Ageing
The very stuff of life
There was nothing remarkable about the Whitshanks. None of them was famous. None of them could claim exceptional intelligence, and…
Time out of mind
Bob Dylan and the illusion of ‘your era’
A last time for everything
Life is full of little endings. We should pay them more attention
Aesop on ageing gracefully
A drug has been invented to halt what is known as middle-aged spread. But it would be so much better…
You don’t have to be a left-wing think tank to believe the bosses’ pay boom is unhealthy
The FTSE100 index stands precisely where it did in the first week of December 1999. Whichever way you look at…
You’re never too old, they say. But I am
For my 49th birthday treat, I went to see Shakespeare in Love at the Noël Coward theatre in London. Expensive…
Diary
My surgery has been calling in all those over 75 for a special session with their doctor — a sort…
Lust begins at 50
Have I become a dirty old man?
Six of the best
When one notices the first symptoms of senile dementia (forgetting names, trying to remember the purpose of moving from one…
Old friends and new
A few years ago, I got the shock of my life when a girl I was sitting next to at…
