Saga Magazine

Saga Magazine is packed full of informative financial features and news from our experts Paul Lewis and Annie Shaw, health tips, inspiring real-life stories, travel, gardening and food. Enjoy in-depth celebrity interviews, our columnists’ wry take on life and our brain-teasing crosswords. Plus coverage of not-to-be-missed events, the arts, music, film, TV, books and much, much more...

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Welcome to April

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This month's CONTRIBUTORS

Bright ideas • Go for bold with these brilliant buys for spring

Jenni Murray • With many of us seemingly glued to our phones, our columnist suggests a more satisfying alternative to scrolling: socialising

IN MY EXPERIENCE… Lorraine Kelly • With her debut novel hitting the shelves, TV presenter Lorraine Kelly, 64, discusses her happy marriage, love of penguins and her favourite place

This month we talk… smoking • Each month our insight team conducts a poll of Saga customers to find out what you're thinking. This month: who still smokes?

Happy as Gary • Actor Gary Oldman, 66, has won widespread praise for his portrayal of spy Jackson Lamb in the acclaimed drama Slow Horses. Now, with season four due for release later this year, he tells us about finding happiness with fifth wife Gisele and winning an Oscar for his mum

away & up Up • Ballooning is a pastime that's inflating among the over-50s. Meet the late-life adventurers who are flying, crewing and even hand-building hot air balloons

The crew member

The retirement REBELS • Record numbers of over-65s are in the workplace – and more than 35,000 over-80s, too. Why do they do it? It's not all about the money, as we discover…

‘I?LL KEEP GOING?

Back on the shelf • Nicola Beauman has been rescuing and republishing ‘lost’ books from forgotten authors for 25 years and has now acquired a list of 149 titles – and a cult following, too

5 UNDERRATED AUTHORS WORTH CHECKING OUT • Here, we introduce some of Nicola Beauman's favourite under-appreciated writers

State of the SMART • They were supposed to revolutionise our way of tracking energy use, but with almost three million failing to work properly, what does the future hold for smart meters?

GET SMARTER

It's never too late to… be a stand-up comedian • When Marie Cross, 55, from Newport, retired from the RAF, a stand-up comedy course gave her the chance to fulfil a lifelong dream of performing on stage

How to grow happy houseplants • With the right care, houseplants can live for decades, but when the internet is awash with contradictory advice, whose guidance should you follow? Our gardening expert finds out

The power of nature • Use the longer days and Easter weekend to bring your garden to life and create a colourful and wildlife-friendly space for summer

Material girls • When Eloise Showering visited mum Suki's new seaside pad, she soon put her design skills to use creating bold, patterned wallpapers and fabrics that turned a house into a home…

Easy as pie • Hollywood actor Stanley Tucci and his British wife, Felicity Blunt, share two of their family's favourite dishes

Hot off the press • Our climate is changing – and so too are the grapes used by winemakers battling ever-increasing temperatures. But, it does bear some tasty fruit…

Posh… without the price tag • >As Spice-Girl-now-style-queen Victoria Beckham turns 50, our columnist shows how to get her chic, pared-back look on a non-Beckham budget

Top gear • Modern cars may come with a plethora of gadgets as standard, but keen motorists can still invest in a host of exciting extras

Generation games • A self-confessed bad loser, our columnist considers the example it sets his...