Part 26 (2/2)

My mum smiled and looked around. 'I think she'd say she'd done a pretty good job, wouldn't you?'

Epilogue.

TEAGUE-FLINT: On 1 November at Chelsea Register Office, William Teague to Francesca Flint, nee Thwaite.

IN A MOVE that's come as little surprise, Clayton Silver has been appointed player-manager of Shadwell, the club that was left in disarray with the sudden death of their former chairman last year and the consequent financial chaos. After the b.u.mper sale of players in January, Silver (31) is credited with making a team of the few players who remained and keeping them in the Premiers.h.i.+p. His career with Shadwell started...

British Television a.s.sociation Awards. Factual programmes. Jake Shaw and Felicity Staveley for Knowing the Score, an investigation into the murky world of former football club owner and businessman Simeon Maynard.

As the nights draw in, cheer up the dark days of autumn with the latest in Becca Guy's fun and stunning collection of scarves, as seen tucked under some of the most famous chins in town. (Did you spot fabulous Foxy in one last week?) When not knitting up north, Becca is otherwise known as the fiancee of Chelsea striker Alessandro Santini. This is a WAG who's very much her own boss, but we hear there are plans for two weddings-one in England and one in Italy-next summer.

TOP MODEL FOXY is swapping one side of the camera for another as she plans to go back to school. Foxy, or, to give her her Sunday name, Matilda Alderson, is going back to college this autumn to study photography. 'It's what I'd always planned to do, it's just that I've got a bit sidetracked in the last few years,' said the stunning redhead. 'I shall probably still do the occasional a.s.signment, but now I really want to learn to take pictures of my own, and modelling will very much take second place to that.'

If she needs any help or advice, Foxy can always turn to any number of the fas.h.i.+on industry's top snappers, many of whom rate her as their favourite model. But she might prefer to ask partner Dexter Metcalfe, himself a respected photographer, with whom she recently opened the intriguing Hartstone Chapel Gallery in the high Pennines.

Footballers were out in force on Sat.u.r.day when Shadwell's player-manager, Clayton Silver, married Tilly Flint in a very traditional wedding. Best man was Denny Sharpe, manager of Silver's first club. The bride was given away by her stepfather, restaurateur Bill Teague. Tilly, a former food journalist, has recently joined her mother 'Fairtrade' Frankie Flint to bring new ideas and a new approach to England's favourite coffee bars. The bride wore a simple but stunning silk dress, and carried a bouquet tied with cherry-red velvet ribbons.

Tilly's Recipes

Tilly's cooking is not a matter of exact science and like all good recipes these need personal adjustments until they become your own.

Sloe Gin Sloes picked in October, ideally after a first frost

Cheap strong gin (The monks used supermarket own brand 40%)

Empty gin bottle or something similar

Approximately 4oz of sugar

You don't need to wash the sloes, but if you really feel you must, then make sure they are absolutely dry before you use them. Using a big darning needle or fork, p.r.i.c.k the sloes all over, so the gin can get in and the juice can get out, and put them in the empty gin bottle until it's half full. Add the sugar. Add the gin right up to the top of the bottle. Shake it gently to dissolve the sugar.

Put it in a dark cupboard and for the first week or two, give it a few rotations every day or so. At Christmas, strain it and decant into another bottle. Perfect in a hip flask on bracing winter walks.

Lemon Scallops and Angel Hair Spaghetti Scallops-around 3 per person for a starter

Angel hair spaghetti or any fine pasta

Olive oil

b.u.t.ter

Lemon

Creme fraiche

Small gla.s.s of white wine

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