’ dates! Anyway, not us I hear you say. However, it being the weekend and everything it’s entirely fea-sible you’ve got half a can or bottle left over from last night’s post-pub fun and games. It may be flat – but it’ll work a treat in the dish below. If you’ve got an old leek looking past it in the veg rack, and some spare ba-con, get these fired in for fabulous flavour. Also, sadly, the end of the mussel season is rapidly approaching so let’s make the most of these cheap, tasty and quick as hell to cook little bi-valves.

I’m thinking you need a good chocolate fix to follow on from all this savoury stuff. So, I’m delighted to bring

you: Ultimate Chocolate Brownie. Of all the chocolate brownie recipes I’ve ever cooked, this is by far the

best. It was our staple dessert when I worked for Lettuce event caterers in London and went down

a storm with the London celebrity party set. When you discover that chocolate brownie is

this easy to make, you’ll never want to buy it again! Feel free to throw in chopped nuts, sultanas or anything else that you fancy – well, within brownie reason anyway!

Ingredients:

230g butter, hot and melted

350g caster sugar

30g cocoa powder

100g plain flour

375ml beaten egg (about 8 eggs)

Vanilla essence (a few drops)

200g plain chocolate (roughly broken up)

METHOD:• Pre-heat the oven to 180˚C. • Take an oven proof dish or tin approximately 25cm x 16cm x 5cm deep; grease with butter and line with baking parchment paper. • Butter the paper all over. • Combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and then pour into the prepared dish. • Place in the oven and bake for 45 – 50 minutes. • Remove and leave to cool. • Cut into pieces and serve.

• Store in an airtight container in a cool, dry place.

Ultimate Chocolate BrownieServes: 4-6

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Prague has become one of the top Euro-pean destinations for a short-break and with good reason. And whilst it might not seem the obvious choice for a mid-winter break, don’t be put off by the cold weather. Simply wandering around the uncrowded fairytale-like city is a winter wonderland experience in itself; and there is plenty to see inside as well as out.

There are many ways to enjoy Prague but my recommendation is to take a more Bohemian approach. Besides being the region within the Czech Republic of which Prague has long been the capital city, the word Bohemian has taken on new meaning. Many people see Bohemia not as a place, but as a state of mind, taking the meaning from the ‘Bohemians’

in 19th century Paris, visiting cafes and watching the bourgeoisie from the Latin Quarter and Montmartre.

So with this in mind, Prague’s famous cafes provided the focus and backdrop to a short-break in this fabulous city. Being January they also provided a welcome refuge from the dry cold and snow, which whilst creating a magical sparkling vista, also are a good excuse for frequent tea and cakes.

These cafes, much like those of Paris in the 19th and early 20th century, were the places where Bohemian writers, philosophers and their patrons dreamed of a new Czechoslovakian nation state, often under very difficult political circum-stances. Not recognising many names or faces of the famous authors and artists captured in photographs on the walls didn’t matter; these cafes have a great atmosphere and are perfect for afternoon tea or a morning brunch just chatting or people watching.

With lovely views of the Vlatav and Prague Castle, Cafe Slavia is perhaps the pick of the bunch being situated just across from the National Theatre. This has been a meeting place from the 1920s un-til the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Restored to its 1930s Art Deco glory, it is set just 500 meters south of The Charles Bridge.

Cafe Louvre is also steeped in history, boasting guests including Karel Capek, Franz Kafka and Albert Einstein during his professorship in Prague. It is also where the Czech arm of the PEN club, an influential literary group was established in 1925. Very pleasant light lunches, indulgent cakes and teas and coffees can be enjoyed overlooking the busy thor-oughfare of Národní, which runs between Old Town and New Town.

Prague: Where to stay?The only choice for a Bohemian break has to be the beautiful Art Nouveau & Art Deco Hotel Paris. This combination of class and luxury within a bohemian city experience is intoxicating. The hotel is ideally situated right next to The Mu-nicipal House, a stunning Art Nouveau concert hall, cafe and restaurant, built at the height of Czech nationalism and still a major landmark. Besides being a

A winter bohemian breakin Prague!


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Prague!

A winter bohemian breakin Prague!


top-class hotel, with every comfort and the highest standards of service, it also boasts an Art Nouveau cafe, the Cafe de Paris, and the lovely Sarah Bernhardt restaurant where sumptuous buffet breakfasts and fine lunch and evening dining can be enjoyed.

Wonderful is an overused word but Prague is truly wonderful. Having been spared fire, ransacking and bombing throughout its turbulent history, it boasts centuries of architectural mastery and splendour. The great attraction about the location of the Hotel Paris is that it is within easy walking distance of every attraction: only a 10 minute walk from Charles Bridge, 5 minutes from Wenceslas Square and in 15 minutes you can walk right across the Old Town.

The old city is the medieval settlement of Prague where numerous churches, merchant houses and monuments have been built over the years and where the

Old Town Square, St. Nicholas Church, the Astronomical Clock and the Old Town Hall are popu-lar tourist attractions. From the west side, the spectacular Charles Bridge crosses the majestic Vltava River (Moldau in German) linking the old city to The Lesser Town.The Lesser Town is the Baroque part of the town that clusters around the foothills of Prague Castle. This is where the film Mozart was located because of its beautiful squares and streets, more reminiscent of Vienna than Vienna itself.Franz Kafka statue (image on the left) - To understand the city’s more recent history a visit to the Franz Kafka exhibition is recommended. Originally opened in Barcelona in 1999 and after visiting New York, the exhibition was installed permanently in the unique Herget Brickworks on the Malá Strana [Lesser Town] bank of the river Vltava. (You can see the museum from the Charles Bridge as you cross). Kafka was born a German speaking Jew in 1883 in

Prague. The exhibition tells the story of his life at the turn of the century when redevelopment of the Jewish quarter was under way and helps to explain what the city was like but also how it influenced his writing.The New Town stands to the east and south of the Old Town. Built originally in the 14th and 15th centuries when the city had already out-grown its medieval foundations, this area includes Wenceslas

Square, which was originally built as a horse market and now functions as a centre of commerce and tourism. It also includes the 15th century Novom?stská Radnice, or New Town Hall and in general the area, which is quite large, wrapping around the old city as it does, has many areas to explore.The Josefov, situated just to the north of the Old City and squashed along the banks of the Vltava River, is the Jewish ghetto area of Prague, established as early as the 11th century. With a rich but also terrible history, it plays an important part in understanding how the Germans, Czechs and Jews lived together in central Europe and the city over the centuries.

A visit to the Old Jewish Cemetery is highly recommended as a part of the in-teresting tour of the Josefov synagogues. According to halakhah, Jews must not destroy Jewish graves or remove tombstones. This meant that when the cemetery ran out of space extra land could not be acquired, that more layers of soil were placed on the existing graves, the old tombstones taken out and placed upon the new layer of soil. This explains why the tombstones in the cemetery are placed so closely to each other, result-ing in the cemetery having 12 layers and around 15,000 graves, which gives a somewhat chaotic feel.

Prague Castle, or rather the huge castle area, is also situated over the Charles Bridge and contains not only the castle with its spectacular views over the city and river, but also the cathedral, various galleries, armouries, gardens and other important historical buildings and a small town where the people who lived and worked in the castle resided. One highlight is ‘Little Lane’ where tiny merchant houses have been renovated to see how people lived 300 years ago, as well as the dungeons, full of various instruments of torture.For more travel tips and advice, visit:www.silvertraveladvisor.com

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