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.

No more divide and rule!

How we do it… • For 103 years, GH has been recommending products that last and illuminating ideas to change the way we live. Here’s how we put rigorous testing and advice you can trust at the heart of all we do.

Tried. Tested. Trust ed – the GHI mantra

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

‘Letting go of my dream freed me’ • For author, journalist and award-winning podcaster Elizabeth Day, nothing in life has gone according to plan. And yet, here, she tells Amy Raphael why it’s been the making of her

Housewise • Our bite-size roundup of EVERYTHING AND THE KITCHEN SINK

Pressed for time? • Use the power of steam to smooth out creases in your clothing with ease. For quick touch-ups and erasing wrinkles on the go, these handheld clothes steamers came out top in the GHI’s tests.

Designs for life

We’re unbreakable! • Shatterproof glassware used to look and feel cheap, but new-generation acrylic looks as good as the real thing, so it’s great for alfresco dining. Whether it’s evening drinks in the garden, a picnic in the park or you’re hitting the beach, there’s a glass for every tipple…

Turn up the heat • Whether you’re cooking up a delicious brunch or a stovetop shakshuka, every chef needs a quality frying pan – these are the GHI’s top picks.

Green Shakshuka • Sedis The perfectet quas summerydolendae one-pannum hilligni brunch.

Tanned & delivered • Find the best self-tans for summer with verdicts brought to you by the Good Housekeeping Institute.

Time management • Not only is a wall clock practical, it also brings a decorative finishing touch to any room. Choose a pared-back modern style for a subtle design hit, a retro-style timepiece to introduce a vintage vibe, or a clock that’s bold and eye-catching for a strong statement.

No sting in the tail

The perfect picnic • Nothing will dampen your alfresco ambitions faster than a soggy sandwich and a warm G&T. If you’re planning on taking your entertaining outside this summer, here are our failsafe tips…

Ready for check-in • Get set for your next trip with our GHI experts’ top-rated suitcases. Not only are they sure to stand out on the carousel, they’re also sturdy enough to survive the hold.

Go behind the scenes… as the GHI opens its doors to VIP guests • For the first time, the GHI is giving VIP Members the chance to take a sneak peek at how the legendary testing is done

Everything is absolutely, totally 100% fine

The Sunday reset • GH news and features director Hattie Garlick on why a successful week starts with getting organised on a Sunday

Your GHI toolkit • Take the elbow grease out of your Sunday reset with our experts’ top picks.

What to hold on to and what to let go of after divorce • Food writer Bee Wilson felt she was living in a museum of sad memories when her marriage ended after 22 years – but letting go of items she’d once loved helped her move on

‘We were a shameful, dirty secret’ • Adopted as a baby, David Lloyd tracked down his birth mother when he was in his 50s. He was looking for a happy ending, but found something else: a responsibility to bear witness

OMG… Yes! • What could a course in personal sexual pleasure teach Anniki Sommerville? She embarks on a one-woman experiment in arousal to find out

‘I miss her different perspective’ • Alice Vincent was in her early 30s when she met a friend 50 years her senior and discovered the unique power of cross-generational female friendship

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