Saturday Magazine - 31.08.2019

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SATURDAY AUGUST 31, 2019

MY WEEKEND

Kirstie Allsopp

W

e know Kirstie best for her

Channel 4 property programmes

Location, Location, Location,

Relocation, Relocation and

Love It Or List It with her co-host Phil

Spencer. The TV presenter shows off her

knack for crafts on Kirstie’s Handmade

Christmas and joins the makers at The

Handmade Festival at Hampton Court

Palace next month. Kirstie, who turns

48 today, lives in London and Devon

with her partner Ben Andersen, their

two sons Bay, 13, and Oscar, 11,

and their stepbrothers from Ben’s

previous relationship.

‘I’m very lucky that I don’t have to work during

the summer holidays. We’ve just been to the

Bahamas where there is no TV for the kids

to watch.

‘Ben and I have two weekends a year to

ourselves, which usually involve visiting friends.

We’re terrible creatures of habit.

‘On Friday we catch the train from

Paddington to our home in Devon. We light

a fire, even in the summer, and have fish for

supper. On Saturday we’ll go to an auction in

Exeter or Homerton. The children like them,

too. Ben is a keen fan of the TK Maxx in

Exeter. One day he’ll get some kind of Head

Customer award.

‘We often have friends to stay over at the

weekend – four, six, eight or even 10 people

• and everyone loves riding our vintage fire
  engine to the village pub. No one can resist
  jumping aboard to ring the bell. The boys like
  to jump off the back and run behind. It’s such
  a sweet sight.
  ‘We try to eat outside whenever possible.
  Ben fires up our Big Green Egg barbecue in
  the garden.
  ‘We haven’t made it through a single
  summer in five years without an injury of some
  kind. My stepson has a motorbike ramp so
  there’s usually a lot of whizzing around and
  a high ratio of broken bones.
  ‘On Sunday we enjoy supper at The Pig near
  Homerton and then we head back to London
  in the evening ready for work and school.’

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4 A CONFESSION

Imelda Staunton on her

latest hard-hitting role

6 SCARBOROUGH

A seaside comedy from

the creator of Benidorm

8 THE CAPTURE

Holliday Grainger stars in

a gripping murder mystery

10 BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT:

THE CHAMPIONS

BGT favourites return

for a new challenge

13 DIY SOS: CELEBRATING

20 YEARS

A look at the show’s most

life-changing missions

15 GORDON RAMSAY:

UNCHARTED

The chef sets off on

a global food adventure

16 SOAPS

18 MOVIES

21 SPORT

22 TV & RADIO GUIDE

52 FASHION

56 BEAUTY

58 FOOD

With Aldo Zilli

63 PROPERTY

64 GARDENS

With Alan Titchmarsh

66 TRAVEL

Beautiful Bermuda

68 CROSSWORD & STARS

69 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Actor Ray Brooks

70 LAST WORD

Jeremy Vine

Words by: Kirsten Jones

Editor-in-Chief Mel Brodie Associate Editors Kirsty Nutkins, Jennifer Rodger (TV) Art Director Steve Denham Art Editors Jason Gray (TV), Louise Robinson Designer Chloe Reeves

Deputy TV Features Editor Neil Batey TV Features Writer Tricia Martin Features Writer Kirsten Jones TV Critic Mike Ward TV Listings Judith Addleson, Marie Vagen

Deputy Production Editor Julia Ray Chief Sub Editors James Tute (TV), Jennie Wignall (Lifestyle) Supplements Picture Editor Karen Vowles Deputy Picture Editor Sara Lofthouse

Picture Researcher Maya Bedford Colour and image management Isidora O’Neill, Julianne Ingelson and Reach Image Quality Dept

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● Catch Kirstie

Allsopp at The

Handmade Festival

from Friday 13 –

Sunday 15

September at

Hampton Court

Palace. For

information and

tickets, visit

thehandmade

festival.com

Pictures: Getty Images Cover: Debra Hurford Brown / Camera Press