Choice

Welcome to Choice Magazine Britain’s leading independent magazine for women and men over 50. We help readers defend their financial, health and relationship assets and provide inspiration to help them enjoy life. This website gives a glimpse of the modern, glossy and colourful editorial available every month as well as providing links for paper subscriptions. Enjoy Choice…and life.

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Seek out wartime sites in Staycation Summer • Our terrible Covid sufferings can’t really compare to the privations endured by the wartime generation, but we can honour them by visiting military sites this summer.

St Magnus: Light in the North • Orkney’s St Magnus Cathedral is one of the best-preserved medieval buildings in Britain. James Henry profiles the country’s northernmost cathedral

“I’m always thinking of the next role” • Does Hollywood now beckon for this most self-effacing of TV stars?

YOUR VIEWS • Voice your opinions or share your stories with other readers

STAR LETTER • Soothing, relaxing and stress reducing, these CDs from GAP MuSic and it’s sister label Tantajo Records are a great addition to any music collection. Checkout the GAP website: (www.gapmusic.co.uk) for more wonderful music for relaxation and wellbeing.

Your Poetry

Singles specialist unveils new 2021/22 brochure

Take a walk on the Wild Atlantic Way • Winding 1600 miles around the edge of Ireland, the Wild Atlantic Way is one of the world’s most spectacular coastal routes. Norman Wright chooses some highlights

Memories are made of this: Wiltons: Dining in style • Clive Nicholls recalls a memorable meal with a touch of class

The healing power of memory

Pets do their bit for nation’s mental health

Use it or lose it • Gail Willis suggests some simple daily yoga moves that are very effective for eye to hand coordination.

Embrace the grey • Grey hair has become fashionable during lockdown – so make the most of it, urges Sue Moxley

Club celebrates joys of life over 65

Stay safe in the sun • As summer arrives, David Hughes reports on tanning without tears

SIGNALMAN’S TERROR • Derailed express ploughs towards signal box

YOUR MONEY and your rights • Your guide to the best financial advice

Could you get more help from the State? • Up to £3.5bn in State benefits goes unclaimed by older people, according to charity Age UK. Could you be entitled to more help? asks Teri Harman

Planning for the end of life • The founder of Once I’ve Gone, Ian Dibb, advises how to open the conversation with loved ones about the often-taboo subject of death

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED • The Choice panel of experts answers your queries on tax, pensions, benefits, investment and the law

CHOICE SAVERS’ SELECTION

Be a good neighbour at The Big Lunch • Lockdown didn’t stop four million people having their Big Lunch online in 2020, and this year the annual get-to-know-your-neighbours event should be even bigger

What we learned from home-schooling • In the final part of his series on home-schooling their granddaughter during lockdown, Graham Sherwood and his wife Anna discover that they’ve learnt a lot too

Britain at war – in colour • A new book provides an evocative portrait of Britain at home and at war during the years 1942 to 1945

Do you remember? Nick Drake • Unheraled in his lifetime, this troubled bedsit troubadour is now. rightly, regarded as one of our great singer-songwriters.

Shurely shome mishtake: 60 years of Private Eye • Simon Evans looks back at the early years of a satirical institution

CRAFT CORNER Triangle gift box • This terrific triangular box is ideal for little gifts like sweet treats, says Sara Davies

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