Choice

Welcome to Choice Magazine Britain’s leading independent magazine for women and men over 50. We help readers defend their financial, health and relationship assets and provide inspiration to help them enjoy life. This website gives a glimpse of the modern, glossy and colourful editorial available every month as well as providing links for paper subscriptions. Enjoy Choice…and life.

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Staycation substitutes • You might not be able to venture abroad this summer, but Norman Wright suggests some UK alternatives to favourite foreign destinations

Sheer pier pleasure

Compact cathedral with a huge history • In the latest instalment of his series on Britain’s great cathedrals, Norman Wright chronicles the turbulent history of St David’s in spectacular Pembrokeshire

Back… a bevy of beavers • Record numbers of beavers are being released in Britain this year. James Henry celebrates the resurgence of ‘nature’s engineers’

A year in the life of a royal retreat • A rare behind-the-scenes insight into Buckingham Palace’s famous garden is provided by a new book on London’s hidden royal oasis

Facts and figures about the gardens

“Work is the nice life” • Love or loathe him, this multi-talented polymath is hard to ignore.

YOUR VIEWS • Voice your opinions or share your stories with other readers

STAR LETTER • Soothing, relaxing and stress reducing, these CDs from GAP MuSic and it’s sister label Tantajo Records are a great addition to any music collection. Checkout the GAP website: (www.gapmusic.co.uk) for more wonderful music for relaxation and wellbeing.

Your Poetry • Email your poems to: (editorial@choicemag.co.uk) or post to Your Poetry, Choice, 4 Milnyard Square, Orton Southgate, Peterborough PE2 6GX

River bus links up with London Pass

Memories are made of this: Back to school in India • Clive Nicholls recalls an unplanned visit that, for him, summed up the spirit of India

Daydream now, visit later • With foreign travel unlikely this summer, Norman Wright reveals how you can enjoy some of the world’s most stunning sites without leaving your armchair

Raise a cuppa to help dementia families

Yoga class • Gail Willis continues her series of simple hatha yoga moves

Mini cameras that can test for cancer

Get your body Spring-ready • Now the sunshine is here and there’s finally a chance to go out, Sue Moxley provides a guide to getting body beautiful again

Taking the plunge • David Hughes looks at evidence that sea swimming is good for our mental and physical health

Powerful pomegranate • Once considered exotic, this tasty fruit packs a healthy punch

YOUR MONEY and your rights • Your guide to the best financial advice

Unlocking cash in later life • Nearly £4bn a year is unlocked from properties through equity release. Harvey Jones explores options for releasing money as you get older

CASE STUDY “I wanted a gap year of my own…”

Inheritance Tax demystified • Inheritance Tax is said to be the most loathed type of taxation in the UK. Paresh Raja of Market Financial Solutions unravels the mysteries of IHT

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED • The Choice panel of experts answers your queries on tax, pensions, benefits, investment and the law

CHOICE SAVERS’ SELECTION

Keeping on the move with Silverfit • Stefania Dall’Armi reports on how, through encouraging physical activity, the Silverfit Charity has been the salvation for many of its members during the pandemic

Silverfit 10 challenge

Silverfit@Home

“We’re getting on like a house on fire” • In the second of his despatches from the home schooling front, Graham Sherwood and his wife Anna help their granddaughter construct a model...