Readers Digest January 2022

A polar bear’s journey: follow a mother and her defenceless cubs make an incredible journey through the forbidding Arctic  

We chat to Richard Armitage, aka Hollywood’s shyest leading man, about his most memorable roles and the real reason he keeps his personal life private  

The author of the iconic song “American Pie”, Don McLean, opens up about his childhood, career beginnings and creating his biggest hit  

Beating melanoma: one man’s story of his gruelling fight with this terrifying form of skin cancer  

Saving Italy’s olive trees: could the future of olive oil depend on one farmer’s action?