Why we need more women like Happy Valley’s Catherine Cawood on TV
Can’t believe it’s over… The award-winning BBC police drama Happy Valley concluded last night with a powerful finale, watched by 7.5 million viewers.
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OLDER AND BOLDER: The mood-boosting benefits of wearing bright clothes
“A yellow T-shirt?” I remember the surprise in a colleague’s voice when he asked me what I’d bought in the charity shop.
What’s wrong with looking your age?
Madonna turned 64 in August. Once the icon for unapologetic feminism and ageing-well-through-clean-eating-and-exercise, she was unnaturally puffy-faced, frozen in age-indeterminate limbo.
What do you think of your ageing body?
Many of us are dissatisfied with how we look. But having a downer on what you see in the mirror can affect your wellbeing.
A debut novel from 61-year-old Julie Owen-Moylan – and expert advice on getting published
Author Julie Owen-Moylan has just published her first book, That Green-Eyed Girl, at 61. She’s been writing all her life but only in her 50s did she consider it might become a career; finally se...
Ever-so brilliant women on never giving up
In a week when I’ve been feeling quite despondent about how women are viewed, and how our success in the world is measured (prompted largely by the goings-on in parliament…), Booker...
What to do about grey eyebrows?
While I’m more than happy to welcome the grey hairs on my head, the white interlopers popping up in my eyebrows are a different matter. These rogue hairs are wiry, resistant to taming and when I...
Why we LOVE Emma Thompson more than ever
What a wonderful human being Emma Thompson is. You knew that anyway but… in the Guardian’s Living in a Woman’s Body feature, the 62-year-old actor writes about the pleasure of...
What does 50-something look like? Why we need more older women on our screens
Why are we still so confused about ageing? I’ve been writing That’s Not My Age for over 13-years and while there has been a huge amount of progress made in that time: ...
Why superstar broadcasters Fi Glover & Jane Garvey say they’re not going grey
First the award-winning podcast, now the hilarious book. Fi Glover and Jane Garvey are two experienced, broadcast journalists in their 50s who feel like old friends to me (and millions of other...
Learning is for life, not just for school
September marks two new seasons. One belongs to nature, that’s the one that gives us berries and burnished leaves.