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Best Magazine UK: Suddenly Single

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Best Magazine UK: Suddenly Single
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  • Best Magazine UK: Suddenly Single

    She wrote the book on divorce. Now Anthea Turner explains how to stay friendly with an ex & move on

    07/07/2026 | 39 mins.
    The best revenge when you get a divorce is ’to be nice’ or so says the Queen of Clean, presenter and now owner of her own beauty range, By Anthea (Turner). Here she explains why table manners maketh man, clean homes are important and the difficulties of blended families

    She also reveals:

    * why she wrote her divorce survival guide

    * the biggest mistakes people make after a breakup

    * her funniest dating horror stories

    * dating “icks” she can’t ignore

    * why kindness is the best revenge

    * the beauty tips she swears by

    * why she’s busier now than ever in her 60s

    📚 Chapters

    00:00 👋 Welcome to Suddenly Single with Anthea Turner

    00:30 🌟 Meet Anthea Turner

    01:30 💄 Anthea’s instant confidence tips

    02:20 ✈️ Neck pillows, travel style & pet peeves

    05:05 💔 Surviving divorce

    06:20 ♟️ Why you should never make knee-jerk decisions

    08:20 🏡 Mourning the life, not just the relationship

    10:35 ❤️ Can broken relationships be saved?

    11:15 🏠 Inside Anthea’s famously immaculate home

    15:20 ✨ Finding yourself again after divorce

    17:00 🚿 The advice that changed everything

    19:00 💼 Starting a business in your 60s

    22:40 💍 Finding love with Mark Armstrong

    23:55 🚢 Cruising Iceland with her 93-year-old dad

    26:50 🌍 Solo travel after divorce

    29:45 📦 The Suddenly Single Honesty Box

    31:00 😂 Worst dating experiences

    32:40 🚩 Biggest dating icks

    33:45 💋 Beauty secrets & getting ready

    36:45 🛒 Can Waitrose help you find love?

    38:50 💖 Final thoughts & life lessons

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    BEST talks to smarter, sharper women. From financial tips and fashion advice to the latest celebrity stories, it’s a weekly date with your best mate.
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  • Best Magazine UK: Suddenly Single

    TV presenter and former WAG Lizzie Cundy talks bad-boy players – and the problem with Katie Price

    30/06/2026 | 35 mins.
    What makes a woman blind to cheating? Or desperate to believe the lies she’s told when she finally confronts her partner? Former WAG Lizzie Cundy explains what it’s really like to be a footballer’s wife or girlfriend, admits the chances of divorcing a footballer are high, but so are the chances of building your own career on the back of their fame and fortune. She also tells us about the man neither Bruno Tonioli nor her sons could stand – and reveals why she has very real sympathy for Katie Price.

    YouTube Chapters

    00:00 – Introduction: Lizzie Cundy returns

    00:22 – The return of the WAGs at the World Cup ⚽

    00:45 – How the original WAG phenomenon began

    02:01 – Roy Keane’s criticism of the England WAGs

    03:22 – Turning WAG fame into a career

    03:45 – The reality of life as a footballer’s wife

    05:15 – Women throwing themselves at footballers 😳

    05:52 – “Cheating is in sportsmen’s DNA?” Lizzie responds

    07:12 – The best part of being a WAG

    08:24 – Lee Andrews, Katie Price & spotting relationship red flags 🚩

    10:07 – The moment Lizzie finally walked away

    12:30 – Anthea Turner’s romance (and being Chief Bridesmaid!) 💍

    15:29 – Would Lizzie get married again?

    16:17 – Why she misses married life

    17:17 – Supporting Vanessa Feltz after heartbreak ❤️

    18:24 – Coping with divorce & finding happiness again

    20:12 – Friendship, confidence & lifting each other up

    20:56 – Lizzie’s fitness routine & beauty secrets

    22:42 – Honesty Box begins 🎲

    22:51 – Fate or luck?

    24:33 – How often does Lizzie really go out? 🥂

    25:33 – Interviewing George Clooney, Brad Pitt & Tom Cruise ⭐

    26:33 – Mick Jagger’s incredible charisma

    28:11 – Humour: the ultimate attraction 😂

    28:50 – Lizzie's mum Gloria: still dating & still glamorous

    29:37 – Lizzie’s most useless talent

    30:03 – Why Anthea Turner can never visit her house! 😂

    32:22 – Texting vs calling 📱

    33:40 – Final thoughts & outro

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    BEST talks to smarter, sharper women. From financial tips and fashion advice to the latest celebrity stories, it’s a weekly date with your best mate.
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  • Best Magazine UK: Suddenly Single

    Calum Best talks World Cup, footballer dad George, mum Angie's health & why he believes fate will find him ‘The One’

    23/06/2026 | 39 mins.
    He was born the son of one of Britain’s best-loved footballers, George Best. Now, Calum Best – known for his hell-raising younger years – opens up about his World Cup bets, his dysfunctional relationship with his dad, his mother Angie’s cancer battle, the reason he is still ‘perennially’ dating and why, at 45, he believes fate will eventually lead him to The One.

