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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Great Yarmouth: From glitz to goldeneyes • Despite a couple of close calls, weekend sailor Norman Wright relished the tranquillity of the Norfolk Broads and the contrasting razzmatazz of Great Yarmouth’s Golden Mile

September Days out

“My life has been full of heartaches and fear” • Life has rarely been easy for this great singer, whose remarkable career now spans nearly 70 years.

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

Memories are made of this: Cruising into Budapest • Clive NichollS explores the photogenic Hungarian capital

Autumn adventures on our waterways

Salute to stately Lancashire • A new book uncovers some of the eye-catching country houses that lie amid the industrial landscape of Lancashire

Taking notice of ‘selective hearing’

‘Life-changing’ monitors for diabetes patients

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

Jilly Johnson’s faff-free beauty tips • Jilly Johnson was a leading UK model before going on to have a successful singing and acting career. Looking fabulous at 68, the glamorous grandmother shares more easy to do beauty secrets with Sue Moxley

Staying mobile • How we can avoid joint problems? David Hughes reports

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

Could you live without a car? • With the rising cost of motoring, is it time to consider whether you could do without a car altogether? asks Teri Harman

It’s time to write your Will • As the country deals with the cost of living crisis, Peter de Vena Franks, campaign director at Will Aid, urges people not to let Wills slip their mind

MATTERS TO YOU • Of gem orders improvements to direct debits

CHOICE SAVERS’ SELECTION

Re-engaging with the world online • In the second of a two part series Simon Evans looks at two ways in which the drive to digital can make life difficult for older people – and how they can be helped to go online

The week the world held its breath • Simon Evans looks at the Cuban Missile Crisis, and how a potentially deadly game of bluff took the world to the brink of nuclear war

Heroes of our time: Virginia wade

Do you remember? Steeleye Span • These folk-rock pioneers conquered the charts with their winning fusion of traditional folk music and pop.

CRAFT CORNER A dinky desk tidy • Keep control of your desk space with this handy creation.

Get Sewing • Perfect pencil roll

Baking for beginners • No handshakes needed for 2020 Bake Off favourite Lottie Bedlow, whose book Baking Imperfect is full of sweet and savoury recipes for all abilities, shot through with her characteristic humour. There are also tips on potential pitfalls and handy fixes. Here are a couple to try

An apple a day… • As the new season’s apples begin to appear on the shelves, Graham Sherwood sings the praises of this humble but hugely healthy fruit

Anniversary wine… buyer beware • Graham Sherwood is thankful his parents didn’t ‘lay down’ any...