Platinum

Platinum is the magazine for women in the prime of their lives - and having the time of their lives, too. Platinum is for those women who are up-to-date in both style and attitude and interested in exploring the world around them. In the pages of Platinum, readers will find everything from in-depth reads to the latest from the world of well-being. Platinum magazine inspires you to live your best possible life with fun-loving, informative, uplifting, and motivational articles and features inside every issue. Rekindle your confidence with expert beauty, skincare, and fashion advice, learn how to curb your financial worries, maintain your fitness goals and so much more with Platinum as your ultimate lifestyle guide. Platinum magazine encourages you to try new styles, recipes, exercises plus much more and pushes you outside of your comfort so that you can make the most of your life and celebrate the incredible woman that you are every day. Discover the lifestyle magazine that is redefining the lives of women aged 55 and over and start living your best and most fabulous life every day.

Your autumn upgrade • Autumn always feels like a turning point. Suddenly life seems to ask a slightly braver question: what are we ready to let go of now?

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MOST WANTED • Check out the new season! Deep browns, shades of red and glorious checks.

‘You get one life. Crack on!’ • As her new novel, Eyes on You, becomes our Platinum Book Club pick, Adele Parks MBE shares with Editor-in-Chief Suzy Walker the 10 things she has learned about work, love, friendship, alcohol, dyslexia and starting again.

ADELE PARKS Hidden worlds, fresh starts and hope • Our Book Editor shares her new favourites.

Platinum BOOK CLUB • Want to start your own book club? Consider this your official permission slip. This month, we are announcing our autumn book club pick: Eyes on You, by our very own Book Editor and bestselling author Adele Parks.

Isabel Allende • At 84, the author is still working, still worrying about the world and still telling women it’s never too late to begin.

DONNA ASHWORTH Grateful goodbye • Our columnist reflects on autumn as nature’s gentle lesson in letting go, turning inward and finding beauty in every season.

FASHION • With your personal stylist, Nicky Hambleton-Jones

Suede expectations • This month I’m embracing autumn’s most luxurious investment, says Nicky Hambleton-Jones.

‘Midlife gave us the confidence to build the brand we’d always dreamed of’ • Founded by three friends in their fifties, Albaray proves that style, courage and reinvention have no expiry date.

Dear Nicky... ‘I hate the fact that menopause has changed my shape!’ • This month, Nicky helps reader Helen Dutton find a style that flatters her post-menopausal shape, and, most importantly, makes her feel good.

‘Turning 60 was incredibly liberating’ • Meet Fiona Lambert, 63, author of Invincible Not Invisible, former fashion retail executive, and now a passionate advocate for positive ageing.

BEAUTY • With star make-up artist, Dottie Monaghan

Beauty on a budget • Dottie Monaghan proves that brilliant beauty doesn’t have to come with a luxury price tag, from clever skincare to affordable make-up.

Has this cult classic had a makeover? • Nicky Hambleton-Jones tries the new CACI treatment to see if it still lives up to its non-surgical facelift status.

Platinum Beauty Awards 2026 • Beauty Editor Dottie Monaghan and her panel of expert judges have decided their winners. Find out what’s bagged each category’s top spot in next month’s issue!

WIN! A spa escape to The Gainsborough Bath Spa • You and a guest could experience a two-night stay in total luxury in the UK’s...