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Good Housekeeping Magazine gives you the best recipes, health advice, beauty and fashion expertise, consumer testing reports, great ideas for your home and real life inspirational stories. It is the one magazine you can always trust for expertise and tireless attention to detail delivered in a positive and accessible way which gives readers direct access to “the best of everything”.

Finding your tribe

Good thinking… • You tell us what you’ve been reading, enjoying, discovering and thinking about while reading Good Housekeeping

‘Even my therapist finds me weird!’ • Her deadpan humour has made Lucy Beaumont one of the UK’s favourite funny women – but her success hasn’t come easy. She talks to Amy Raphael about predators in comedy, living with ADHD and why politics is next

Meet the team… • This month’s Good Housekeeping experts

GHI Best In Test: Inside the Lab • This month at the Good Housekeeping Institute, we’re finalising our Believe in Beauty Awards, slipping on orthopaedic shoes and testing bras for the first time

Housewise • Our bite-sized round-up of EVERYTHING AND THE KITCHEN SINK

Will an SPF moisturiser properly protect my skin from the sun? • GHI senior beauty writer Florence Reeves-White explains that the new formulations offer far more protection than they used to

‘Eek! I’ve become the middle-class mum I used to mock!’ • One day you’re rolling your eyes at Waitrose mums and school-gate clichés — then, suddenly, you’ve become one. And hooray for that, says Jessica Barrett, because we’re the backbone of society

Escape that news loop • Do you struggle to set aside your phone and relax on holiday? Journalist and Sky News presenter Cathy Newman shares how she’s learned to switch off from the news

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‘I’ve had the SAME haircut since 1976’ • Not only does her blonde bob boost limp locks but, for Lucy Worsley, there’s also a whole raft of meaning attached to her trademark style

The big GH summer quiz • Test your guests with our bumper summertime quiz! From the proper ratios for a jug of Pimm’s to World Cup winners, there’s a round for everyone

‘I’ve always longed to travel — how do I become a digital nomad?’ • Seeking a life pivot but unsure how to make it happen? GH career coach Erica Sosna has the answers to help give you the push you need

‘My life is great, so why am I so sad?’ • Everything was going well for Laura Jane Williams, but she couldn’t shake one question: is this really it?

‘How do I tell my wedding planner it’s not working?’ • GH’s consumer champions are on hand every month to solve your complaints. Because, if you want something done, ask a Housekeeper

Is your holiday washbag harbouring DANGEROUS FAKES? • From mould to arsenic, it’s not just makeup you’re putting on your skin if you mistakenly buy a fake beauty product. Sarah Ditum reports on the rise of counterfeit cosmetics

‘I took the plunge and learned to trust again’ • When romance novelist Tricia O’Malley went on a solo holiday after divorce, love was the last thing on her mind. Then, she met a charming scuba instructor…

The LONG and the SHORT of it • We may live in a more accepting age, but being taller or shorter than average still matters, say Nick Harding (5ft 7in) and Kat Brown (6ft 1in)

My life in a biscuit tin • Style icon and DJ Gok Wan shares his ‘things worth keeping, tips worth sharing’

Let’s go, Christmas! * • *Because it’s never too early to get planning

Summer Special You asked, we answer! • Our style director, Melanie Rickey, helps to solve your holiday wardrobe dilemmas — including flattering and stylish swimwear, clothes to keep you cool, colourful co-ords and forever summer dresses

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