The Lady Magazine

29 January 2016

Dear Readers, Pastiche/PHOS PHORART (BASED ON AN ILLUSTRATION BY C COLES PHILLI PS) ♦ WIN: This week we have four great competitions: Bumper prize packages of health products worth £50 (we have five to give away); copies of The Doctor Blake Mysteries series 3 (seven); six pairs of tickets valid on any one day of Crufts 2016; three pairs of tickets to Jackie The Musical at the theatre of your choice. Is the weather getting you down ? Do you wish that your friends lived nearer? Why not move to India and take all your friends with you. Admittedly it might be a bit radical but it is exactly what eight actors and personalities did with the BBC’s The Real Marigold Hotel, when they agreed to live in a real life version of the hit films. This week the mixed bunch of house mates reveal what it was really like. Did little Wayne Sleep slip into communal living more easily than larger than life Miriam Margolyes? It’s a question almost as difficult to answer as that posed this week by scientists looking for the answer to the age old question: Cats vs Dogs, which is best ? In my household I suspect that Duffle our border terrier believes he is top dog, but I know that Lulu Guinness, my fearless black and white cat, won’t give up the title without a fight. While the fur in your own house flies, you could always plan your escape to one of our heavenly European holidays or better still, book a dream cruise and invite some friends along... Until next week, best wishes ‘Lulu Guinness, my cat, won’t give up the title without a fight’ What’s new Sam Taylor