Yours Magazine

Yours is the UK’s best-selling fortnightly lifestyle magazine for women over 50. We offer targeted, trusted and useful advice, whether it’s to help readers look their best, to stay healthy and active, enjoy their free time or to manage their money better. We celebrate 50-plus women overcoming difficulties or achieving amazing things. We like to look back with our readers and listen to their views too.

Welcome…

End of the road

Say cheese! • It's not just models who can strike a pose, these adorable animals are getting camera-ready too

Meeting place • Our pick of your best letters, pictures & wise words…

Thank you for being a friend

‘Kate's homecoming was a celebratory event’ • How George, Charlotte and Louis have rallied around the Princess as she recovers at home

‘Gardening is a balm for the soul’ • Caroline Quentin tells Yours how gardening healed her childhood pain, and why pets are the perfect outdoor companions

‘How herbs healed me’ • Devastated by her sister's sudden death, Victoria Bennett found hope again by creating a wild apothecary garden

HOW TO CREATE A HEALING GARDEN

‘Saying goodbye to Charlie was emotional’ • As Derek Thompson (75) leaves Casualty after playing Charlie Fairhead for 38 years, he chats about his respect for NHS staff and why he doesn't see himself as a TV legend…

‘Music is the BEST THERAPY’ • Legendary singe Tony Christie (8 tells Yours that being diagnosed with dementia hasn't stopped him embarking on a 25-date tour…

Overcoming loneliness: how to find friends in later life • As surprising as it sounds, social isolation is as damaging to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day – but there are steps we can take to feel more connected

‘We've helped each other’ • Yours finds out how new schemes pairing older and younger people aim to reduce loneliness and increase happiness and quality of life…

‘Millions of people watch my magic tricks!’ • At 87 years old, Ron Snelling has gone viral…

Memories IN BLOOM • Gardening or just getting out and about in nature can have a hugely positive effect when dealing with grief

Purr-fect home away from home • From pampered pets to birds, bugs and wild beasties we celebrate all creatures great and small…

NATURE NEWS

What's new now • Look out for the wearable brands hitting all the right style notes as we head into spring

Bright Eyed • Rejuvenate your peepers with our tips and tricks for youthful and awakened under-eyes

Strand Savers • Keep your hair looking and feeling its best with these nourishing masks

Dealing with DEMENTIA • There are ways to cope with the behavioural changes and improve life for your loved one, and yourself…

Sleep better tonight! • Wake up well rested with these expert tips

Just what the doctor ordered! • Could singing your heart out be just the tonic for your health and happiness? Research shows fun arts therapies really work

Wok stars • Stir-fry your way to a meal in minutes

Health blitz • Grab a blender and start your day the right way

The BIG CLEAN • Spring clean your home, and get your mind in order too!

Time to SHINE • Make a quirky sundial from a log slice

What a hoot! • Protect your phone with this utterly charming knitted owl sock

Marvellous MUG WARMER • Keep your cuppa hot for longer with this stylish make

HERE'S WHAT YOU'VE BEEN MAKING…

Make your home SPARKLE FOR LESS • Cleaning made easy with these cheap and simple home hacks

HOUSEHOLD HEROES

Blend it up • Whether you're making smoothies, shakes or soups, there are so many blenders on the market that it can be hard to choose. Here are...