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WORTH SHARING write, email, Facebook or tweet • THIS MONTH, WE WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT HOW YOU ARE HELPING THE PLANET

Good ideas for April • IT’S TIME TO EMBRACE MOOD-LIFTING COLOUR WITH THESE BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL BUYS

‘I have a MAJOR CASE of IMPOSTER SYNDROME’ • A decade after joining The One Show, Alex Jones opens up about trying to be the best mum, dealing with self-doubt and her Bake Off disaster that ended with stitches

Art SCHOOL • This season, more is more, so embrace head-to-toe patterns, colour clashes and mix-and-match prints. It’s time to master the art of creative dressing

Goodie BAGS • Take your pick from our favourite styles: bucket, cross-body and tactile wicker – just grab and go!

Flat HUNTING • Whether running errands or going glam for an evening out, these slip-ons are chic and comfortable

Ageless STYLE • APRIL’S MUST-HAVE HIGH-STREET BUYS FROM OUR GROUP FASHION DIRECTOR OONAGH BRENNAN

‘At last, I have found the Zen of hens’ • Once upon a time, she found them terrifying, but now our columnist is hatching a plan to welcome some fancy-looking chickens into her life

Firth impressions • Ahead of the release of the new film adaptation of The Secret Garden, its star Colin Firth revisits some of his career-defining roles

We make the world a HAPPIER, HEALTHIER & SAFER PLACE • Meet four inspiring charity leaders making a huge difference to our lives

‘Families shouldn’t have to fight to get wheelchairs for their children’ • Ruth Owen has faced many challenges in her life. Now, as chief executive of Whizz-Kidz, she helps children get wheelchairs.

‘There’s no dog or cat that’s too old, ill or unsafe to be looked after by Battersea’ • Claire Horton’s role as chief executive of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home allows her to combine her passion for charity with her love for animals.

‘I didn’t want anyone else to go through what I had’ • Mary Williams has experienced great tragedy in her life. Here, she shares how she channelled her grief in order to set up the road safety charity Brake.

GOSSIP at your peril! • Dawn French talks to Jackie Brown about the pleasures and pitfalls of being nosy, as she returns to our TV screens as a village busybody

The new world of ambition • Power dressing and being ruthlessly single-minded once seemed essential qualities to get to the top as a woman. Not any more, says Viv Groskop, who outlines a new approach to work, which is about being kinder to everyone – including yourself

‘My husband doesn’t RECOGNISE ME’ • How would you cope if the love of your life didn’t remember you? Deborah Gray shares the moving story of her husband’s early-onset Alzheimer’s

RAISING THE BAR • Poorna Bell reveals how taking up powerlifting has helped her become physically and mentally stronger

Navigating life’s BIG CHANGES • Psychotherapist Julia Samuel couldn’t understand why she was angry when her only son got engaged. Then she realised it was all about embracing life’s milestones…

THE 8 PILLARS OF STRENGTH • Julia says: ‘Learning from my experience with clients and based on contemporary research, I have developed this framework to help you support yourself when you enter a new phase of life. It offers attitudes, habits and ways of being that can keep you balanced when life tilts you from your centre. Eight...