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Best delivers a varied and lively mix of ideas and inspiration to inform and entertain real women and help them get more out of every aspect of their busy lives. Best is topical, practical, offering more variety than any other weekly by embracing traditional topics in a modern way.

LIVING YOUR best LIFE…

START YOUR week with a smile

‘The older you get, the less you care’ • Dawn French has hilariously revealed she was never cool, not even 30 years ago – but she really couldn’t care less!

Charlie: The forward-thinking braless one • Charlie Dimmock was years ahead of her time going braless. And now, it seems it might be good for your health, too...

Love later in life? I feel so lucky • Former GMTV star Anthea Turner talks about the joys (and perils) of getting older, enjoying life’s simple pleasures with fiancé, Mark, and her new beauty secret...

Fabulous finds for under £30! • Update your wardrobe with key pieces you’ll wear again and again

Make the most of life – it’s our only shot • One of the country’s most famous faces – opera singer Russell Watson, talks to Ed-in-Chief Siobhan Wykes about life, love and how lucky we all are just to be here...

What’s the rush? • THE WAY I SEE IT... Wise words from our feisty, fearless and funny columnist

Love is in the air! • A two-hour flight delay is usually frustrating but for Lisa Skellon, perhaps it was just destiny…

We’re ALL TALKING about • If you haven’t had time to keep up with Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, we’ve done it for you…

STEP INTO Winter • Knee-high boots are a wardrobe staple and perfect to wear now and right through to Spring

‘Kick your finances into touch for Christmas!’ • Savvy saver Katy Stevens – AKA Katy Kicker – sorted her finances and saved thousands. Now she can help you to do the same...

Around the world in fragrances • Need some scent-spiration? Go travelling in a spritz!

MAGNESIUM the mighty mineral • Lesley Reynolds from the Harley Street Skin Clinic reveals all about the latest buzzword in beauty

THE Soup-er Diet! • A bowl of soup is perfect when the days get chilly, it’s also brilliant for your health – and the perfect food for slimming. Try our Soup-er plan and you could lose up to half a stone this week…

Ketamine stole my boy • As kids start back at uni, a huge worry for parents will always be around drugs. Clare Rogers did all she could to help her son’s addiction, but it wasn’t enough…

‘Shocked & saddened’ Sarah • Sarah Ferguson is still recovering from breast cancer, but last week the Duchess received a second hideous shock – her former ‘loyal’ personal assistant has been murdered…

Strictly FABULOUS, DARLING! • Craig Revel Horwood gives us all the backstage gossip on the biggest show on TV…

Theo’s family favourites... • Make the most of meals with our columnist’s delicious recipes

Let the music play! • To celebrate National Album Day this Saturday, we’re digging out our favourites for a good old reminisce. Six readers share their best album memories with us…

Bathing bliss! • Make the most of darker evenings to enjoy a little self care

The joy of life • Sandra Falconer describes herself as a Northern lass who’s lived a tonne of life and is still living it to the max!

Sins of the father… • The disturbing case of the Murdaugh murders shocked the world – but would a man really have killed his wife and son, just to save the family name? A new Netflix series investigates…

‘I believe I’ll see my son in the afterlife’ • Queen of Cakes Mary Berry has opened up touchingly about how she believes she will meet her late son again…

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