Saga Magazine

3 days ago | saga.co.uk | Jenni Murray

Dame Barbara Cartland told me, many years ago, as I was approaching my 40th birthday: "My dear, after 40, a woman has to choose between her face and her figure. My advice is keep a lovely, plump pretty face and stay sitting down". Lady Antonia Fraser said much the same; French film star Catherine Deneuve placed the advice ten years earlier and was a little blunter: "A 30-year-old woman must choose between her bottom and her face" – derrière and visage.

1 week ago | saga.co.uk | Kate Randall

For both men and women, it is important to have a strong pelvic floor, especially as we get older, and Pilates is one of the best forms of exercises for strengthening it. Instructor Margaret Brabrook, 71, who has been teaching Pilates since 2008 and is a fully-trained fitness expert with over 40 years’ experience – says it’s unsurprising that studies found Pilates can improve your love life as it works wonders on your pelvic floor.

1 week ago | saga.co.uk | Phillipa Cherryson

“I’m a sitter,” comedian Helen Lederer admits.“I could never understand why someone would walk when they could drive. So trekking hundreds of miles through the Alps is the last thing I thought I would ever do."The actor, best known for her roles in the TV comedies Absolutely Fabulous, Bottom and the Young Ones, laced up her walking boots for the 12-day trek for the BBC2 series The Pilgrimage which airs on April 22.

1 week ago | saga.co.uk | Kate Randall

For nearly three million of us, solving Wordle has become a daily ritual, and everyone has a different approach to the popular word game. For some users, they do the puzzle at the same time every day and use the same first word, while others are more inclined to dip in and out of it and come up with a random five-letter word as their initial guess. On the surface it is just a daily game, but people’s playing technique can really say a lot them and how they handle everyday life.

1 week ago | saga.co.uk | Phillipa Cherryson |Mary Colwell

Article Magazine life real life It’s up to all of us – particularly walkers and dog owners – to help save the haunting sound of our countryside. By Phillipa Cherryson | Published - 13 Apr 2025 I still remember the first time I heard the call of the curlew. I was out walking in the hills in South Wales and its haunting whistle, ‘cur-lee’, stopped me in my tracks.