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Worth sharing • We love to know what has inspired you in the magazine – here’s the page where you tell us what you’re thinking, making and reading

Come to GOOD HOUSEKEEPING LIVE this autumn • Enjoy a fabulous day out in London with the GH team this November and be entertained by talks and demos, plus get your Christmas shopping sorted!

Good ideas for August • OH, WE DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE!

‘I’m grateful to be getting older’ • DJ, presenter and writer Sara Cox talks to Polly Dunbar about learning to believe in herself, riding horses with Fiona Bruce and why she’s excited about turning 50

COX’S CONFESSIONS

HEAT of the MOMENT • From chic cotton dresses and carefree crochet to pared-back linen separates in spicy, sunset shades, these the high-street holiday heroes that are easy to pack and effortless to wear…

THE MODERN MIDI • Souped-up sleeves, romantic tiers and chic square necklines – it’s the easy, everyday midi dress, but not as you know it…

The LONG & the SHORT of it • How you can learn to love your legs in shorts, like GH fashion director Amanda Marcantonio has

A sunny frame of mind • Nothing says summer quite like a new pair of statement sunnies…

‘Why I like to slow down in summertime’ • There’s pressure to feel permanently upbeat in summer, says Miranda Hart, but going at your own pace is the key to a sunnier disposition

‘It’s good to keep CHALLENGING YOURSELF’ • As he makes his musical theatre debut, Adrian Dunbar talks to Georgia Green about embracing fame in his 60s, his enduring love for Line Of Duty and finding his dancing feet

ACTING LESSONS

OUR TEENAGE KICKS • From festivals to flat-sharing, meet the women reinventing midlife by embracing the activities they longed to do in their youth

‘Festivals are all about discovery’ • Kate Comins was 57 when she had her first taste of a music festival at Glastonbury. She loved it. Now 70, she and her husband, Charlie, are regulars at Latitude, close to where they live in Suffolk.

‘We’re great housemates – even though we’re very different people’ • NHS support officer Catherine Edminson, 60, and office administrator Carole Holway, 65, met through a flat-sharing website and rent a place together in Lewes, East Sussex.

‘Dancing makes me feel free’ • Rosy Summerbell, 45, thought her dancing days were restricted to kitchen discos until she tried a club night for over-40s – and won a dancing competition with her signature moves.

‘You find out who you are when you travel on your own’ • Colleen Smith, 37, from County Durham, longed to travel as a teenager but never did. Now she’s making up for lost time by going on solo adventures around the world.

Could you lose more than your APPETITE on the ‘WEIGHT LOSS’ JAB? • Ozempic is the so-called quick-fix miracle drug, originally prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes. Now touted as a way to shed extra pounds, how safe is it really and what are the long-term side-effects? Leah Hardy investigates…

‘OZEMPIC FACE’ AND HAIR LOSS

‘I felt guilt and shame because I couldn’t lose the weight on my own’ • What’s it really like to use a weight loss jab? Good Housekeeping reader Brigitte Stearnes, 57, a nurse manager from south Devon, shares her experience…

‘GIVING BACK THROUGH NATURE HAS HEALED MY GRIEF’ • After a family tragedy, Tish Feilden, 69, found comfort opening her home to others with the help of her son Jamie, transforming thousands of young lives in the process

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