Reader's Digest UK | May 2024
• How to get a green(er) thumb: six easy gardening tips to minimise your effort and maximise your joy
• A conversation with the Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn about human resilience, activism, and his new film, Black Flies
• 100-Word-Story Competition: after months of voting and deliberation, we finally reveal the winners
• The Broadway and West End star Lea Salonga looks back on her illustrious career, including Miss Saigon and voicing Disney princesses
• Love Apptually: we speak to three couples who found love online in later life
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Reader's Digest UK May 2024.