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 September

This month's CONTRIBUTORS

Business class • Give your office an upgrade with these chic essentials

SAGA magazine Beauty offer • Pamper yourself or a friend with this Molton Brown gift set worth £91 for just £63.70 with free P&P

Jenni Murray • As semaglutide is hailed as a ‘wonder drug’ our columnist reveals how she tried it for weight loss, after previous experience of diets and stomach surgery

IN MY EXPERIENCE… Susie Dent • The Countdown lexicographer and Saga Magazine columnist, who lives with her two daughters in Oxford, talks about her biggest regret, her recent MBE and why she decided to write her debut novel

This month we talk… families • Each month we conduct an in-depth poll of Saga customers to find out what you’re thinking. This month: talking to relatives

'Acting takes my mind off getting older' • Sir Ian McKellen reveals how a fat suit saved him when he tumbled off a West End stage and why his new film role as a waspish theatre critic isn’t his way of getting revenge on the profession

Word affairs • The first Oxford English Dictionary was put together in the 19th century with the help of thousands of volunteers, including murderers, inmates of psychiatric hospitals and a collector of pornography. Here the author of a new book tells the fascinating story

Can you hear the hum? • Since the 1970s, people from all corners of the UK have reported hearing a low-pitched droning noise. Does it even exist? And if so, what could be causing it?

MAKING MERYL • With a string of movies and three Oscars, Meryl Streep has enjoyed a stellar career – and, as she explains, balancing fame and family life has been key to her success

'I used to lie awake worrying how on earch Danny's life would pan out' • With the social care system in such chaos, it’s little wonder many older parents pray they outlive their disabled child, argues one mother

How McDonald's changed Britain • In the 50 years since it arrived on our shores, the American burger chain has had a profound effect on our culture, and played its part in some very British scandals

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT • Nutritional therapist Alex Allan on McDonald’s changing menu

Green machines • This year the Goodwood Revival – the ultimate showcase for iconic cars – has gone eco-friendly

'The guard said, "If he takes another step I will shoot him"' • As conflict still rages in the Middle East, our columnist recalls meeting the late Palestinian political leader Yasser Arafat in the 1980s

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

Living the good life • As the health risks from a diet of processed foods become clear, we explore how growing our own food at home can reward us with not only a basket of veg but so much more

5 HOMEGROWN HARVESTS NOT IN THE SUPERMARKET

Time of plenty • Your garden should be full of flowers and veg, and planning ahead will give you even more next year

Shades of GREY • Once perceived as ageing, silver hair is now the height of fashion. But there’s an art to it – more ‘doing grey’ than just ‘going grey’, explains a leading colourist, who also offers some professional tips

'I PREFER THIS LOOK TO THE DYE JOB' • Kate...