Best

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.

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START YOUR week with a smile

Stacey: I QUIT • TV star Stacey Solomon announces a surprise career move...

‘We made it work – we didn’t screw it up’ • The legends that are Richard and Judy have taken stock of their incredible on- and off-screen partnership...

‘It’s ghastly for all of them’ • For Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, it must be painful to see the father they adore once again in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons

COUNTRY living • Embrace the change of weather with pieces that take inspiration from classic outdoor looks

Freezing Jamie Oliver • From his love affair with recipe books, to his five-ingredient solution meals – Jamie Oliver’s spent over 25 years educating the nation on how to eat. Now, he explains to Editor-in-Chief Siobhan Wykes, how freezer foods have become the new ‘in thing’...

A drawer a day keeps the clutter at bay... • THE WAY I SEE IT... Wise words from our feisty, fearless and funny columnist

What if I can’t love ‘another woman’s’ child? • This mum who used donor eggs to have her longed-for daughter makes a brave admission...

‘I almost proposed with a £19.95 ring from Argos’ • Elliott Davidson, star from the first series of My Mum Your Dad, talks splitting with Sharon and swiping for love...

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…

Strictly FABULOUS, DARLING! • Craig Revel Horwood gives us all the backstage gossip on the biggest show on TV…

Bag ONE OF THESE... • Start the new season with a roomy style that will carry all your essentials

I told myself drinking at breakfast was fine • As Sober October begins, Christine Coulson explains when she knew it was time to change…

6 steps to a brighter smile • Tackle your teeth and prep your pout for the ultimate confidence boost

What’s up with my skin? • Is your complexion suffering with the change in seasons? Lesley Reynolds from the Harley Street Skin Clinic reveals how to help your skin cope

An apple A DAY! • Give your hair a new lease of life with these fruity shampoos…

The sleep and slim plan • Lack of sleep makes you hungry, so if you’re fed up of feeling tired, reaching for your sugar fix and then trying to shift those excess pounds, read on...

It’s a run-derful life! • When hairdresser Terry Harcus, 57, was left broken in a wheelchair after being hit by a car, she was told by doctors she might never walk again. The plucky mum says the accident turned out to be an unexpected ‘gift’ – and she’s just completed the Great North Run!

Pick up a pumpkin… • Make the most of the veg of the season with these delicious recipes

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…

‘Lee? A middle-aged somewhat messy woman - like me’ • A top US model, Lee Miller moved to Britain in the 30s, determined to take the photos herself. By 1939, she’d published Britain Under Fire – then she headed to the front line. Here, Kate Winslet talks about playing the role tipped to land her another Oscar…

Toxic friends and how to avoid them • Kate Mulvey was trapped in a cycle with an unkind pal who disguised herself as a good friend...

Get the look Dress for dinner! • Create a cosy tablescape with fun accessories

Diamonds & deceit • As Joan...