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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.

The last goodbye

START YOUR week with a smile

‘I’m jealous of my friends’ husbands!’ • Amanda Holden has admitted she’s lacking something in her marriage...

The new love in Claudia’s life… • Claudia Winkleman’s hubby Kris has reportedly told her ‘this is too much…’

CLAIRE SWEENEY: ‘My best & worst moments’ • We know and love her on Coronation Street, but life hasn’t always been rosy for this single mum…

Stripe IT RIGHT! • Looking for a trend that never dates? You can’t go wrong with classic, nautical stripes

GOODBYE TO A LEGEND… • We pay tribute to a very brave Linda Nolan, who left us last week, aged 65…

Rich or poor, LA fires are devastating • THE WAY I SEE IT... Wise words from our feisty, fearless and funny columnist

‘I’m a time traveller!’ • Dressing-up for a role in living history led Daphne Patterson to realise her long forgotten dream…

‘Cheating? I’m not angry but it is unforgivable’ • TOWIE’s Bobby Norris on coping with heartbreak, and why he’d rather do a parachute jump than hit on someone in a bar

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…

Step TO IT! • Freshen up your look with a pair of on-trend trainers

Our ‘grown-up gap year’ turned into a lifetime • After a motorhome holiday in New Zealand, Karen Davies and her hubby Myles turned their trip into a debt-free life on the open road...

Beauty’s bare essentials • Long to look effortlessly chic? It’s all in the little details...

Budget-friendly beauty basics • Lesley Reynolds from the Harley Street Skin Clinic – on cost-effective treatments to embrace this Winter

MAKE AN entrance! • Welcome guests in style with a chic new doormat...

The back on track plan! • Keeping up with New Year resolutions past January can often feel difficult. For inspiration to get you back on track, this healthy eating plan from Slimming World should do the trick. Fill up on real food, without feeling like you’re missing out. Follow for two weeks and you could lose up to 7lb *

I changed my ringtone to Firestarter! • As fires devastate LA, here, Elaine Penn talks about what it’s like to have your home destroyed by fire...

Tastier than a takeaway! • With Chinese New Year just around the corner, whip up these fakeaway feasts

Scammed by Brad Pitt? • When Anne struck up a relationship with the Hollywood A-lister, she thought she was going to get her happy ending…

Fresh start! • Bring an early burst of Spring into your kitchen

We lived in Toxic Town • A highly anticipated Netflix drama set for release this year tells the story of one of the UK’s most scandalous poisoning incidents…

Your stars • For the week 21 January with Natalie Tambini

Bridget’s BACK!

Mad about the boy – or just plain mad? • When our Ed-in-Chief logged on to a dating app, she didn’t expect to meet a match – let alone be whisked away to a yacht party in Miami. But rather like Bridget, she is – not for the first time- searching for her happy ever after again…

Bridget’s best moments • Grab a hot cup of tea (or a bottle of vodka) and join us as we count down the best of Bridget...

Where are they now? • We know them as Bridget, Darcy and Daniel, but to the world of Hollywood, these famous actors are known for a variety of other characters! Here, we look at where life took them after the success of Bridget Jones’s...