Platinum - 1 Aug 2025
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Inspiration from our contributors
‘Celebrate every day you are alive’
‘I SWAPPED SPREADSHEETS FOR SEA VIEWS’
YOUR CURATED MAKE-UP ESSENTIALS
COVER INTERVIEW 18 NICKY HAMBLETON-JONES
WELCOME TO THE NEST
WHAT I’M WEARING
THE HONEST ESSAY
LIFE STORY
FEEL GOOD
‘I SWAPPED SPREADSHEETS FOR SEA VIEWS’
DOCTOR’S ADVICE
STRONG MOVES
ONE STOP BEAUTY SHOP
MONEY MINDSET
DELICIOUS GOOD FOOD
WOMEN’S WORLD OF WINE
STYLIST SECRETS
THE FASHION GRID
DATING REHAB
FASHION AGONY AUNT
60 GOING ON 20
THE FINE LINE
THE AGELESS EDIT
HE FASHI RID: RED HOT LOOKS
IT’S A PASTA REVOLUTION
FIND YOUR PERFECT SEASIDE ESCAPE
THE GREAT BRITISH SEASIDE STAYCATION
WEEKENDS OF WONDER
PLAYING AWAY: YOUR AUGUST FICTION FIX
LIFE ALMANAC
BOOK CLUB
MOORE’S MUSINGS
PUZZLES
GIVEAWAY!
BE FEARLESS
FICTION
Noted & noteworthy
Life Almanac
MUST-WATCH SERIES
This month in 1996
Mindful Moment
TOP OF THE PODS
Sun, stories & starlit reads: your guide to this summer’s best book festivals
The bright side
SUMMER READS: 3 to pack
CULTURE FIX
Blooming great day...
Stage spotlight
AUDIOBOOK SPOTLIGHT
DON’T LET HIM IN
RIVER OF STARS
BOOK CLUB
A NEIGHBOUR’S GUIDE TO MURDER
A MURDER IN PARIS
THE ART OF A LIE
PLATINUM EXPERT
A CRIME THROUGH TIME
‘I’m just getting started’
‘I’m just getting started’
Q&A with Nicky Hambleton-jones: reinvention, resilience and looking forward
Q&A with Nicky Hambleton-jones: reinvention, resilience and looking forward
Ten years bolder
Say it fast
MOORE’S MUSINGS
Choose to Thrive!
Fast fixes to slash Alzheimer’s risk
How many steps are really enough?
Can weight loss jabs curb the global obesity crisis?
“I’m f ine!”
‘I’m in the best shape of my life – and I’m 64’
Strong moves
Strong moves
Meet Rachel
‘How I turned back time: from exhausted 60-something to biologically 20’
‘How I turned back time: from exhausted 60-something to biologically 20’
HEALTH SECRETS
HEALTH SECRETS
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Heart and soul
– In this deeply honest essay, Emma Simpson shares how she and her husband saved their marriage – not with grand gestures, but with gentle rediscovery.
– It’s never too late to get back out there. See dating coach Eimear Draper’s stepby-step guide on how to explore the world of online romance.
We drifed apart in our marriage. This is how we saved it
We drifed apart in our marriage. This is how we saved it
Dating Rehab: Get back out there again with online datin
Dating Rehab: Get back out there again with online datin
HERE’S HOW TO MAKE YOUR PROFILE SHINE:
Join Eimear’s Dating Rehab
How to write a brilliant dating profile
Your money and work
– Ever dream of chucking in your job and moving to Cornwall to start your own business? Susan Stuart, 67, did just that... and created her dream life.
– Meet the woman who can make you rich! We are delighted to introduce our new money mindset columnist, Denise Duffield Thomas.
– Preethi Nair on forging a new path and writing and performing a play in her fifties.
“I had a midlife crisis and wrote my f irst play . Now it’s been optioned by a production company.”
“I had a midlife crisis and wrote my f irst play . Now it’s been optioned by a production company.”
Preethi's playbook for reinvention:
What’s your money story – and is it holding you back?
Is your money story holding you back?
‘I swapped for sea spreadsheets views – and rebuilt my life from the ground up’
‘I swapped for sea spreadsheets views – and rebuilt my life from the ground up’
How to make the big leap and run a guesthouse
Welcome to The Nest
Welcome to The Nest
Colour me happy
Women’s world of wine
Four low or no sulphite wies to try
The gluten-free past revolution
The gluten-free past revolution
Pasta alla mentuccia / Pasta with mint
La puttanesca
Gluten-free pasta dough
Your high-summer style fix
Stylist Secrets
Ageless Style
What I’m wearing
The Fashion Grid
Style Stories
What I’m wearing
Why I love it
My favourite co-ords right now
The Fashion Grid
‘I feel a little bit drab. I want my zest for life to be reflected in how I dress’
Meet Karen
Karen’s verdict
CREDITS
WHITE out
The Ageless Edit
SUNDOWNER sass
Sun, style and suitcases: your high-summer getaway guide
THE FLOWY SUNDRESS
THE STATEMENT CO-ORD
THE SWIMSUIT THAT DOUBLES AS A TOP
THE FLAT SANDAL
THE DENIM SHORTS
Nicky’s 5 summer holiday heroes
One stop beauty SHOP
Studio10
Ariane Poole
Look Fabulous Forever
Dr Simon Ourian MD
Fine The Line
Good for you!
Platinum Beauty Awards 2025
Meet the judges
Adventure time!
– Alex Fisher, Editor-in-chief of Coast magazine creates our very own guide to some of the loveliest hotel stays at the British seaside.
– A bucket-list weekend stay in the clock tower at Bamburgh Castle (below) on Northumberland’s wide, wild empty beaches.
A Seaside Staycation
A Seaside Staycation
Platinum pick Carbis y Esta e, CORN ALL
Platinum pick Carbis y Esta e, CORN ALL
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