    Chapters
    00:00 Intro
    01:08 George Best, Football & World Cup Memories
    05:14 Why Calum Became Chairman of a Women's Football Team
    05:47 Attempting a Guinness World Record
    06:53 Growing Up with an Alcoholic Father
    10:24 The Truth About Reality Dating Shows
    12:15 My Mum's Cancer Diagnosis
    19:26 How Angie Best Beat Liver Cancer
    21:20 George Best's Legacy in America
    26:25 Am I Finally Ready to Settle Down?
    30:45 Dating App Horror Stories
    34:56 Why Chivalry Isn't Dead
    36:29 My Experience with Therapy
    38:07 The Real Reason I Wrote 'Second Best'
    40:20 Addiction, Grief & Recovery
    46:08 Angie Best Today
    48:12 Quickfire Questions
    50:17 Outro

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  • Best Magazine UK: Suddenly Single

    Stand-up comedian Charmaine Davies, aka Beanything25, talks Brooklyn Beckham & why he’s comedy gold

    16/06/2026 | 39 mins.
    What do Brooklyn Beckham, cups of tea, hot sauce and a whole lot of humour have in common? Stand-up comedian Charmaine Davies, aka Beanything25, with her 230k followers, of course! Here, she explains how Brooklyn changed her life, why laughter takes our minds off our problems, confesses to a date with the man who ate with a carving knife and a spoon (oh dear), and reveals how she fled her disastrous marriage with as many clothes as she could fit in her car – plus two flying squirrels, because of course she did…

    Chapters

    00:00 – Introduction: Charmaine Davies joins Suddenly Single
    00:50 – How Brooklyn Beckham accidentally changed her life
    01:10 – The viral videos that made her famous online
    02:15 – Brooklyn’s Dr Martens maths problem 😂
    02:50 – Hot sauce, social media & comedy gold
    03:20 – The Brooklyn video that started everything
    04:13 – Why celebrity children can seem detached from reality
    05:50 – Adele impressions & going viral
    06:31 – Stand-up comedy: from heartbreak to laughter
    06:46 – The disastrous marriage that inspired her comedy
    07:35 – Meeting her ex on Craigslist
    08:25 – Wealth, privilege & relationship problems
    09:58 – Escaping with sugar gliders from Switzerland 🐿️
    11:28 – Four years single: learning to trust again
    12:40 – Meeting her partner Stephen
    13:58 – 10 years together without living together
    14:45 – Why separate homes can help a relationship
    16:19 – Would she ever use dating apps again?
    17:18 – The worst date ever: one knife, one fork 🍴
    19:52 – Britain vs America: ambition & opportunity
    22:03 – Her viral rant about recycling & world problems
    23:15 – Dating after divorce: finding love later in life
    24:58 – Why dating apps can still work
    26:37 – The funniest bad date stories
    29:52 – Life in America vs life in Britain
    32:03 – Why she loves Brighton life by the sea
    33:58 – Honesty Box begins 🎲
    34:21 – Fate or luck: what does Charmaine believe?
    35:18 – Texting vs calling 📱
    35:46 – Hidden talent: singing with big bands 🎤
    36:19 – Sunrise or sunset? 🌅
    36:52 – Cozy night in or hit the town?
    37:30 – Final thoughts on Brooklyn Beckham
    38:19 – Outro

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    BEST talks to smarter, sharper women. From financial tips and fashion advice to the latest celebrity stories, it’s a weekly date with your best mate.
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  • Best Magazine UK: Suddenly Single

    The Royals Uncensored’s Jo Elvin explains why Meghan Markle was not the idea choice for a Royal wife

    09/06/2026 | 39 mins.
    Jo Elvin, the living, breathing embodiment of The Devil Wears Prada’s Miranda Priestly (a fashion queen and ex-editor of Glamour), has reinvented herself as one half of the YouTube show The Royals Uncensored. Here she debates the problem with Meghan Markle’s celebrity, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s continuing woes, as well as Brooklyn Beckham’s privilege and parents, plus her thoughts on why not sleeping well could split couples up – and why therapy and tolerance could be the answer to long-lasting relationships.

    Chapters

    00:00 – Introduction: Jo Elvin joins Suddenly Single
    00:47 – Royals Uncensored: Meghan, fame & royal life
    02:14 – Jo’s take on Meghan Markle
    03:10 – The power (and purpose) of the royal family
    04:01 – What’s coming up on Royals Uncensored 👀
    05:09 – Royal scandals: Andrew & the York sisters
    06:08 – Working with Piers Morgan (and debating him!)
    07:06 – Podcast success & “work wife” dynamic
    07:34 – 26-year marriage: how it really works
    08:26 – From “what a twat” to lifelong partner 😂
    09:19 – The secret to long-term relationships
    10:18 – “Neither wanted a divorce at the same time”
    10:43 – Romance in marriage (and cooking steak!)
    11:16 – One child vs big families debate
    12:57 – Turning 50: expectations vs reality
    14:18 – The myth of ageing & “anti-ageing panic”
    15:25 – Facelifts, honesty & beauty standards
    16:08 – Fashion confidence: wearing what you love
    17:08 – Dating apps & first impressions
    18:47 – Authenticity vs pretending on dates
    19:06 – Marriage vs brand: the Beckhams
    20:24 – Nepotism, privilege & family dynamics
    21:47 – Why some couples stay together
    23:09 – Divorce: “different life, not better life”
    23:44 – Cheating, respect & betrayal
    25:26 – The unromantic truth: snoring & sleep divorce 😴
    26:09 – Midlife “divorce holidays” & independence
    26:44 – Secret passion: K-pop obsession 🎤
    28:02 – BTS fandom & South Korea dreams
    29:17 – Fashion podcast & style honesty
    30:39 – Honesty Box begins 🔥
    30:54 – Dating advice to her younger self
    32:03 – Leaving Australia & family guilt
    33:03 – Media life in the 90s vs now
    33:29 – Which royal would she be stuck in a lift with?
    35:18 – Therapy: why it works
    36:08 – Parents, relationships & emotional patterns
    37:22 – Final thoughts & outro

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About Best Magazine UK: Suddenly Single
best magazine editor Siobhan Wykes talks to her celebrity mates about how it feels to be Suddenly Single - yet again - and her ongoing dating disasters, with expert advice on how to find the one.
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