Menopause at Work
The lack of awareness of how menopausal symptoms can affect women in the workplace has been highlighted by a new study; carried out just down the road from me at King’s College Hospital. Myra H...
Health & Wellbeing
Inspired by the 80-something Superagers
Two things have made me want to start running properly, again. One was the travel journalist I met in New York who began entering marathons in her 50s (we cheered her on at around the halfway m...
Swimming the English Channel for charity
Any day now, Emma Watson (the department operations manager at Imperial College, London, not the film star) could get the call for her sponsored English Channel relay swim. I first spotted Emma in her...
Jane Campion talks menopause
Though Top of the Lake series two is available to binge-watch on iPlayer, I’m going to savour this one, take each of the six episodes slowly. It’s beautifully shot, strange and brillian...
Making it through the menopause, one drink at a time…
Enjoying a drink with an old journalist friend of mine, we couldn’t help but mention the differing affect alcohol has on the body during menopause. Our main concern being: is it possible to carr...
Does our taste in scents change with the change?
It’s a funny thing. I used to adore woody, spicy, leathery scents laced with dirty old patchouli.
Are we all winging it?
A friend of mine gave me some brilliant advice, the other day, instead of putting pressure on ourselves to be perfect at work, at home, at everything; being ‘good enough’, is good enough...
At what age can women look the age they are? Quote of the week from Suzanne Moore
In a fantastic piece for the Guardian, journalist Suzanne Moore talks about the pressure to look a certain way and how this affects women and men of all ages and is ‘no longer confined to youth....
Hot Flush Fashion – are we supposed to dress a certain way during menopause?
I hate all those style rules. That’s what I told the Telegraph when they asked me for advice on ‘navigating fashion through the menopause.
Caryn Franklin talks menopause
Caryn Franklin has written a brilliant, positive piece on the menopause for Refinery 29. Describing the unique physical and mental affects of what she calls ‘a mind-blowing midlife recalibration...
Bra shopping as an older woman
My bra history goes like this: young, flat-chested and embarrassed, I would guess my size and grab the first bra I could find in M&S, rather than actually seeking advice or trying anything ...
How to avoid looking like a hot menopausal mess
“It’s too mild, I’m menopausal … you just want a cold wind up you,” said the divine Kathy Burke on Have I Got News For You, last week. We had the hottest October on record and Burke was voic...
