Saga Magazine

Saga Magazine is packed full of informative financial features and news from our experts Paul Lewis and Annie Shaw, health tips, inspiring real-life stories, travel, gardening and food. Enjoy in-depth celebrity interviews, our columnists’ wry take on life and our brain-teasing crosswords. Plus coverage of not-to-be-missed events, the arts, music, film, TV, books and much, much more...

Saga Magazine

Hello everyone

Welcome to February

This month's CONTRIBUTORS

Dark star • This season, take inspiration from the colour Future Dusk, a moody and intriguing hue that sits between purple and blue

Jenni Murray • Our columnist used to be sad that she wouldn't ever be a grandmother, but now judging by some of her friends’ experiences, she’s reconsidered her position

IN My EXPERIENCE… Bear Grylls • The survival expert and adventurer, 50, talks living on a houseboat, his fear of public speaking and why he prefers to age by percentage

This month we talk… cleaners • Each month our insight team conducts an in-depth poll of Saga customers to find out what you’re thinking. This month: who cleans your house?

BROOKE EXCLUSIVE SHIELDS INTERVIEW IS NOT ALLOWED TO GET OLD • Despite being a household name for half a century, and having suffered her fair share of life traumas, Brooke Shields is anything but your average child-actor-gone-bad. Now, as she prepares to enter her sixties, the Hollywood star remains refreshingly down to earth – and determined to age with dignity

A good yarn • Knitters love to knit – but what happens when you run out of people to wear your jumpers and hats? We visit a charity taking in thousands of beautifully crafted garments every year and sending them to people who need them most

'I WAS RUNNING OUT OF PEOPLE TO KNIT FOR'

Keeping our cool • Magnificent sculptural giants or giant eyesores? The power station cooling towers that once dominated our landscape are disappearing fast. Should we save them?

The true story of Bridget Jones • She’s sold over 40 million books globally and, so far, her movies have made £600 million worldwide – with a new instalment about to arrive in cinemas. But not many people know the slightly chaotic origins of everyone’s favourite fictional diarist

Back on the road • Some memorable motors from yesteryear, including the Ford Capri and Renault 5, are making a comeback – only this time round they’re all electric

Here comes the (older) bride • With later life marriages on the rise, we talk to two first-timers who fell for their spouses just when they thought they might never meet ‘the one’

SHOULD YOU GET A 'GREY -NUP'?

THE JOY OF REMARRYING • Janette Rae, 72, met second husband John in 2021 through Saga Connections

Making waves • Diana Nyad swam 110 miles in shark infested waters at 64 and was immortalised in the film Nyad. She’s a firm believer that age shouldn’t be a barrier to following your dreams

'I couldn't hide my thrill at meeting prisoner 46664' • From an impromptu dance on live TV to securing the first interview, our columnist recalls the hours after Nelson Mandela was released

Ask Annie • Our straight-talking, no-nonsense agony aunt Anne Robinson tackles the problems troubling you

A LIFE IN COLOUR • Daisy Fior’s bohemian flat has turned into a personal museum full of paintings, pottery, quilts – even stuff she’s found on the street and the banks of the Thames

Sweet love • TV chef Nadiya Hussain rustles up two easy chocolatey Valentine’s Day treats that everyone will adore

Tried & tasted • These cream-filled, chocolate-drizzled choux pastry balls are best served at room temperature – but which ones make the perfect pud?

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