Reader's Digest UK - February 2022

In this issue

From regular columns packed with information to gripping human-interest stories and helpful how-tos, our magazine offers knowledge, positivity and humour. In this month's issue you'll find...

100th Anniversary special: join us as we celebrate a very special birthday—100 years of Reader's Digest.

We chat with funnyman Ricky Gervais about grief, the new season of his hit Netflix show After Life, and the importance of kindness.

Beloved songwriter Richard Carpenter looks back on his remarkable life and career.

100-word-story competition: our popular story writing competition returns with a bang. Enter for your chance to win £1,000.

Puppy love: one writer shares the lessons of love she's learned from a lifetime spent with man's best friend.

Splitting Hairs

This month, Olly Mann gets to grips with a change to his signature hairdo

4 mins

Ricky Gervais: “The Point of Art Is to Make a Connection”

As the final series of After Life, the show he has written, directed, produced and starred in, launches, Ricky Gervais explains why it’s still all about the work

7 mins

I REMEMBER…Richard Carpenter

As the Carpenters, Richard Carpenter and his sister Karen were one of the most successful pop duos of all time. Now 75, he looks back on their career, celebrity fans and the devastating loss of his sibling

7 mins

A World of Worry

Compounding crises have made everyone anxious, but how do you know if you’ve slipped into a more serious disorder— and what do you do about it?

10 mins

A Voice In The Dark

A seemingly unresponsive patient creates some career-changing questions for Dr Max

2 mins

He Cured His Own Disease

A medical student battling a deadly disorder finally got a lifeline—from his own research

6 mins

My Britain: Ribble Valley

Known as the "food capital of the North", Lancashire's Ribble Valley also boasts outstanding natural beauty, stunning countryside and quaint historic villages.

4 mins

UNFORGETTABLE DeWitt Wallace

This month marks 100 years since Reader’s Digest got its humble start. Here is the remarkable story of the man who, with his wife, Lila, built it into a global success.

10 mins

In Dogs We Trust

What I learned from my constant companions

8 mins

LEARNING SAMBA IN RIO

To dance at Carnival would be a dream come true. But I was not a natural talent

10 mins

Sharing the Love (and Money)

On the money special

5 mins

All About Appliqué

Give your old clothes and accessories a new lease of life

2 mins

February Fiction

A tale of intrigue and deception is our pick for February’s page-turner

3 mins

READER'S DIGEST RECOMMENDED READ: An Olympian Read

The history of exercise is a surprisingly complex one, as chronicled in this month’s recommended read

4 mins

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