Reader's Digest UK

Reader's Digest magazine is bursting with stories, articles, advice, recipes, reviews, tips, jokes and anecdotes. Each issue is small enough to fit in your handbag or pocket, but big enough and perfectly informed to keep you entertained for. We have regular features covering health, travel, money, food, home and garden, as well as recommendations and reviews on entertainment, books and technology. Plus, have a go at our beat the cartoonist, trivia quiz and other fun and games on offer each and every month.

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In This Issue…

Over To You • LETTERS ON THE May ISSUE

SEE THE WORLD… …DIFFERENTLY

Do You Read Me? • This month Olly Mann is excited to embark upon realising a life-long dream

“Sometimes You Just Want To Go Out Sword In Hand” • Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, 55, might be the ultimate proof that it takes a good guy to play a really bad one. The king of the on-screen villain talks dance, booze and his most famous roles

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen I REMEMBER… • Flamboyant British TV star Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is best known for the home improvement hit, Changing Rooms. Here, he looks back on his childhood and career

HOW WE SOLVED COVID • Experts the world over came together to create a vaccine in record speed. What does that mean for other health concerns?

7 WAYS TO SUMMER WELLNESS • Sunny days are here again, making this the perfect season to try some cheap, simple, open-air strategies to boost your health and wellbeing

How To Stop Stinky Feet • Foot odour is common and it’s embarrassing. But there are ways you can minimise its whiffy impact

Ask The Expert: Running • Sammy Margo is a chartered physiotherapist with a private practice in north and north-west London

The Weight Of The Past • The nation’s “obesity crisis” has Dr Max feeling nostalgic

The Doctor Is In

Memory Gets Multidimensional • Switch on all your senses and you’ll soon sharpen your recall, says our memory expert, Jonathan Hancock

DEMENTIA WARNING SIGNS • A guide to 13 symptons you should never ignore

Dementia, But What Kind?

My Britain: Bristol

If I Ruled The World Jimmy Brown • Jimmy Brown is the cofounder and drummer of the legendary reggae band, UB40. Their new album Bigga Baggariddim is released through SRG Records on June 25

EXTRAS WITH A DIFFERENCE • Some of the finest ex-military heroes are forging new careers as movie extras, and turning their expertise into first-rate entertainment

GOLDEN YEARS • My mum’s 80th birthday tattoo is just the latest example of her wild, newfound independence

CAVIAR CONS • When Russian caviar prices soared in the mid-2000s, a tiny town in the US Midwest experienced a clash of cultures, and laws

Harp Seal Nursery • Atlantic seal pups depend on this beautiful world of ice off Canada’s Magdalen Islands

PEDAL POWER • The pandemic has had one positive result: millions more Europeans have discovered the joy of cycling

My Great Escape: Parisian Romance • Join our reader Connor Hansford as he strolls the Seine

ALAMEDA BOTANIC GARDENS • Gibraltar

How To Financially Recover From Lockdown • Andy Webb on keeping your spending habits in check now that we are out of lockdown

On The Money • Andy Webb

CANDICE BROWN

World Kitchen

Plant Pot-Tastic • Give your plant pots some extra height with DIY legs

Dopamine Dressing: Can Clothes Change Your Moood? • From sunny yellows to pretty pinks, this summer’s trending colours are rooted in hope and optimism. But just how powerful can a colourful wardrobe be for influencing our emotions?

H2o Glow • Jenessa Williams asks whether tanning water...