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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.

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START YOUR WEEK with a smile

The secret behind her smile • Elaine Paige describes her battle with sleeping pills as ‘Judy Garland Syndrome’...

God Save The King! • Andrew’s court case, Harry’s return to the UK and no official thaw between William and his brother have left an already unwell King facing a thorny question…

Diana déjá vu, anyone? • Homage or imitation? From swimsuits to Red Carpets, Meghan Markle’s nods to Princess Diana have become impossible to ignore…

PRETTY spot on... • Invest in pieces that will work now and into Autumn

‘There’s a queue of women for my husband!’ • Deborah Meaden reveals what keeps her in Dragons’ Den 20 years on – and why the tango keeps her 33-year marriage alive...

My mid-life kick up the butt • For years, Sarah Cleaver was a people pleaser. But she has found the courage to banish that version of herself – now she runs towards joy...

We’re ALL TALKING about

Cut them loose • THE WAY I SEE IT... Wise words from our feisty, fearless and funny columnist

I’m a knock-off Nessa! • Kaz Barratt has been impersonating iconic character, Vanessa Shanessa Jenkins for years…

PYJAMA party... • Our pick of the best PJs for lazy mornings and early nights

Reset and REBOOT • Rejuvenate and re-energise with an easy, homemade beauty booster from Sophie Cooper at the Harley Street Skin Clinic

5 ways to do... milky beauty • Milky beauty is everywhere this year, featuring in everything from skincare to make-up to hair products. Here’s how to drink up the latest trend - the milky way!

Elsa McAlonan BEST BEAUTY BARGAINS UNDER £10

VEG OUT & LOSE UP TO 14LB THIS MONTH! • Pack your diet with fruit and veg to lose weight and get healthier

The rise and rise of rape in bed • An alarming number of men have been charged with drugging, raping and filming their partners at home. Was Gisèle Pelicot just the tip of the iceberg? best investigates…

Brilliant burgers! • You can’t beat a proper burger - and here are tasty new flavours to try.

Wine of the week! with Olly Smith

The kitchen edit! • Clever buys to make cooking, serving and storing that little bit easier

What would Vanessa say? • Our celebrity agony aunt, Vanessa Feltz, tackles your problems with her usual wit, wisdom and humour

Watch out The b**ch is back! • Well, that’s how Elton John describes her new tour Off the Leash. Here, the self-proclaimed ‘p**sed-off pensioner’, Janet Street-Porter talks love, divorce and managing five husbands…

I’ve joined the Picnic Pony Club! • How Wendy Gomersall fed blackberries to Prince William on a positively perfect picnic with Shetlands in Surrey...

LIZA GODDARD ‘Intrusive fame breaks up relationships!’ • Her showbiz marriage brought huge fame – and Liza Goddard’s still in the spotlight at 76...

‘‘Comedy is my first love’’ • Music star and soap star Richard Blackwood insists...

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…

Dupe of the week! • As the nights draw in, it’s time for an Autumn glow-up

best TV guide Stay in, save £££s • From behind the scenes of Hollywood, to this week’s must-see telly, we’ve got your ultimate seven-day TV guide sorted!

NICOLE KIDMAN ...and her new man! • As the...