Inspiring Stories

A Brief Manifesto for Ageing Differently

We, at Advantages of Age, thought it was about time, we described our modus operandi, our thoughts, our ways of ageing differently.

Mar 26 •

Advantages of Age Editor Rose

Don’t know much Trigonometry: My 1950/60s Education in South Wales

I hated primary school.

Mar 18 •

The Culture Interview – Caroline Cadenza, artist/copywriter

By day, Caroline Cadenza is an advertising copywriter, living and working in London.

Mar 5 •

Being A Digital Nomad In Las Palmas at 62

Back in December 2021 when the pandemic was finally waning, I had an epiphany - I no longer needed to endure another dreary English winter while toiling…

Feb 27 •

I’m Okay With Being Called Old – finding ways to re-imagine that word.

Not long ago, I was discussing my 70th birthday celebrations with a male friend and I declared that I was old as part of the conversation.

Feb 19 •

My Beloved River

I could feel my heart beginning to swell as I approached the brow of the hill, and I freewheeled down, until there she was before me - my beloved river…

Feb 12 •

Lotus, Nun, Mysterious: some brief notes, at 51, of a hetaera woman

Hetaera was a type, or archetype Wolff herself identified with. It is the word for ‘companion’ in Greek and refers to a kind of educated courtesan found…

Jan 31 •

I’m Insanely Broody for Grandchildren

My cousin Danielle who is three years younger than me has done everyflippinthing before me forever.

Jan 22 •

Travels with Mala including a Tibetan Buddhist Hospice near Berlin

Oct 17, 2023 •

The Camino Frances - the inestimable value of a good walking companion

On Sundays, when I was growing up, we ate dessert with either cream or custard served out of a jug bearing the legend No road is long with good company.

Jun 26, 2023 •

Tips on Thrifty Living

I wish there were free public classes in household economising.

Sep 21, 2022 •

Advantages of Age

How I Became a Holy Woman in my own First Novel at 60

Towards the end of a working lifetime of being bullied and/or taken for granted, interspersed by failed attempts at self-employment, I felt I had run…

May 31, 2022 •

Advantages of Age

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