NEW mini glossy mag! The uplifting, useful life advice you've been waiting for

Heart-warming stories, expert guidance, all life’s funny stuff as well as things to do, buy, read and watch from glossy magazine gurus Lorraine Candy and Trish Halpin (plus celebrity chitchat too).

Lorraine & Trish: knowledgeable nitwits

Does magnesium really help you sleep, how do you say no to your mum, are you dating the right lover, what’s causing you to feel anxious for no reason, why are your partner’s habits driving you more mad than usual, is parenting meant to be this hard, are you brave enough to holiday alone, has your career taken a wrong turn, why can’t you find a foundation that covers up redness, how come other women find it easy to relax and what can you watch on telly tonight that will take the day’s stress away?

We’re going to answer all these sorts of questions and a million more here on our fortnightly newsletter.  For many years we’ve tackled life’s pain points for our readers as editors of glossy magazines, including Marie Claire, Elle, Red, Sunday Times Style, and now we’ll be asking the army of experts we have on speed dial after 30 years of women’s journalism to help you out here.

We’ll also share intimate, heart-warming stories of women with life advice that makes sense for all ages, we’ll make you laugh with our playful take on those moments you share with friends on WhatsApp, we’ll be your personal agony aunts and cheerleaders, your career counsellors, style advisors and your health advocates. There’ll be travel, health, relationships, parenting, wellbeing, fitness, fashion, beauty, nutrition, finance, shopping, sex and dating tips too.

And we’ll bring you books to read, films to watch, podcasts to listen to and things to go and do in our authoritative culture round ups aimed at making life more fun and less stressful.

If you subscribe to our new fortnightly magazine here on Substack, you’ll also get behind the scenes celebrity advice from guests on our chart topping podcast Postcards From Midlife, we’ll also share exclusive video, audio and honestly written pieces from all the well-known women we know and love.

Harsh but true: Marion & Millie radical agony aunts

And because we know women love a slice of no holds barred, straight to-the-point life advice we’ve brought our podcast agony aunt duo to life: meet Marion (Trish’s judgemental, prudish alter ego) and Millie (Lorraine’s raging feminist dark side Millytant) to life. You may find their radical honesty helpful and hopefully humorous.

So what are you waiting for? It is time to join our reader-supported community and help us craft our mini-magazine just for you. You can come for the advice and stay for the comments, where other subscribers will offer their experiences too.