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26/09/2026

Dame Meera Syal is our brilliant new cover star, and her interview is every bit as warm, funny and wise as you’d hope.

Talking about her new memoir, Vigilauntie: A Memoir – Innit?, Meera reflects on family, identity, ambition, ageing and the freedom that comes with finally living more authentically. As she tells us, some of the biggest shifts in her life happened when she stopped trying to fit the version of herself other people expected and started speaking her own truth.

There’s also a lot of joy in this interview, from friendship and second chances to the liberation of getting older and caring rather less about who might be watching.

“The revolution never ends, my friend.”

Read the full cover interview in the new issue of Platinum.

25/09/2026

Our new issue is here, and what a cover star.

Dame Meera Syal leads the new Platinum issue with all the wit, warmth and wisdom you’d expect, talking about authenticity, ageing, ambition, friendship, reinvention and the glorious freedom of finally doing what you actually want. Her new memoir, Vigilauntie: A Memoir – Innit?, looks back over an extraordinary life and career, from family and motherhood to fame, friendship and finding the courage to live more authentically.

As Meera says, “The revolution never ends, my friend.”

And that feels like the spirit of this whole issue. We have our huge Platinum Beauty Awards 2026 an extra 32 pages, with 132 genuinely brilliant winners, plus new careers at 60, midlife health, downsizing, winter style, friendship and plenty of ideas for creating a life that feels more like your own.

A huge thank you to Dame Meera for being such a joyful, inspiring and completely fabulous cover star.
We LOVE your brilliant book and philosophy on life. 💕❤️
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24/09/2026

At this stage of life, there can be a powerful temptation to look backwards and wonder what we should have done differently. The career move we didn’t make, the relationship we stayed in too long, the chance we didn’t take, the version of ourselves we might have been.

But the good news is that midlife is not the end of the story. It can be the point where we finally stop living by old rules and start making choices that feel more like our own.

You don’t need to reinvent everything overnight. A different ending can begin with one small decision, one brave conversation, one boundary, one application, one page written or one step towards the life you want now.

You can’t change the beginning. But you can absolutely change what comes next.

What would you like your next chapter to look like?

21/09/2026

If Monday had a soundtrack, what would be playing today? 🎶

Something big and triumphant? A slightly chaotic 80s anthem? A soulful ballad? Or perhaps something gentle enough to ease you into the week without demanding too much before coffee.

Music has an extraordinary way of changing the mood of a day in seconds.

So tell us: what song is soundtracking your Monday?

20/09/2026

“Midlife is the Sunday afternoon of life.”

I love this image.

The frantic rush of the morning has eased. The evening is still somewhere in the distance. And for perhaps the first time in years, there is space to notice where you are, what you want and what still feels possible.

Midlife is not the waiting room before old age.

It can be the part where we stop rushing quite so hard, choose more carefully, linger a little longer and finally make room for the life that actually fits.

There is still plenty of day left.

Discuss! What do you think?

19/09/2026

“I swapped glossy magazines for seeds, soil and starting again.”

For years, Helen Johnston’s working life meant Paris fashion shows, celebrity interviews and launching some of Britain’s biggest magazines.

Then, in her mid-50s, she retrained as a nutritionist and started again.

Now 59, Helen is the founder of SUCSEED, a functional seed and herb brand that has already made its way into Selfridges and Fortnum & Mason.

Her story is a brilliant reminder that reinvention doesn’t mean throwing away everything you’ve done before. It means taking your skills, your experience and your curiosity and using them in a completely new way.

In the latest issue of Platinum, Helen talks movingly about changing direction, learning from scratch, risking financial security and discovering that a new chapter can be both terrifying and wildly energising.

Proof, if we needed it, that midlife is not the time to wind down. It might just be the moment to plant something new.

Read Helen’s full story in Platinum.

18/09/2026

Is the man in your life getting up more often in the night to use the loo, taking longer in the bathroom or suddenly needing to go more urgently?

It may be tempting to put it down to getting older, but Dr Dawn Harper says these changes are worth talking about.

In the new issue of Platinum, Dr Dawn explains what every woman should know about prostate health, why men often delay seeing their GP, what symptoms to look out for and why early diagnosis can make such a difference.

She also tackles one of the biggest barriers to getting checked: fear and embarrassment around the examination itself.

Sometimes the most important health conversation starts with simply noticing that something has changed.

Read Dr Dawn’s full column in the latest issue of Platinum or read online. https://Platinum-mag.pulse.ly/guppi3fdgv Link in bio

17/09/2026

How do I stop feeling invisible?

It’s a question so many women quietly ask themselves, especially in midlife.

Every month, therapist, coach and author Eve Menezes Cunningham helps a Platinum reader work through one big life challenge with warmth, wisdom and practical advice.

This month, she explores what to do when you feel overlooked, unheard or as though you’ve somehow disappeared from your own life, and how to begin finding your way back to yourself.

Read Eve’s advice online now, or in the latest issue of Platinum.

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16/09/2026

“We don’t grow older, we grow riper.” — Pablo Picasso

Now there’s a philosophy we can get behind.

More confidence. More perspective. More stories. More certainty about what matters — and considerably less patience for what doesn’t.

Growing older isn’t about becoming less of ourselves. Perhaps it’s about becoming more fully ourselves.

Here’s to getting riper. 🍑

15/09/2026

“I’m learning to let go of the life I loved, without calling it clutter.”

After losing her husband of 53 years, bestselling novelist Katie Fforde is facing one of the biggest changes of her life: leaving the home they shared for 45 years, learning to live alone and working out what to do with the objects, books and memories that hold a lifetime together.

In the new issue of Platinum, Katie writes movingly, and with her trademark warmth and humour, about grief, change, fairy lights, treasured dressing gowns and why letting go doesn’t have to mean forgetting.

And there is a lovely new chapter creatively, too. Katie’s latest novel, A Cottage in the Country, follows professional house-finder Hattie, a woman brilliant at finding homes for everyone except herself. The idea was inspired in part by Katie’s own experience of searching for a new home, making this a particularly personal book.

If you love Katie Fforde’s warm, funny, life-affirming novels, this is one to put straight on your reading list.

Read Katie’s powerful first-person story in Platinum and look out for A Cottage in the Country.

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