Advantages of Age

  • Let me introduce you to 59 year old Any Lucas who has recently become Events Ambassador at the newly reopened Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.

    How old are you?

    59

    Where do you live?

    Hammersmith & […]

  • Kathy Keefe, 63, is a wildly wonderful artist who lives in Kent and can be found often on Colour Walks in London. She makes hats, paints and makes incredible dolls. She also is the carer for her profoundly deaf […]

  • Susan Latchford, 54, is unemployed in the conventional sense and brimming with ideas around the written word.

    Age (in years)

    55

    Where do you live?

    Chigwell Row, Essex, England

    What do you do?

    Right at this […]

  • Peter Harrison, 81, tells the story of how he and his wife, Vivien, 78, set up a fantastically successful series of classical music concerts. In their local village church. Sir Karl Jenkins, the classical composer […]

  • Writer, Dominique Afacan and photographer, Helen Cathcart are both in their late 30s, in 2015 they launched the website be-bolder.com which featured inspiring people Over-70. Their mission is to change perceptions […]

  • Julie Williams, 61, runs a mobile dog grooming business called Gentle Friends, is a Reiki Master teacher and the founder of Active Connection, a series of Soul Coaching sessions.

    Age (in years)  

    61

    Where do y […]

  • Lucy O’Brien, 58, is a writer and academic. She has written for NME and City Limits as well as the Guardian etc. She has published various books including Madonna: Like an Icon. She has just updated and r […]

  • Mish Aminoff Moon, 61, is a photographer and a member of AoA. Here she describes what she does. She was born in London into a tight-knit Persian Jewish Community and brought up in a multilingual household which […]

  • Ollie Moore is 58 and a saxophonist who used to be in the very funky Pigbag. Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag was No 3 in the singles chart in April 1982. Here he explains how it all happened. Let’s go down this 70s […]

  • Jenny Gordon is an artist and filmmaker who has a son called Gabriel Bisset-Smith. She is black and her son is white. Or they are both mixed race? Her son has written a lively play Whitewash about race, skin […]

  • Jilliana Ranicar-Breese, 74, is a radio presenter, writer, poet and hosts a Spoken Word Salon in Brighton on the first Tuesday of the month. Jilliana is a veritable one-woman hive of activity and role model for […]

  • WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

    Ashton Applewhite

    HOW OLD ARE YOU?

    66

    WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

    Brooklyn, NY

    WHAT DO YOU DO?

    I’m a writer and activist.

    TELL US WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE YOUR AGE?

    I love everything about it exc […]

  • Pete Lawrence, 61, created the concept for The Big Chill in the 90s, and went on to found Campfire Convention as an innovative social network, which also sparks membership-based events. They’re very much about m […]

  • Hanja Kochansky, 82, is a free-spirited iconoclast who has led a big life including acting, writing and living in a ménage a trois. Her book, Female Sexual Fantasies was published before Nancy Friday’s Secret Ga […]

  • Lynne Franks, 71, is still innovating and creating. This time in Wincanton. She has a new venture Hub at No 3 which she describes as ‘a dynamic new concept in bringing women and men together to heal themselves, […]

  • Lesley-Ann Jones is an author who worked for the likes of the News of the World back in the 80s and 90s. She was whisked around the world to interview people like Hugh Grant (post-Divine and very funny story), […]

  • What is your name?
    Annie Moon
    Briefly sum up who you are and what motivates you
    I am a woman who has lived, learned and loved. I am planning to do more of the same as I embark on the second chapter of my life. In […]

  • Philippa Perry, 61, is a psychotherapist, TV and radio presenter, who is marvellously bold. Of course, she’s also married to Grayson! Her new publication The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read happens to be a […]

  • Alan Dolan, 55, is a breathwork guru. He’s known for this transformative work with the breath. He lives in Lanzarote. He says that ‘the deconstruction of the smoke and mirrors is the most worthwhile work that I h […]

  • ‘Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.’ Andre Gide

    Did we lose sight of the shore? Not quite but we closed our eyes for a few minutes along the way.

    Recently, my […]

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