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.

Choice • An important letter for all readers

Living history in the Chilterns • Reliant on volunteers for its founding and continued survival Chilterns Open Air Museum is a real hidden gem, as Norman Wright discovered

“Cooking is the skill of the survivor” • During a sometimes troubled life, cooking has always been a refuge for this much-loved celebrity chef.

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

STAR LETTER

Carry on cruising

DECEMBER ISSUE SOLUTIONS

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Beware night-time blood pressure rise

‘Lifting weights can prolong your life’

Lung cancer screening for over-55 smokers

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

Alpine summer in Salzburg • Clive Nicholls celebrates until the cows come home during a memorable stay in Austria

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

Tips for savvy, stress-free last-minute festive shopping • Christmas is looming, but if you're not yet well prepared, there's still time to get organised, says Teri Harman

Your consumer rights

Christmas travel car checks • If you're visiting family and friends this Christmas by car, insurer More Than has tips for safe winter driving.

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

Over to you

CHOICE SAVERS’ SELECTION

The Big Freeze • Dennis Ellam looks back at how the nation summoned the wartime spirit to survive the winter of 1962-63, three months of ice, snow and below-zero temperatures

Do you remember? Steptoe and Son • Simon Evans looks back at the much-loved comedy show that changed forever the idea of what could be tackled in a traditional sit-com

What to grow in your greenhouse this winter

Winter visitors • Help your garden birds out during the colder months and you will reap the rewards, says Helen Moffat

Celebrating with fatisserie • Try these great bakes extracted from Jane Dunn's new book Jane's Patisserie Celebrate!

Sharing ideas for a budget Christmas • As prices soar, Graham Sherwood has some tips to keep Christmas food costs down – collectively

What's in your festive wine box? • Matching the right wine with Christmas meals is a perpetual seasonal dilemma. Graham Sherwood outlines some suggestions to make the decisions easier

Foodnews • Tempting goodies new to the shelves, for people who love their food

KitchenAid Christmas gift ideas

David Bowie Divine Symmetry

CD Round-up

DVD Round-up

Great Christmas reads

ON THE BOOKSHELF • Good books to read, in the shops now

Pick of the paperbacks

Hardbacks

HISTORICAL FICTION

ROUND UP

Bridge

Trivia teasers

Sudoku

Cryptic crossword

NOVEMBER ISSUE SOLUTIONS

Go for the knowledge

PANTO PROPS AND CREATURES

Patrick's pages • Neil Patrick takes a wry look at life in the Third Age

Quiz

Yee-ha! The Western rides back into town…

How to send your wife hairless

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