Best

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.

Welcome to our new look best magazine

START YOUR week with a smile

‘I wrote letters to my family in case I died’ • Davina McCall has talked of the panic and urgency she faced before her brain tumour surgery

‘Nobody should apologise for not having children’ • Jane McDonald on why she has no regrets…

The most powerful bond there is… • James Middleton has opened up about his relationship with the future Queen

CHASING the sun! • Stick to a monochrome palette to look stylish on the beach this Summer

A quarter of a century in Corrie! • Samia Longchambon talks fights, tears and disbelief over 25 years on the cobbles...

Finding Nigel… • First, he found his mother. Now GMB’s political commentator Andrew Pierce is searching for his first-ever friend in the orphanage he spent more than three years in… Can you help?

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

Fisticuffs? Or female empowerment? • THE WAY I SEE IT... Wise words from our feisty, fearless and funny columnist

Finding my funny bones • Fascinated to know whether she could stand on a stage and make strangers snigger like she does her friends and family, Gaby Huddart enrolled on a stand-up comedy course

SKIRT story • Switch up your Summer wardrobe with a statement style

Beauty secrets to… AGEING LESS • From lotions and potions to plastic fantastic each week our experts will tell you how to stay looking younger for longer whatever your budget

Bring the pro home • Be your own beauty expert!

Elsa McAlonan BEST BEAUTY BARGAINS UNDER £10

Drop 1lb a day on the Ladies who lunch diet! • Making the right food choices at lunch time could make the difference between you shaping up this summer or piling on extra calories that get stuck on your waistline. Switch to our savvy lunch options and you could be five pounds lighter by weekend!

Home is where the heart is • The Salt Path is the true story of a homeless couple who embark on a 630-mile trek to make sense of their downfall – and fall in love again. It’s heart-warming and provides hope...

Permission to cheat • Yes, we like to ‘cheat’ too – and by that, we mean using excellent ready-made products to take speedy shortcuts. Whip up these delicious meals when you don’t fancy hours in the kitchen...

Wine of the week! with Olly Smith • Sharing his passion for wine for 20 years, Olly’s a regular on Saturday Kitchen, a food hero for P&O Cruises and award-winning author of eight books. With his extensive knowledge of all things booze, the only thing Olly is more enthusiastic about than a glass of the good stuff, is sharing it as widely as possible. So, this week, his boozy bargain find...

Don’t forget Dad! • Great gift ideas to spoil him rotten

Dear Vanessa • Our celebrity agony aunt, Vanessa Feltz, tackles your problems with her usual wit, wisdom and humour

And just like that... Carrie’s back! • Sarah Jessica Parker is back for season 3 of And Just Like That...

Minted from Vinted! • When Paulomi Debnath, 45, discovered she could make hundreds of pounds buying and selling her clothes, there was simply no shopping her...

See the world from HELEN’S HILARIOUS VIEWPOINT... • Our fabulous and funny columnist, comedian Helen Lederer is here to tell it like it is, in her own witty way…

Ann Widdecombe QUEEN OF COMMON SENSE...