Platinum

Platinum is the magazine for women in the prime of their lives - and having the time of their lives, too. Platinum is for those women who are up-to-date in both style and attitude and interested in exploring the world around them. In the pages of Platinum, readers will find everything from in-depth reads to the latest from the world of well-being. Platinum magazine inspires you to live your best possible life with fun-loving, informative, uplifting, and motivational articles and features inside every issue. Rekindle your confidence with expert beauty, skincare, and fashion advice, learn how to curb your financial worries, maintain your fitness goals and so much more with Platinum as your ultimate lifestyle guide. Platinum magazine encourages you to try new styles, recipes, exercises plus much more and pushes you outside of your comfort so that you can make the most of your life and celebrate the incredible woman that you are every day. Discover the lifestyle magazine that is redefining the lives of women aged 55 and over and start living your best and most fabulous life every day.

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Inspiration from our contributors • Meet the brilliant experts bringing you energy, creativity and love in this month’s edition.

Life Almanac • From sequins to slow moments, January arrives in a shimmer of celebration and calm. The fizz of the festive season is still in the air – fairy lights twinkling, jumpers jingling – but there’s a new kind of brightness too. The kind that whispers you made it through the year, now breathe. Whether you’re dancing into 2026 or curling up with a book and a leftover mince pie, this month is about soft beginnings, simple pleasures and finding your glow again.

‘My intuition borders on the psychic sometimes’ • In our author Q&A, we sit down with novelist Milly Johnson to talk about her latest book Let the Bells Ring Out, about never giving up, and why you should always trust your intuition.

BOOKS WE ♥ • Bestselling author Adele Parks MBE and Platinum’s book editor is back with another brilliant roundup of the books she’s loving right now. From magical wartime love stories and laugh-out-loud romantic comedies to speculative sci-fi and festive family dramas, Adele’s picks are as diverse as they are dazzling.

10 Things We Love About…. Nicole Kidman • Fearless actress, devoted mother and committed advocate – at 58, Nicole Kidman embodies what it means to evolve with purpose, passion and poise. As she prepares for one of her busiest years yet, amid the turmoil of divorce from her husband of 19 years Keith Urban, she’s proving every chapter is a new beginning, writes Platinum’s Culture and Celebrity Editor, Caroline Blight.

Choose to thrive! • Rachel Dobson, Platinum’s Health Editor, on how to feel good, stay strong and age brilliantly.

How to challenge yourself (and maybe live longer in the process) • Forget the usual New Year’s resolutions. How about trying something that actually wakes you up to life? From Japanese Misogi rituals to 50-mile runs and tech-free adventures, Health Editor Rachel Dobson makes a powerful case for doing something so hard you might just fail… and why that’s exactly the point.

‘I don’t know who I am any more’ • Each month, therapist, coach and author Eve Menezes Cunningham helps Platinum readers tackle one big midlife challenge.

Festive Mood Food The midlife menu for a calmer, happier you • Qualified nutritionist Phil Beard shares the nutrients, daily habits and midlife food swaps that can steady your mood, clear brain fog and help you feel calmer and happier this Christmas and beyond.

DR DAWN HARPER’S HEALTH SECRETS • Dr Dawn Harper puts the...