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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Stately treasures of the North West • As Britain’s stately homes reopen after Covid, Choice contributor Barry McLoughlin has published a new book about independently run country houses in Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria

The heavenly music of Wells Cathedral • Britain’s first pure Gothic cathedral has a rich musical tradition stretching back centuries, and Evensong is not to be missed, says Norman Wright

“I don’t know why I believe in miracles” • This Sixties survivor, who has come through homelessness and addiction, now faces another challenge.

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

STAR LETTER

Battling the elements

Your Poetry • Email your poems to: (editorial@choicemag.co.uk) or post to Your Poetry, Choice, 4 Milnyard Square, Orton Southgate, Peterborough PE2 6GX

Memories are made of this: A bear encounter • Clive Nicholls recalls a memorable safari in Finland

Staycation cruising in the Cotswolds

Sub and choppers on adventure yacht

Prince Philip: A celebration • Two fascinating new displays remember The Duke of Edinburgh’s distinguished life of public service, as well as his wide range of interests

Memories of a distinguished life

Take a dose of the great outdoors

David’s 80-mile trek to help refugees

Yoga class • Gail Willis continues her series of simple hatha yoga moves

Feeling good in the sun • However, and wherever, you choose to spend the summer, here are some more tips from Sue Moxley to help you feel good and look great

How to avoid a stroke • Around 100,000 people a year suffer a stroke in the UK, but there’s a lot we can do to prevent one, reports David Hughes

Blackcurrant boosters • There are plenty of ways to enjoy this often overlooked superfruit.

YOUR MONEY and your rights

Has Covid changed the way we think? • Covid has changed the way we live, work and play, but has it also changed our thinking about everything from home and family to travel and finances?

What should be included in your Will? • Nicola Finbow offers advice to protect your family’s future

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

Best savings rates/Unsecured loans

Conversations with Speer in Spandau • For three years Dr Adrian Greaves had conversations with Nazi war criminal Albert Speer in Berlin’s Spandau Prison. In anew book, he describes his unique relationship with Hitler’s personal architect

Escaping the gallows…

August victories resound through the centuries • The month of August saw two pivotal victories by British military commanders in the 18th century. Norman Wright looks at the triumphs of Marlborough at Blenheim and Nelson on the Nile

Do you remember? The Concert for Bangladesh • The first all-star benefit concert rekindled Sixties idealism and paved the way for Live Aid.

CRAFT CORNER Garden kneeler • Make gardening a little easier on your knees with this colourful kneeler

Get Sewing Confetti scrapbook page • Choice crafts writer Sara Davies shows you how to create a keepsake scrapbook page to remember a special event in your life

SEA AND SHORE • Chef Emily Scott shares recipes inspired by her beloved Cornwall

Foodbooks •...