70 The Australian Women’s Weekly | MAY 2019
Angela
BISHOPHAIR AND MAKE-UP BY YOLANDA LUKOWSKI. ANGELA WEARS WITCHERY KNIT AND DAVID JONES PANTS. AMELIA WEARS ZARA DRESS.IMAGE SUPPLIED AND USED WITH PERMISSION.Following the loss of
her husband, Peter
Baikie, Angela Bishop
and daughter Amelia,
tell Tiffany Dunk that
he will always be a part
of the wonderful life
they built together.
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Reporting out of the
Australian Grand Prix
in March, knowing that her
car-mad husband Peter Baikie –
who died of a rare cancer
in November 2017 – was
missing from the spot he
usually occupied right by her
side during the race, thrilled by
the action. Meeting people for
the first time who innocently
enquire, “And what does your
husband do?” And celebrating
Mother’s Day with their 11-year-
old daughter Amelia who, the
veteran entertainment reporter
says, has inherited so many of the
best qualities of her father.
“You’ve got to quickly have a
dash to the loo and have a cry then
reapply the mascara and come
back again,” Angela, 51, says of
attempting to keep a brave face on
in public. “I don’t try to keep the
grief in when it hits, otherwise I’lldomyselfaninjury.You’vegot
togoandfindsomewhereto
havea littlecry.I doit a lotin
the traffic in the car, or in the
carpark at work. You just have
to let it out.”
Crying is something she
will do her fair share of over
the next few hours of our
interview. Talking about the loss
of Peter is sometimes cathartic,
other times devastating. Today,
Angela tells The Weekly, it’s the
former, helped no doubt by the
fact that Amelia, who joyously
sings, dances and poses her way
through our photo shoot, is
self-confident and grounded,
a poster child for resilience.
“She’s incredible,” Angela says
of her daughter who loves drama,
Eisteddfods, creating her own
short films and baking with her
mum every Sunday night.
“Some days I think I’m resilient,
others I think I’m cactus. I haven’t
got enough distance to be able to
look at it objectively. I don’t know →^AESURT
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PHOTOGRAPHY by ALANA LANDSBERRY • STYLING by MATTIE CRONAN