Archive - Advantages of Age

Defying my belief that people die at 70!

'That my mother’s family knew who this special woman was extremely important to me.'

1 hr ago

Sex in my 70s - at last, the pressure is off!

Much of my life, despite discovering meditation in my 30s, has been about achieving goals - either physical ones in different sporting activities or…

Aug 14 • Peter Judge

Have you heard about our Rebel Later Life: the ideas party on Oct 10th at Cecil Sharp House in Camden...

A different sort of conference

Aug 13 • Rose Rouse

Why don't we ban school reports...

'my schooldays were emphatically NOT the best years of my life.'

Aug 11 • Clare Cooper

A different kind of Q&A with film director, Kevin Allen who is starting coach tours

August Re-stack

Aug 7

Making a Geri-Anarchist Ghost Story – The Hempen Jig

'Grand Gesture has a playful, punk DIY ethic – we embrace messy, makeshift and real human connection.'

Aug 4 • Gilly Hanna

July 2026

AofA's Hot To Trot Talking Points

Jul 31 • Rose Rouse

Taking my almost three year old grandson to Womad

'The advantages of taking more than one child to festivals.'

Jul 28 • Rose Rouse

AofA's Hot To Trot Talking Points

Jul 24 • Rose Rouse

My Summer Holiday by Alison Goldie aged 65½

My wish was granted as I was apparently fully invisible.

Jul 21 • Alison Goldie

AofA's Hot To Trot Talking Points

Jul 17 • Rose Rouse

My Right to Die

"I speak in a very straightforward manner about the option to take my own life at a point when it feels done."

Jul 14 • Caroline Bobby

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