Platinum

Platinum is the magazine for women in the prime of their lives - and having the time of their lives, too. Platinum is for those women who are up-to-date in both style and attitude and interested in exploring the world around them. In the pages of Platinum, readers will find everything from in-depth reads to the latest from the world of well-being. Platinum magazine inspires you to live your best possible life with fun-loving, informative, uplifting, and motivational articles and features inside every issue. Rekindle your confidence with expert beauty, skincare, and fashion advice, learn how to curb your financial worries, maintain your fitness goals and so much more with Platinum as your ultimate lifestyle guide. Platinum magazine encourages you to try new styles, recipes, exercises plus much more and pushes you outside of your comfort so that you can make the most of your life and celebrate the incredible woman that you are every day. Discover the lifestyle magazine that is redefining the lives of women aged 55 and over and start living your best and most fabulous life every day.

Editor’s welcome • A new chapter starts here...

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Inspiration from our contributors • Meet some of the brilliant minds sharing their wisdom in this month’s issue.

Life Almanac • From swifts and stage lights to bookish escapes and garden days out – here’s everything clever, cultural and quietly fabulous happening this August.

A GREAT READ BOOK CLUB • This month bestselling author Adele Parks, MBE shares what she’s reading right now. And trust us, it’s a bumper crop. From Lisa Jewell’s gasp-out-loud thriller to a romantic family drama set on a boho island and a darkly funny revenge tale in a glamorous London block, there’s something for every mood.

‘I’m just getting started’ • TV star, stylist, author and now new Platinum Fashion Director, Nicky Hambleton-Jones talks to Suzy Walker about redefining life at 50. She opens up about confidence, reinvention and why the best years are still to come.

MOORE’S MUSINGS • When a friend buys a dream holiday home in Spain, Platinum columnist and Loose Women presenter Jane Moore discovers why being a good house guest is an art form.

Choose to Thrive! • Feel good, stay strong: health, happiness, wellbeing, and ageing brilliantly.

Strong moves • Each month, personal trainer and new Platinum Health Editor Rachel Dobson shares the smart, simple ways to build strength, resilience and joy in your body – now and for the future.

‘How I turned back time: from exhausted 60-something to biologically 20’ • After decades of late nights, no exercise and living on stress, Sandra Parsons felt worn out. But a few simple lifestyle shifts changed everything. Here she shares the small, sustainable changes that helped her slash four decades off her biological age – and how you can do it too.

DR DAWN HARPER’S HEALTH SECRETS • We all want to know how to live not only longer, but better. This month, Dr Harper focuses on those of you who may be caregivers for older and younger relatives, and how you may take better care of yourself.

Giveaway time!

Heart and soul • Dating again? In long-term love? Wondering if you’re better off solo? Here’s where we talk about relationships, real life and everything that makes your heart beat faster.

We drifed apart in our marriage. This is how we saved it • Emma Simpson shares what helped her and her husband face hard truths, make big changes, and build a new kind of relationship

Dating Rehab: Get back out there again with online dating • Platinum’s new dating coach Eimear Draper shares her transformative 6-week Dating Rehab to rebuild confidence, ditch the drama, and attract the kind of love that lasts.

Your money and work • This month we look at your money mindset and...