Spring is upon us. ‘The Earth is like a child that knows poems,’ says Rainer Maria Rilke so beautifully of the new season on page 32. I took a big leap, downsized and moved onto a canal boat last summer and, after a soggy winter, I’m looking forward to the first beams of sunshine, warmth and longer, lighter days.
One thing in life that is certain is change. This issue, we explore how we handle transition and, in our Dossier, we delve deeply into one change all women go through, the menopause (page 52). Our new Celebrity and Podcast Editor, Rachel Dobson, chats to the fabulous Mariella Frostrup about modern womanhood, HRT and the books that helped her through periods of transition in her life (page 18). Rachel also launches our Sounds Good slot (page 100), introducing uplifting, inspiring and life-changing podcasts that we love.