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...

Saga Magazine

Hello everyone

Welcome to August

This month's CONTRIBUTORS

Raise the bar • Keep the summer drinks flowing with these fun essentials

Jenni Murray • With unisex toilets becoming increasingly popular, our columnist explains why she believes these WCs are anything but convenient – especially for women

IN MY EXPERIENCE… Dame Zandra Rhodes • The ground-breaking fashion designer talks about dressing the Royal Family, later-life romance and how a yoga class saved her life

This month we talk… gardening • Each month our insight team conducts an in-depth poll of Saga customers to find out what you’re thinking. This month: in the garden

Game changer • As the Olympics begin, presenter Gabby Logan, 51, talks to us about coping with the menopause and her husband Kenny’s cancer battle

A SPORTING CHANCE • Millions will be cheering on the 4,400 Paralympic athletes in Paris this month. It’s hard to believe it all started with 16 archers in an Aylesbury field

'I'VE BEEN TO EVERY GAMES SINCE 1962'

Wise guy • After years of catastrophic decline barn owls are back, soaring silently above our hedges and ditches. We meet the man who has dedicated his life to the survival of this bewitching bird

Power struggles • Love them or hate them, solar panels are the future of green electricity generation, say some – and projects are springing up all over the UK in a ‘sunrush’. But would you want a 15-mile long solar farm on your doorstep?

BBC CEEFAH • Clunky and slow, with pixelated graphics that look pretty comical these days, Ceefax offered just 30 pages of information when it was launched by the BBC on 23 September 1974 – a time when only 6,000 TV sets could receive it. But, as Ceefax grew, it became loved by millions, before closing down in 2012. Now, 50 years on from its accidental birth, we remember this iconic slice of British culture

A place to call home • The majority of foster carers in the UK are over 50. Here four of them tell us why they have found it so life-enhancing

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Size matters • It’s a world in which giant tomatoes are tenderly cradled in old bras and pampered pumpkins are wrapped in duvets at night. The UK’s top giant vegetable growers reveal what it takes to cultivate colossal crops

'A black man was about to enter a White House built by slaves' • With the US presidential race in full swing, our new columnist looks back on being there for Barack Obama’s history-making victory

Ask Annie • Our straight-talking, no-nonsense agony aunt tackles the problems troubling you

Paradise Found • Stranded on holiday in Greece, one couple fell in love with a dilapidated 17th-century house – so they bought it, and created the perfect sunny hideaway on a little-known island

VEG OUT • Want to get more creative with veg? Try these delicious summery recipes by Italian chef Gennaro Contaldo

Tried & tasted • With silky custard and a sugar top, crème brûlée is the ultimate dessert. But do any of these bring some ooh là là?

Riesling stars • If you’re looking for an excellent, purse-friendly wine, Germany has plenty to choose from. Our expert picks the best

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