Advantages of Age

  • Advantages of Age hears from Kate Tym and Kate Dyer, the founders of the UK’s first Coffin Club.

    It’s a sunny morning in September in a room above an art gallery in Hastings. There are laughter, chat and a fee […]

  • Debra Sofia Magdalene, considers herself timeless but came into this body in 1961, she’s a spiritual entrepreneur and a digital nomad. She’s been home-free since 2011.

    What’s your name?

    At birth, I was given […]

  • Debra Watson, 53, is a wildly exciting woman. She runs a participative theatre, art and media charity. She’s a performer who’s interested in intimate methodologies. She’s a tutor. She does sensual poetry perfo […]

  • During my teenage years, growing up Melbourne, Australia during the 1970s, travel was never far from my mind.
    With a father who had experienced the romance of ship travel in the Orient and my mother who was […]

  • Laura Benson is a British actress based in Paris – she was in Dangerous Liaisons – who plays a lead role in the controversial and challenging new film Touch Me Not (which also features Seani Love, a sex worker who […]

  • Stephanie Theobald, 52, is a writer and sex rebel. The Times once described her as ‘One of London’s most celebrated literary lesbians’ but that was before she started having a bi-sexual relationship with novelist, […]

  • What is your name?
    Lucy O’Brien
    Age
    57
    Where do you live?
    Harlesden, NW London
    What do you do?
    I’m a writer and academic. I’ve just published an updated edition of my book Madonna: Like An Icon, an in-depth […]

  • What is your name?  
    Hilary Lewin
    Briefly sum up who you are and what motivates you. 
    A big footed, down to earth beauty who is motivated by almost anything in the short term but my passion is my work in the lon […]

  • Janet W. Hardy is a provocative American sex educator and one of the leading authors and publishers on alternative sexualities including BDSM, polyamory and alternative gender/orientation expression. Author of t […]

  • In 2017, Suzanne and I were in NYC and we thought we’d do a Flamboyant Tour of the Subway there. Not many ‘flamboyants’ turned up but Topaz Chanteuse capped us all with her purple and black feather headpiece to di […]

  • WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
    Blandford Forum, Dorset
    AGE?
    68
    TELL US WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE YOUR AGE?
    Exciting, free to research and write. Not having to worry about what other people think. Nothing to lose, everything to g […]

  • Ella LeBlanc says, “I am an exotic dancer, I just started dancing professionally a little over a year ago. Plus I am a part of the Sex Positive Portland Community which is a local community and is a part of the […]

  • What is your name?
    Gillian Haqqani
    Briefly sum up who you are and what motivates you
    Who am I? That’s a hard one. Factually I’m a twice-married once divorced and now happily separated mum, granny, and former tea […]

  • Diane Kutz who is in her 60th year supports others along their life paths – from helping to write a CV after redundancy to sound healing for emotional trauma – and follows a shamanic spiritual pathway. Here she […]

  • Earlier this year I launched my second novel, Anatomised, which explores the impact of Lyme disease. There’d been a nine-year hiatus since the publication of my debut novel: A Portrait of the Arsonist as a Young M […]

  • Sue Clark is retired and enjoys writing fiction.
    WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
    Oxfordshire
    AGE?
    71
    TELL US WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE YOUR AGE?
    Mostly good. I’ve just enjoyed two major positive milestones: my first grandchild a […]

  • Please Introduce Yourself

    My name is Emma Meadows and I am 46 years of age.  I am a Shamanic Womb Wyse Practitioner, Healer and Teacher and I work closely with women both individually and in groups. I heal, […]

  • WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
    Las Vegas
    AGE?
    56
    TELL US WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE YOUR AGE?
    Frickin’ awesome
    WHAT DO YOU HAVE NOW THAT YOU DIDN’T HAVE AT 25?
    Freedom of self and confidence borne of paying attention
    WHAT ABOUT SEX […]

  • Creative director: Graphic design, copywriting, and development of websites projects. I’m also a comedian, specialized in the “Alternative World,” and I’m writing an “erotic-conscious” novel.
    On the other hand, […]

  • Alfie Thomas plays the accordion and keyboards, sings backing vocals, and composes. Alfie was born in Middlesbrough to Belgian and Cockney parentage. He is a Soho resident and is part of the Society of Imaginary […]

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