When Musician and Producer Youth, Hit North Wales Martin Glover better known by his stage name Youth, is a British record producer and musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the r […]

AofA People: Richard Cabut – writer, playwright and musician Richard Cabut is a writer, playwright and musician. He has written for the Guardian, the Telegraph, NME and Zig Zag under the pseudonym Richard […]

An Artist’s Retreat in the Moroccan Sahara At 70, what kind of holiday do you look forward to? A weekend of culture sauntering around coffee shops and galleries with friends, braving the […]

Losing Weight as an Oldster Ever since I was a child, I have had a love-love relationship with food. I come from a Jewish family and anyone who is Jewish or knows anything […]

AofA People: Ian Marchant – Writer, Broadcaster and Performer Ian Marchant is an English writer, broadcaster and performer. He is best known for his non-fiction—mainly travel and memoir—but he has also wri […]

I’m Insanely Broody for Grandchildren My cousin Danielle who is three years younger than me has done everyflippinthing before me forever. Got tits. Started her periods, her 12 and fecund […]

A solo return to Tunisia after 33 years This March I went on a package holiday to Tunisia, by myself. I’m no stranger to solo travelling but I’m normally on the move, staying at sma […]

Woodstock or Bust – How a Hat Designer Started a Revolution Mindy Fradkin aka Princess Wow has been involved in the arts her whole life as a performer of Hat’s Entertainment, with her designer hats as props, a […]

62, Single and A Man – yes, I’m still thinking about sex When Rose first asked me to write about sex and the older man, I wondered what I would have to say about it, and I suppose I may be an outlier, […]

How to treat your doctor Sooner or later you are likely to have an encounter with a doctor. Once you enter the land of dotage it comes with the territory, and very few get by […]

On Being a Grandparent I don’t wish to gloat but being a grandparent is the best. To be honest, compared to parenting it’s a breeze. All I have to do is follow the ord […]

Hope in my Small Urban Winter Garden The days are lengthening, the angle of the sun’s rays is becoming more acute and, all around us, nature is revving up, getting busy and starting to s […]

Q & A – John Baine aka poet/musician/activist Attila the Stockbroker John Baine, known by his stage name Attila the Stockbroker, is an English punk poet, multi-instrumentalist musician and songwriter. He performs solo […]