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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...

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This month's CONTRIBUTORS

Time for tea • High tea has gone high fashion - indulge in the perfect cuppa in style

Jeremy Paxman • Having been called upon by the Prime Minister to help set priorities for the country, our columnist considers his own resolutions for 2024

Jenni Murray • In pain, our columnist reluctantly takes up her sons’ suggestion of a care home ‘holiday’ – and is surprised by what she finds

IN MY EXPERIENCE… Lulu • The 75-year-old singer on why she has no regrets, the importance of meditation, her secret talent and her long-time crush on Barack Obama

This month we talk… phones • Each month our insight team conducts an in-depth poll of Saga customers to find out what you're thinking. This month: your landline

Being Frank • With a new stand-up show in the West End, comedian Frank Skinner, 67, talks finding happiness in later life and how becoming a dad aged 55 changed him

Boar Patrol • Once extinct in this country, there are now thousands of wild boars roaming around the UK. Should we worry – or should we celebrate their return?

Love is in the airwaves • A head of Valentine's Day, Roger Hawes and Janey Smith, who struck up a romance in front of the nation on ITV dating show My Mum, Your Dad, talk about later-life relationships

Diamonds: mined over matter? • Sales of mined diamonds are falling with consumers tempted by cheaper, some say more ethical, lab-grown alternatives. But just how similar are they?

Grease is the word • Famed for their formica tables, vinyl seats and traditional menus, the classic British ‘caff’ has fallen out of fashion in recent years – so much so that many are serving up their final full English and pulling down the shutters for good

Strip teasers • With Superman celebrating his 86th birthday and Wonder Woman her 83rd, Jenette Kahn, 76, who led DC Comics for 26 years, tells how these revolutionary superheroes laid the foundation for the many comics and movies we have today

The man changing the face of care in Britain • After losing both his parents to dementia, hotelier and financier Laurence Geller began a one-man mission to fight back, opening a host of high-end boutique care homes and ploughing millions of pounds into research

‘I don't care how old I am. Once you pass 60 age gets arbitrary’ • Ahead of her debut UK tour, Candace Bushnell, author of Sex and the City, talks dating, children and her hit creation

Retro grading • What's it like to sit the modern-day driving test in a vintage car? We mirror, signal and manoeuvre our way through one

It's never too late to… be a mermaid • Former social worker Alison Budynkiewicz, 65, indulged her passion for swimming and took on a 5km challenge… dressed as a mermaid

Show & tell • Every wall of your house is a blank canvas you can bring to life with art, photographs and keepsakes. But how do you display them?

Comfort zone • Si King and Dave Myers, aka The Hairy Bikers, dish up two hearty meals to get you through the rest of the cold weather

Tried & tasted • There's nothing better in winter than a warming vegetable soup. But which...