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...

What a year!

The View from Yours • Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

WE’RE SO proud • With the coming months expected to be difficult for the NHS we wanted to let them know we’re right behind them and celebrate their work through these portrait tributes

Meeting Place • Our pick of your best letters, pictures and wise words...

The magic of decluttering

LET’S HEAR FROM YOU...

Subscriber of the fortnight!

Dame Judi will never forget • With her latest film Blithe Spirit released soon, one of our most cherished National Treasures spills the beans on kissing co-stars, bringing a family pet back to life and how she loves to laugh

Judi shares a secret

More magical Madames! • Dame Judi is the latest in a long line of acclaimed actresses to play the iconic Madame Arcati…

My lessons from life • Olympic Gold Medallist Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill (34) talks the joys of exercising with no pressure and why she’ll never be able to thank her parents enough

‘I am the crazy dog lady’ • As actress Sheridan Smith takes on her first-ever TV presenting role, she tells Yours about her love of animals amd how her baby son Billy has inspired her

THE POWER OF Pottering • From rearranging the cupboards to tinkering in the garden, a new book reveals the surprising benefits of pottering on our mood and mind

Anna’s pottering pointers

For the love of animals • From pampered pets to birds, bugs and wild beasties we celebrate all creatures great and small…

THE Seed SAVIOURS • With two in five plant species now at risk of extinction, we learn about a project collecting seeds around the world to keep them safe in an underground treasure trove

THE JOY OF JANUARY • We take a look at the bright side of the first month of the year to see if we can dispel its reputation for being depressing!

‘HOW WE BECAME BLACK BELTS!’ • When an international martial arts champion stepped in to take their weekly fitness class, neither Jean Glanville nor Kathy Harry could have guessed what would happen next

THE SISTERS lighting up the world • A community of nuns from Sussex are hitting the charts with a beautiful soundtrack of meditative music – just right for soothing souls and calming minds as we enter a new year

Loss brought us even closer’ • Mum and daughter, Anne and Catherine, were widowed within 41 days of each other and just before lockdown. Now they’ve written a book to bring hope to others

Healing hands • If your mitts are feeling the effects of all that hand washing, here are Beauty Editor Michelle Nightingale’s top hand care picks for comfortable and cared-for skin

How to stick to your RESOLUTIONS • Forming a new healthy habit can be tricky, but Lizzy Dening has expert advice from psychologists on how to make them last for life

Kind resolutions

Instant ENERGY BOOSTERS • Feeling sluggish after weeks of eating, drinking and merriment (and, dare we suggest, an absence of exercise)? Shake off that Christmas lethargy and clear the cobwebs with three simple moves to try at home and give you some instant pep, says Lizzy Dening

new year, NEW WARDROBE • Clothes shopping has fallen down the priority list for most of us this year, and this shift in attitude has us rethinking our existing wardrobes, says Fashion...