Will you pay tax on your state pension? From April the new state pension is expected to rise to just over £13,000 a year, just above the personal tax-free allowance of £12,570 a year. So tax will be ...

Celia Imrie brings her trademark glamour and wit to Saga’s October cover, so we took the opportunity to ask her about one of her favourite things: travel. As a star whose work has taken her from ...

What to pack for a cruise is often a dilemma, especially among first-time cruisers. Too much? Too little? Not sure what’s provided? But what to take on a cruise needn’t be a mystery – it’s a case of ...

Washing food seems like common sense. Yet it can either remove surface contamination or splash harmful bacteria all over your sink, hands and worktop. “There is still so much confusion around what we ...

What piece of luggage takes its name from the French for “carry cloak”? It is also used for terms in which two separate words combine to make a new one.

A committee of MPs believes action is needed to help people in their sixties on low incomes who face a delay of up to a year before they can claim a state pension. As the pension age rises over the ...

Is it OK to use superglue to close small wounds? I cut my thigh climbing over some barbed wire rambling in Yorkshire last month and was surprised when one of the group produced some glue from her ...

Bill Nighy drops a bombshell in this family drama with a difference. He plays Andrew Dyer, a famous novelist who has become a recluse, wafting around his mansion with an unkempt beard and a large ...

Ricky Gervais is describing himself. “He’s a fat, middle-aged slob who’s overconfident, but not as cocky as he thinks he is. He thinks he’s the smartest, but deep down, he’s not. He’s like the classic ...

Most travellers dream of ticking a few destinations off their bucket list, but Sue Rogers has gone considerably further. In fact, more people have been to space than have travelled to all the193 ...

We paid for a villa in the Algarve last year and treated both adult children, their partners and our grandchildren to a week’s holiday. Yes, it had its moments – there were some lively arguments about ...

The mild autumn weather is inviting us to go outside and explore the UK. And with such a varied landscape, just a few hours of travel can see us striding along a beach, hiking up a mountain or heading ...