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 February ISSUE

SEE THE WORLD… …DIFFERENTLY

Model Behaviour • This month Olly Mann finds himself taken aback by his sons' niche interest…

Denzel Washington “I’ve Only Got So Much Time Left” • He’s the best actor of his generation and starring in Macbeth—so why is he calling up directors and asking for work?

I REMEMBER… Barry Humphries • Creator of housewife megastar, Dame Edna Everage, and cultural attaché, Sir Les Patterson, Barry Humphries, 88, will soon embark on a nationwide one-man tour… as himself. Here, he recalls a life crowded with a succession of eye-popping episodes

THE PROMISE OF STEM CELLS • BREAKTHROUGHS ARE POINTING TO A REVOLUTION IN HEALTHCARE

Celebrate Your Siblings • What’s the betting you fought like cat and dog when you were younger? But brothers and sisters can actually boost your physical and mental health. Here’s how

5 Facts About Parkinson’s

Ask The Expert: Dancing • Dr Deborah Lee is a qualified GP, medical writer and passionate ballroom and Latin dancer

Musical Theatre • Dr Max toys with the possibilities presented by a soundtrack to surgery

The Doctor Is In

Have The Best Memory In History! • Winning ways to learn important dates, from our memory expert Jonathan Hancock

Beware The Anti - Climax • How to handle the unexpected downside of achieving your goals

WORD - STORY COMPETITION • To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Reader’s Digest we’re relaunching our much-loved 100-word-story competition with prizes of up to £1,000 to be won

My Britain: Cheater

If I Ruled The World Roger Black • Roger Black MBE, 56, is a retired British Olympian who has dedicated his career both on and off the track to teamwork and helping others. As co-founder of BackleyBlack and owner/manager of RogerBlackFitness.com, Roger splits his time working in and on businesses of his own and inspiring others to do the same.

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY • It used to be that your choices after death were being laid to rest in a churchyard, sitting in an urn on the mantelpiece or, perhaps being scattered somewhere exotic. But now, there’s a whole industry designed to keep your memory alive in the most unique ways. So, which would you choose?

I SURVIVED! • WHEN FACED WITH CERTAIN DEATH, IT TAKES BRAVERY, DETERMINATION, AND PLENTY OF LUCK. THESE PEOPLE LIVED TO TELL THEIR STORIES

An Ancient Elixir • Only two monks know the full recipe for Chartreuse, and it remains frozen in time

My Great Escape: Pretty Plymouth • Our reader Caroline Brazier reflects on a Devon adventure

MILK & HONEY

Savings You Can Phone In

On The Money

Spring Wreathing • Embrace the season with a beautiful wreath

Could Made-To-Order Be The Future Of Fashion? • Could a return to made-to-order business models be the answer to the fashion industry’s overproduction and overconsumption problems?

Spicing Things Up • Jenessa Williams extols the benefits of ginger for the mind, body and most specifically, scalp

Asma Khan Ma’s Prawns

World Kitchen Taiwan: Beef noodle soup

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