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Best delivers a varied and lively mix of ideas and inspiration to inform and entertain real women and help them get more out of every aspect of their busy lives. Best is topical, practical, offering more variety than any other weekly by embracing traditional topics in a modern way.

The Royals running on empty

START YOUR week with a smile

Running on empty? • Prince William’s growing worry he’s running out of Royals...

Goodbye to a creative legend... • Dame Jilly Cooper’s final page was written on 5 October, when she passed away following a fall

Meghan’s car-crash video • Meghan Markle has sparked outrage with that ‘insensitive’ video driving through Paris

Check MATE! • Give your Winter wardrobe an elegant update

‘Sometimes I wish I looked different...’ • EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy opens up on her exit from the soap, her new tell-all memoir and the price of living life in the public eye…

Sewing seeds of change • After a tumultous few years, Nancy Malaika Alford’s life is now blooming...

We’re ALL TALKING about • If you haven’t had time to keep up with Facebook, X or Instagram, we’ve done it for you…

Ann Widdecombe QUEEN OF COMMON SENSE • Strictly straight-talking former MP Ann Widdecombe is one of the most colourful characters in politics, but she revealed a totally different side to her personality when she took part in a certain dance competition. Now, Ann joins best to share her views...

My farmer found his wife! • Susan Payton swapped her high heels for wellies and a life in the countryside…

TIME FOR SWEATER weather... • Keep cosy with a stylish knit

Beauty secrets to… AGEING LESS • From lotions and potions to plastic fantastic – each week our experts will tell you how to stay looking younger for longer, whatever your budget

Six home dye rules • Colour your hair with confidence

Elsa McAlonan BEST BEAUTY BARGAINS UNDER £10

SLEEP & SLIM DIET • Fed up of always feeling tired? Our plan could help you get more shut-eye and lose up to 1st too…

I’m a sober alcoholic • As the Go Sober For October challenge is well underway, our writer Kate Mulvey discusses the pros -and cons - of a life without drink

Bake with Mary! • Whip up one of these delicious sweet treats when you are in the mood for something yummy

Wine of the week! with Olly Smith

Smashing PUMPKINS... • Fill your home with seasonal cheer

What would Vanessa say? • Our celebrity agony aunt, Vanessa Feltz, tackles your problems with her usual wit, wisdom and humour

‘I was beaten up most days’ • Mum-of-five Danielle Lloyd on surviving domestic violence, finally meeting her Mr Right and the shock of finding out she had cancer

The girl in the bikini • Brigitte Bardot, 91, is one of the most recognisable women of the 20th century. A new TV drama looks at her controversial life and explores why she turned her back on fame at the age of 39

‘Pretty Woman feels like yesterday’ • Hollywood star Julia Roberts talks about her new movie – and some old favourites...

See the world from HELEN’S HILARIOUS VIEWPOINT... • Our fabulous and funny columnist, comedian Helen Lederer is here to tell it like it is, in her own witty way…

It’s my face, apparently... • THE WAY I SEE IT... Wise words from our feisty, fearless and funny columnist

best TV guide Stay in, save £££s • From behind the scenes of Hollywood, to this week’s must-see telly, we’ve got your ultimate seven-day TV guide sorted!

‘We’re like sisters!’ • Strictly: It Takes Two has waltzed back onto our screens with Fleur East and Janette Manrara

GIRLS’ NIGHT IN…...AND OUT

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