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Mentioning the unmentionable – medical insurance
‘The last time, I felt this way was when I wrote about private pensions.’
Sep 22
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Rose Rouse
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Not fat but not as thin
'I had never had to do this in my life, the sucking in, the hooking the zip into a bent wire hanger to do them up, the overspill of flesh from my…
Sep 1
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Michele Kirsch
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Defying my belief that people die at 70!
'That my mother’s family knew who this special woman was extremely important to me.'
Aug 18
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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
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Caroline Bobby
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How I turned into a triathlete in my 60s And did a 70.3 triathlon at 77
Friday re-stack of this very popular article
May 22
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Rose Rouse
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An opportunity to look anew
By the 83 year old author of the brilliant Oldenland - an adventure with old age as my companion
Apr 7
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Roger Clough
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Neurology and Ageing
It’s only risky if it’s not risky!
Mar 24
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Nikkicircus
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Taking My Ageing Body on a Long Journey to Perth
After making this trip a couple of months before my 70th birthday, and it was further than I had ever travelled before (Africa had been the furthest), I…
Feb 17
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Snowshoeing, taking an icy dip – what did it all mean to me at nearly 73
Stretching beyond my comfort zone
Feb 3
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Rose Rouse
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Notes on a Haemorrhage, a Stroke and More
‘Where the fuck is my left internal carotid artery? The right-hand side is there, illuminated like a big, fat, white worm.’ Jan Re-stack
Jan 30
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Nadia Chambers
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How I turned into a triathlete in my 60s
And did a 70.3 triathlon at 77
Jan 6
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Anne Dockery
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Notes on a Haemorrhage, a Stroke and More
'Where the fuck is my left internal carotid artery? The right-hand side is there, illuminated like a big, fat, white worm.'
Dec 9, 2025
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Nadia Chambers
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