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Contents
August 2018
Take Note
4 Lance’s letter The latest news
from Saga’s CEO
7 Welcome letter
10 Keep doing Thameside volunteers
uncovering the river’s history
12 Grown-up test Singer Tony Hadley,
plus Decade Busters
14 FYI The Beach Boys’ catalogue
gets a classical makeover, the
Mamma Mia gang return to the
big screen and Edwin Lucas’s
surrealism hits Edinburgh
17 Books Nature – both human and
animal – in this month’s reviews
19 Opinion It’s about time we relied
more on ourselves than the state,
says Simon Evans
22 Possibilities Saga’s exciting
membership programmeRegulars
61 Wake-up call Why it’s a good idea
to improve your sleep pattern
64 Dr Mark Porter Health Q&As
68 True health story Lyme disease
70 Superfoods From cabbage to
plums, improve your wellbeing with
home-grown fruit and veg
73 Here comes the sun... so get the
lowdown on heatstroke, sunburn
and other summer scorchers
74 Relationships The signs that
dating is becoming something more
77 Jo Brand Our agony aunt
78 Fashion Look chic in the heat
82 Travel Historic sites of Spain
84 Travel Surgery Q&As
89 Paul Lewis Card payments are
booming as never before. We set
out your consumer rights
93 Subscribe to Saga Magazine
95 Money clinic Annie Shaw answers
your fi nancial queries
99 Consumer champions We help
with your problems
103 Driving Coping with road rage
104 Gardening Drought-tolerant
plants to brighten your borders
109 Domestic dilemmas Our experts
answer your queries
113 READER OFFER Ready to Harvest
microgreens and herbs
120 BTW Readers’ letters
125 Puzzles £100 prize crosswords
130 Bill Bailey The last laughFeatures
30 Paul Merton The laid-back funny
man on returning to his fi rst love:
live improvised comedy. And how
even he fi nds it hard getting gags
out of Brexit or Trump
37 Watch out for the sun traps How to
avoid holiday scams – from dodgy
timeshares to pilfering hotel ‘staff’
44 Free and easy Whether it’s garden
fun or a lark in the park – keep
the grandkids entertained in the
great outdoors
52 Confetti confessions Later-life
brides and grooms recall the highs- and funny ‘lows’ – of their big day
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First steps in a new life togetherILLUSTRATION:JOEWLADRON12
Tony Hadley – how old is he in his head?