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Your future may be brighter than you think…

October 11, 2020

On October 4th, in Covid-19 time, typical showers were falling in London but under atypical conditions, a handful of elite …

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How Coronavirus Helped Create Flexible, Multi-tiered, Age Diverse Teams

September 3, 2020

“…Now, here are the ground rules: There are no breaks, no personal calls, no sick days, no coming in late …

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Owning Silver

September 2, 2020

Irene van Nispen Kress turned 50. Feeling the peculiar weight that attaches itself to this milestone, she set out to …

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“She’s Back”! All you need to know.

May 26, 2018

This is a review for a very important book that was published May 24th. It’s about getting women back into …

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AGE DOES NOT MATTER FESTIVAL

September 12, 2016

The term ageism (agism) was coined by Dr Robert Butler in his seminal Why Survive? Being Old In America, in …

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No one is getting out of here alive.

April 15, 2016

“…I feel so extraordinary Something’s got a hold on me I get this feeling I’m in motion A sudden sense …

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All The Time In The World?

May 8, 2015

She’s waiting for her envelope, in which sits a letter, telling her how many years she has left to live. …

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Walk this way…

March 13, 2015

Fat — good Sugar — poison Dry January Limiting for lent Decluttered yet? Digitally detoxed? Embraced mindfulness? And while you’re …

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Living in the “Age of No Retirement”

November 16, 2014

The last of the baby boomers turns fifty in 2014. This huge cohort is said to have defined the modern …

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We Need To Rethink Ageing

November 16, 2014

There are many lightbulb moments in life but it’s not as if a switch gets thrown one day and “OMG, …

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