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Saga Magazine is packed full of informative financial features and news from our experts Paul Lewis and Annie Shaw, health tips, inspiring real-life stories, travel, gardening and food. Enjoy in-depth celebrity interviews, our columnists’ wry take on life and our brain-teasing crosswords. Plus coverage of not-to-be-missed events, the arts, music, film, TV, books and much, much more...

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Hello everyone

Welcome to October

This month’s CONTRIBUTORS

Down to earth • From nature-themed accessories to earthy hued homeware, celebrate the new season with these fabulous autumn finds

Jenni Murray • The bookies are odds-on favourites to be the only winner as gambling soars in popularity among older people

IN MY EXPERIENCE… Lyse Doucet • The BBC’s chief international correspondent, 66, on ‘the pang’ she feels when a major story breaks, her love of Afghanistan, and the marriage proposals she’s turned down

Let’s talk about… photographs • Each month our insight team conducts an in-depth poll of Saga customers to find out what you’re thinking. This month: what do you do with photos?

Open book • Best-selling author and House of Games presenter Richard Osman reveals how his mother dealt with grief, how he manages to write so much with a debilitating eye condition and why his latest Thursday Murder Club mystery made his wife cry

‘I’ve been fighting for ten years to see my mum. It’s draining, it destroys you’ • Granting power of attorney to a loved one to act on our behalf if we lack capacity gives peace of mind to millions. But what happens when those powers are abused? And who protects the vulnerable?

In sickness and in health • In her unflinchingly honest new book, Tiggy Walker, widow of the late, great radio DJ Johnnie Walker, reveals the strain of caring for her husband after his diagnosis with a terminal illness, while also remembering happier times they shared

‘I WAS DRUGGED TO SLEEP FOR WEEKS’ • On the top floor of a London hospital, shrouded in darkness, a famous psychiatrist’s controversial treatment programme filled a ward with sleeping patients, many doped into unconsciousness without their consent – and it was perfectly legal in the 1960s and 1970s.

Dancing to a new beat • As her frank new memoir hits the shelves, Penny Lancaster talks about everything from surviving sexual assaults in her youth to meeting and marrying Sir Rod Stewart, growing in confidence and becoming a police officer at 50

Back on track • Britain’s railway network is 200 years old. To celebrate, we meet some later-life rail enthusiasts who have returned to the hobby – just don’t call them trainspotters!

‘A star in the 1950s, she’s been forgotten by generations since’ • In Black History Month, it feels fitting to remember Winifred Atwell, a Trinidad export who became one of Europe’s best-loved musicians

Ask Annie • Our straight-talking, no-nonsense agony aunt Anne Robinson tackles the problems troubling you

A fine yarn • Weave your way into autumn with beautiful Fair Isle knits and cosy cardigans and jumpers that are ideal for the great outdoors

Throwing shade • As rising temperatures, droughts and flash flooding make gardening more unpredictable, shade could be the solution – for the good of your garden and your health

KNOW YOUR PLOT

A second spring • With drier springs becoming the norm, autumn is now the prime season for action in the garden

Veggie might • Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc serves two tasty vegetable recipes that are ideal for autumn

Tried & tasted • Supermarket versions of the takeaway classic are widely available, but which ones are worth bringing home?

The Spanish inquisition • As Rioja celebrates a century of reds and whites,...