Best

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.

IT'S NOT UNUSUAL... • To be mad with anyone... as the words by Sir Tom Jones' song goes.

START YOUR WEEK with a smile

The Real Housewives of the Cotswolds? • Posh shops, posh houses and a starring role for a Duchess, sounds like TV gold to us...

Moving on! • After five happy years at their much-loved Pickle Cottage, Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash have new plans...

Charles draws the line: Kate and Wills are the future • King Charles may have been writing about Harry and Meghan – but the biggest winners from his extraordinary Royal clarification could be William and Kate

Still living the dream! • Jane McDonald on hitting the road again, the joy of the tour bus... and the lingering smell of bins!

My parents ‘bought’ me for 60 pence • Jill Martin’s parents told her how they ‘chose’ her when they adopted her as a baby. Sixty years later, she learned the whole truth…

We're all talking about

CHASE THE LATE SUN • THE WAY I SEE IT... Wise words from our feisty, fearless and funny columnist

Strictly sensational • From watching Strictly on the sofa, to foxtrotting at Blackpool, Karen Bailey shares her dance journey and why ballroom became her therapy...

Stress-free SKINCARE! • Give your beauty routine a mindful makeover.

Your new season skin reset! • Lesley Reynolds from the Harley Street Skin Clinic reveals how to protect your skin barrier

Elsa McAlonan • BEST BEAUTY BARGAINS UNDER £10

SAY CHEESE... • And lose up to 14lb this month

Finally, a hat that fits! • Kerry Freud has had a wide and varied career. She’s tried on numerous work roles but now she says she’s found the hat that fits…

High protein hits!

Wine of the week! • Sharing his passion for wine for 20 years, Olly’s a regular on Saturday Kitchen, a food hero for P&O Cruises and award-winning author of nine books. His first novel, Death by Noir is out now. With his extensive knowledge of all things booze, the only thing Olly is more enthusiastic about than a glass of the good stuff, is sharing it as widely as possible. Here’s his boozy bargain find for this week...

What would Vanessa say? • Got a problem? Email your questions to AskVanessa@hearst.co.uk

Women over 50 have so much more to offer • Real Housewife of London, Amanda Cronin opens up about life after divorce, dating again and writing a whole new chapter in her 50s...

I planned my wedding in secret! • When Sarah Charlton's big day kept getting cancelled, she decided to organise clandestine nuptials for her husband-to-be, Andrew...

I won’t be defined by my marriages • As she prepares to marry for the fifth time, Jane Seymour tells best why she’s found true happiness at 75

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! • Darker evenings are made for statement lamps, so here’s how to upgrade for less

My kids come before Hollywood • Sandra Bullock casts her spell on us once again, in the return of Practical Magic 2

This week's must-see TV

Clickbait Clinic with Stacey Dooley • I found the conversations crazy interesting...

The best soap update

The race for the glitterball is on! • Fifteen new celebrities, three new hosts and plenty to prove - the Strictly dancefloor is finally...