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Welcome

Euan Sutherland

Hello from the editor

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Jeremy Paxman

Our columnist doesn’t know whether to be thrilled or appalled that the BBC has named a meeting room after himl

Jenni Murray

Searching for reasons to be cheerful amid all the gloomy news, our columnist praises old-fashioned, postwar values

IN MY EXPERIENCE…

Steve Coogan

Let’s talk… public transport

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

JOKING PART

Actor and comedian Sir Lenny Henry, 64, opens up about coming to terms with his mother’s death after years of grief therapy, his weight struggles and how he learned to put loved ones before work

‘I get pleasure from a bargain’

Hunter Davies is an unashamed tight-wad. But with fuel bills rising this month and the escalating cost of living on everyone’s minds, he finds himself positively on trend. We asked Saga readers for their own best thrifty tips: how much could you save?

‘What drives me is to be out there’

The legend that is Charlotte Rampling lives for her work, and at 76, she has no intention of stopping. With roles ranging from femme fatale to grouchy grandmother, she has combined passionate love affairs and motherhood with a stellar screen career

Past master

Best-selling novelist Robert Harris defends his right to portray characters from all walks of life and reveals why he thinks Boris Johnson will stage a comeback

Living with baby loss

It’s never too late to talk about the lasting sorrow caused by a miscarriage – even if it happened long ago when it wasn’t done to dwell on such things, and women were often told simply to ‘get on with life’

Branching out

It may have been the backdrop for countless TV shows and films but now Yorkshire’s Broughton Hall is putting itself centre-stage with owner Roger Tempest embarking on the biggest tree-planting project in England. He explains how he’s looking to the future on the idyllic estate

WAR OF THE WORDS

Earlier this year, the owners of Scrabble banned more than 400 words from being used because they were deemed offensive. With some valuable favourites disappearing overnight, it’s a move that some of the game’s otherwise-placid players are finding hard to take on board

‘What’s fascinating is that I fell for a con twice’

Neurosurgeon-turned-author Henry Marsh knows our faith in others can sometimes be misplaced, but he argues that a life without trust is very difficult

Glam rocks

Brights and florals, rollnecks and wide-leg trousers are back on trend. Get in the groove this season

Neck gains

Dread showing off your décolleté? Luckily, our beauty expert knows how to smooth things out

Growing together

An allotment tended by refugees in south-east London has proved wonderfully fertile ground for nurturing a sense of sanctuary and community

Garden clinic

Our expert answers readers’ questions on helping honeybees in the colder months and which plants to buy as bare-root specimens ask

One of a kind

These quick one-pan recipes by Jamie Oliver are not only healthy and delicious, but also leave you with minimal washing-up

Wine

Our expert seeks out rich, intense whites that are good value but often overlooked

Object of desire

Antique carriage clocks have a timeless beauty and elegance

Toothsome advice

Our vet columnist on how to avoid dental problems in your cat

What's cooking?

Save money on making meals for one with these energy efficient gadgets

Wheel deals

It’s time to tighten more than our safety belts. Here are the most cost-effective cars (and a surprise alternative) to suit all budgets and styles

health & wellbeing

YOUR QUESTIONS / STATINS/ MISCARRIAGE

Everything you wanted to know about statins (but were afraid to ask)

They’ve been around for 30 years and in the UK more than seven million of us take one daily as an insurance policy against heart disease and stroke. Yet statins often get a bad press. So what’s the true risk? The world’s largest study of randomised data from statin trials recently revealed its first results, and researchers Dr Christina Reith and Dr David Preiss were on hand to answer your questions

ask ALAN JOHNSON

The former Home Secretary uses his wisdom, wit and experience to tackle the problems troubling you

Old age, young love

If he is happy with a new love, should he hang on to so many mementoes of his dear late wife?

Paul Lewis

PAUL LEWIS / MONEY NEWS / MY MONEY

Money news

Pay extra National Insurance now to boost your state pension, funeral plan regulation changes and how to claim Attendance Allowance

My money

TV fitness instructor Diana Moran, 83 – the Green Goddess – on how she keeps her finances healthy

going places

ISLES OF PLENTY

Road trip

THIS MONTH

Road chow

THIS MONTH: TRAVELODGE BAR CAFE

Letter from America

And so begins a new chapter in the

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out and about

ON THE BOX

staying in

An Oktoberfest of fiction

From Renaissance Florence and Restoration England, to London in the Roaring Twenties, the big-name novelists are here in force

letters

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

grey matters

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WORD WHEEL

See how many words of four letters or

ADD A LETTER

Rearrange the letters and add one to these

SET SQUARE

Place each of the digits 1 to 9

Codebreaker

Each number in the grid represents a different

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

£100 prize ACROSS 1 Agreed to meet 17,

WORDSEARCH

Find all the words (horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards

Solutions

THIS MONTH’S ANSWERS Word wheel 4-letter words Degu,

The world according to…

The lyricist, 77, on his bond with Andrew Lloyd Webber and why he’s not yet planning to retire

Word to the wise

This month Countdown’s Susie Dent confesses that she loves to eavesdrop on people’s conversations – as they highlight how language constantly evolves