How to get a better night’s sleep
How have you been sleeping over the past year? Background anxiety caused by the global pandemic, with its changes to routines, stress and potential decrease in activity, has meant more of us su...
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Don’t miss Worn Stories: a show about clothes and the people who wear them
Emily Spivack’s Worn Stories sits on the bookshelves in my office. As someone who spends a considerable amount of time reading, writing and pondering over clothes, identity and why we wear what ...
Bollocks to the ‘Don’t Look Your Age Challenge’
Just when you think the narrative on ageing is changing for the better… Over the weekend the hashtag #DontLookYourAgeChallenge was trending on social media. According to Newsweek, the ph...
That’s Not My Age podcast: Portrait Artist of the Year Curtis Holder
Imagine my surprise when I switched over to Sky Art’s Portrait Artist of the Year (2020) and there was friend-of-a-friend, Curtis Holder. With only one male guest so far on the That’...
Is this the new era of age diversity?
When I started That’s Not My Age, I had no intention of sharing pictures of myself. And if I’m perfectly honest, I still feel incredibly awkward in front of camera (ju...
Art will release us
For the first time during this interminable lockdown, the desire to simply board a train or plane, just go somewhere, anywhere different, felt overwhelming. I daydreamed of walking through unfa...
New website to watch: Sarah O’Keefe Shop
Locked-down in the middle of a pandemic may not seem like the best time to start a new business but Sarah O’Keefe, 54, is a perennial optimist. Furloughed from one of her day jobs and working ...
Why everyday should be World Book Day
I confess, I’m a hopeless bibliophile. From precious childhood books including my well-worn Roald Dahls, to an extensive collection of kitchen based cookery books, referred to on a daily basi...
Craftivisim: Using creative energy to make a difference
Stereotypically seen by the ignorant as a pastime for meek old ladies, crafting has a radical side: everything from sweary sewing to campaigning crafting (aka craftivism: ‘craft’ + ‘activism’)...
Expert advice on how to stay resilient and calm during a pandemic
How are you feeling? I just bumped into an old friend on the daily constitutional and when she asked how I was, I said, ‘Honestly?
This summer I’ll be dressing like Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) in The Dig
If you like The Detectorists, you’ll love The Dig. A dreamy film based on the true story of the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk; on the brink of the Secon...
