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 October

This month's CONTRIBUTORS

Buying time • These cool clocks will ensure you're never late again

Jenni Murray • As shoplifting incidents continue to soar, our columnist says it's time to clamp down on the thieves plaguing stores

IN My EXPERIENCE… Felicity Kendal • Felicity Kendal CBE, 78, talks about family, the joy of grandchildren, dealing with bereavement, and why she won't marry again

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

Happy 40th birthday Saga Magazine • From Charles and Diana to Dynasty and Dallas, package holidays to picket lines, Jenni Murray looks back on life in the Eighties – and, as we mark our milestone year, turns the pages of our very first issue

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW REBEL REBEL • In the past two years, Carol Vorderman has morphed from compliant presenter into a one-woman anti-corruption crusader. She tells us what prompted the change and why she doesn't care what people think

A dog's life • Sophie, the social media superstar rescue hound, famously spent her first few weeks in England trembling behind her owner's sofa. Now she's about to star in her own book

Keeping watch • The last lighthouse may have been automated in 1998, but these steadfast structures still need maintaining. We meet the new breed of men and women who spend their time looking after some of the UK's iconic towers

ROOMS WITH A VIEW Holiday at a lighthouse

Back to my roots • When Tina Shingler was a girl, her white foster parents had no idea how to properly care for her afro hair, so they shaved it close to her scalp. But, she learned to love her curls, as she explains…

The really wild show • For 60 years, entrants in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition have got up close to nature – with amazing results

‘First we'd discuss a cricket tour …then I'd probe for information’ • Cricket has been a big part of our columnist's life, and as he recalls, the sport also played a momentous role in Trinidadian history

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

Back to the future • The 1970s – a decade that gave us shag pile, rattan and garish wallpaper – is groovy once again… though this time round, it's slightly more restrained

PREFER THE ORIGINAL?

Country pumpkins • Chef John Torode and his wife Lisa Faulkner, hosts of ITV's John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen, plate up two marvellous seasonal meat-free dishes

Tried & tasted • Garlic butter and chicken wrapped in golden breadcrumbs make for a tasty dinner. But which of these Kyivs is king?

Server's suggestions • Want to drink like a sommelier? Wine waiters may pour us expensive picks, but at home they make canny choices on a more modest budget

The grass is greener • Calming oasis or wasteful indulgence? As a turf war breaks out over the great British lawn, splitting the nation into stripers and rewilders, two gardening gurus tell us why it's vital for our back yards – and our health

Glean and tidy • It's time to harvest the last of summer before the clear-up begins – but don't forget there's wildlife seeking hibernation spots

Bright ideas • Need light where...