Welcome to June

Hello everyone and welcome to June, which marks

Let’s go outside

Plan a perfect al fresco spread with these bright and beautiful picnic essentials

Jenni Murray

Racked with guilt over punishing her two boys, our columnist believes it’s time to rethink the laws on smacking children

IN MY EXPERIENCE… Dame Denise Lewis

The Olympic gold medallist, 51, on the joy of later-life motherhood and the debilitating condition she has battled throughout her career

This month we talk… scams

Each month our insight team conducts an in-depth poll of Saga customers to find out what you’re thinking. This month: fighting fraud

The agony the ecstasy

Anne Robinson confirms for the first time that she is indeed dating Queen Camilla’s ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles and explains why she’s looking forward to being Saga Magazine’s new agony aunt

A design for life

Most of us own a lot more clothes than we need, which is no good for our wallets, the planet or British jobs, says designer and The Great British Sewing Bee judge Patrick Grant, who believes it’s time to return to much simpler times…

Win! A week-long retreat at Combe Grove

Enhance your metabolic health with an all-expenses paid transformative stay plus a year of follow-up support in this exclusive competition

Just the tonic

In Pride month, we visit the UK’s first LGBTQ+ retirement community, in south London, which is providing a blueprint for discrimination-free later-life care throughout the country

‘I support Mum… however she wants to die’

Rebecca Wilcox, daughter of terminally ill TV legend Dame Esther Rantzen, tells us why she backs her mother’s decision to sign up to Swiss assisted-dying clinic Dignitas

Spot the scammers

Nick Stapleton, who is co-presenter of the BBC’s Scam Interceptors, highlights the most prevalent scams this year – and how to avoid falling victim to them

One in the bed

It’s not just royal couples who sleep in separate bedrooms – almost one in four of the over-55s opt for solo slumbering too. And experts say it can be good for your relationship

Coming up roses By

The classic flower of British gardens has a reputation for being demanding – but centuries of breeding have turned the rose into the tough survivor our gardens need in today’s changing climate

Apace in the sun

June brings everything to life: gardens are aflutter with birds and, with your help, can be packed with colour and flavour, too

30 a week made easy

Eating 30 different plants a week sounds daunting and, frankly, a bit of a faff. But chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall says it’s simpler than it seems – and tasty, too

Perfect Pinots

From Grigio to Gris, Meunier to Noir, one French grape has spawned many varieties. And it’s become a national favourite

Sunny delights

Whether you’re lounging by the pool or relaxing on the beach, elevate your style with our pick of the best summer accessories

Bathing beauties

From pine-scented bubbles to skin-soothing bombs, our columnist and bath aficionado finds the best buys for the perfect soak

Generation games

Surprised to discover his children don’t want his antique ‘brown’ furniture, our columnist wonders what to do with his prized pieces

Readers enjoy more than 30% off Molton Brown

Saga Magazine has teamed up with TOYL beauty

Ask Dr Mark health & wellbeing

YOUR QUESTIONS / LYMPHOEDEMA / ANIMAL FLOW FITNESS

A SWEELLING problem

Almost half a million people in the UK live with lymphoedema, which causes swelling of the limbs. So why do we not hear more about it?

Go wild!

The latest way to get fit takes its cue from how animals move. It’s ideal for older people – and no, you don’t need to roar like a lion

Old age, young love

Our columnist and Miranda have recently discovered a new shared interest – singing hymns in the bath on Sunday mornings

money matters

CARER’S ALLOWANCE / MONEY NEWS

June 2024 Money news

GETTY, SHUTTERSTOCK, ALAMY

going places

CRUISING / LETTER FROM AMERICA

Getaway gadgets

Whether you’re jetting off to sunnier climes or staycationing closer to home, this must-take tech will help you have a happier holiday

Letter from America

As a tide of pro-Palestinian protests spread across

D-Day remembered

It’s now 80 years since 160,000 troops arrived on Normandy’s beaches for the largest amphibious invasion in history. Here, a leading historian looks back at the sacrifices made by the men who helped bring us freedom

out and about

EVENT BBC Gardeners’ World Live NEC BIRMINGHAM 13-16

FILM

‘It’s worth watching for the nostalgia and the

DECADE BUSTERS

TURNING 50 Alanis Morissette singer Bear Grylls survivalist

staying in

The Today Podcast You might wonder if the

Say ‘yes’ for a fulfilled retirement

In 2017, two years after the death of her husband, Sean, Cherryl Thomas decided to take early retirement, realising her priorities had changed without him.

The plot thickens

This month’s reads will transport you from love in Sixties London to a teeming Norfolk garden, via the idyllic Cotswolds, but it’s not all hearts and flowers

letters

THANKS FOR WRITING TO US, WE LOVE HEARING WHAT YOU THINK

You’re all talking about...

Sad news Reading Jeremy Paxman for the last

grey matters

PRIZE CROSSWORD / CRYPTIC CROSSWORD / SUDOKU / CODEBREAKER / SET SQUARE / ADD A LETTER / WORD WHEEL / WORDSEARCH / PUB QUIZ / ANSWERS

Codebreaker

Each number in the grid represents a different

The pub QUIZ 17

A US president, Star Trek aliens and Sir Lancelot all play a starring role in this month’s teasers

Solutions

Patricia Cornwell

The best-selling author on her tough childhood, a new TV series and why she went searching for Bigfoot

Word to the wise

Why is a group of crows called a ‘murder’? How do you describe a gathering of foxes? Our columnist explores the origins of collective nouns