Woman’s Own – 26 August 2019

Woman’sOwn

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charmingandfunny

RuthLangsford,andher

teasing– andobviously

hugelovefor– husband

EamonnHolmes.It’slike

watchingreallife

onmyownsofa.

Still,there’sa time

andplacein theTV

schedulesforthesocial

mediamob– asthe

mystery(tome)thatis

GemmaCollins,proves.

ButTVexecutivesand

producershadbetter

watchout.Theyignore

ourgenerationattheir

peril.Becausewe’ve

beenthere,donethat

andnotonlyhavewegot

theT-shirt,butweare

proudtowearit.Weare

thereality.Andeveryone

seriously needs to listen.

‘We’vebeenthereand

donethat.Notonlyhave

wegottheT-shirt,we

are proud to wearit’

T

hankstoimprovementsin

healthcareandtheamazing

thingsyoucannowdowiththe

menopause,there’sneverbeen

a bettertimetobean‘older’woman.

Sowhy,ohwhy,dosomanycompanies

stillignoreusandgoforthe‘yoof’vote?

Nowhereis thismoreobviousthanin TV.

I thinkit’sabsolutelybrilliantthattalented

youngpresenters– likeStormHuntleyon

Channel5’sJeremyVine– worktheirway

upthroughtheranks,butparachuting

realitytelevisionstarsintoshows

becauseoftheirsocialmediafollowing

surelyhastobea recipefordisaster?

Strictlyis thelatestculprit.Oneoftheir

‘big’recentsigningsis YouTubestar

Saffron Barker, 19. She’s gorgeous and

PHOTOS: GETTY, PA IMAGES/ZUMA PRESS

Don’t forget

about us!

haszillionsofInstagramfollowers,butis

shereallywhattheiraudiencewants?

Daytimetellyshowsareevendoingit

now.I adoredLoveIsland,butdoI think

thegorgeous,poutingstarsarerightfor

those time slots? No. I can relate to the

Saffronor

Ruth?I know

who I’d prefer!

Dawn Neesom

Food

forthought

Globalwarmingwillsoon

meanthatfishhavehadtheir

chips.Yep!Britain’sfavourite

supperisunderthreatwithrising

temperaturespushingup the

levelsofmercuryincod.

Hmm.Takingthis

withapinch

of salt!

E

vidently,moreselfiesare

takenonhedonisticisland

Ibizathananywhereelsein

theworld.Buthowmuchofa party

areyouhavingif youspendthewhole

timestaringatyourphone?Life’sa party

worth living. Not just Instagramming.

#selfietime

Footyfun

Withfootballseason

nowbackinfull

swing,anewsurveyhas

revealedthat

ifyouroldmanisaSpurs

fanyou’llbe

scoringthemostinbed.

Meanwhile,

hubbybeingaHammer

isnotgoodfor

histackle.WhereasArsenal

fansfail

tohitthenetinanyarea.

Guesswhich

team the other half supports?

HusbandaSpurs

fan? You’re in luck!

What’syouropinion?

Tell Dawn on Twitter @DawnNeesom

Smile!You’reallbeing

documented for later