Good Housekeeping UK

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”.

September shake-up

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

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

GHI Best In Test: Inside the Lab • This month at the Good Housekeeping Institute, we’ve packed our bags, put them in the shower and chucked them down the stairs. It’s suitcase-testing season!

‘Nothing is PERFECT… MY HOUSE certainly ISN’T’ • She’s the ‘Deal Boy’ of decluttering who has a waiting list that stretches for miles. But Dilly Carter tells Amy Raphael why that’s only the beginning

Easy ways to reset for September • GH household expert Katie Mortram explains how to make the most of the ‘second New Year’ without it feeling like a chore

THE ULTIMATE YEAR PLANNER • Organise your life through every season with must-have advice and inspiration from the GH experts

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

What’s the best coffee machine to buy in 2026? • If you want to replicate your favourite coffee-shop latte, GHI senior homes and lifestyle writer Megan Geall has the best buys

Everything is absolutely, definitely 100% fine

Dear Grace… Love, Mum • When @5oclockapron cook Claire Thomson’s daughter Grace, 19, left home for university last year, the void could only be filled by Claire sharing recipes with her. Here, in letters to each other, is what happened next…

Found, loved, kept • From charity-shop gems and vintage treasures to products built to last, more of us are rethinking the way we shop, curate and look after our favourite things

Lauren Laverne

The DARK side of ‘MIRACLE’ JABS • Injectable peptides promise everything from younger-looking skin to faster recovery. But, in a largely unregulated market, this can come at a cost. Stephen Armstrong investigates

The boy in the picture • Polly Penter had always believed she was an only child, until an unexpected email revealed the existence of a brother she’d never known. Here’s what followed

Comfort creep: do YOU have it? • Same holidays, same TV shows, same restaurants, same wine… If your life lacks excitement, it’s time for an anti-comfort crusade, says David Lloyd

‘I felt that if I resisted, I might lose her’ • When Nick Duerden met his wife, Elena, he was relieved to discover they were both part of the growing number of people who’d decided they never wanted children. Then, 10 years into their relationship, she changed her mind…

‘I had the ferry trip from hell — what can I do now?’ • GH’s consumer champions are on hand every month to solve your complaints. Because, if you want something done, ask a Housekeeper

SEX, LOVE & THE LONG HAUL • How much sex is ‘normal’ (and who even decided this)? Can you ever get the spark back? And why is talking about it so damned awkward? GH writers and readers wade in…

Want to REVIVE your relationship? HERE’S HOW • Sex and relationships guru Dr Justin Garcia shares his six secrets to having more enjoyable sex and making love last

‘This saved our sex life’ • GH readers reveal how they’ve reignited the fire and stayed sexually connected, even after decades together.

Real Northern grit • ‘A band of strong Northern power women’ are behind Andy Burnham. Sarah Maber meets their leader

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