It’s a complicated business, marrying (for the second time) at 52.You’re deeply in love, but battle-scarred and broke. While you were swimming ashore to survive the shipwreck of your previous marriages, your money got swept out to sea. Jonathan and...
Life can deal you some unexpected cards, whatever your age – some good, and some bad. But when you’re in the second half of your life with a partner and fully expecting to grow old together, it can be shocking to find yourself unexpectedly single...
When you really feel like you need a lift but you’re short on time or funds, a micro-adventure can work small miracles. In an ideal world we’d all like to explore Patagonia, drive Route 66, walk to John O’Groats and generally do the kind of things...
For the first time in 25 years one of the art world’s most prestigious competitions – the Turner Prize – has been opened to the over 50s. Why has it taken so long for older people to be recognised as important creatively? The Turner Prize has...
If you’ve been in the same job for a while, it’s easy to get stuck in a rut. You’ve been there, done it and got the T-shirt. You’re no longer excited or energised by your role and find yourself simply going through the motions. For some people, a...
Don’t fancy the gym? Walk this way… Love exercise, but baffled as to why anyone would put themselves through the kind of pain that is a marathon or triathlon? Want to get fitter without ending up in physio...
When a family home that held up to seven people slowly whittles down to two, then ultimately just one, it’s time to downsize, but how do you go about unpicking a life spent together? About 18 months ago I lost my...
It seems extraordinary perhaps to us now, but homosexuality has only been decriminalised for 50 years. 51, to be precise. And that right up until the end of the sixties, it was still illegal to be gay. Funnily enough...
Christabel Bradley
Sarah Love
Faith Ekersall
Erika Lucas
Becky Dickinson
Tabatha Fabray
Sam Harrington-Lowe
Jane Shotliff
Jeff Hemmings