Middle age
Doing the heavy lifting in your 60s | Letters
Letters: Kathleen Askew and John Wise respond to Phil Daoust’s article about taking up a punishing resistance training regime
11, Apr, 2024 @4:42 PM
The muscle miracle: can I build enough in my 60s to make it to 100 – even though I’ve never weight-trained?
To live a long and healthy life, you need plenty of muscle. But we all start losing it in our 50s. Can a 60-year-old man build himself up – and maybe even get a little ripped?
Phil Daoust
07, Apr, 2024 @1:00 PM
Gwyneth Paltrow is letting her hair down - but she has a lot to learn | Zoe Williams
Those of us who already cared not a jot what we wore, ate or watched all day welcome the Goop star to our ranks. But a takeaway and reality TV once a week won’t cut it, writes Zoe Williams
Zoe Williams
26, Mar, 2024 @11:21 AM
‘Ageing isn’t inevitable’: The 100-Year-Life co-author on how to live well for longer
Andrew Scott says we can stop one of humanity’s biggest achievements turning into a dystopian near-future
Amelia Hill
04, Mar, 2024 @11:18 AM
How to buy a stairlift: shop around – and put it off for as long as you can
If mobility is becoming an issue, installing a stairlift could be the solution. But navigating the costs involved can be tricky – here’s how to make the first move
Miles Brignall
14, Feb, 2024 @1:00 PM
Team sports for kids and yoga in your 50s: exercises to help you stay flexible for every life stage
From side planks to standing on one leg while brushing your teeth, these are the key activities you should focus on to keep your joints in good shape
Amy Fleming
14, Feb, 2024 @7:00 AM
Raising UK state pension age to 71 would bring ‘misery’ to millions
Ex-pensions secretary and other critics of proposal warn it ‘favours the well-pensioned’ and higher paid
Amelia Hill
09, Feb, 2024 @12:00 PM
Don’t bounce back, bounce forward: how to be more resilient at every age
From toddlers climbing trees to retirees getting busy, experts share tips on coping well throughout life
Laura Potter
09, Feb, 2024 @11:00 AM
We’re happy as children, but it’s all downhill from there until we’re pushing 60 | Torsten Bell
Don’t fret about having a midlife crisis – you probably deserve cheering up by then
Torsten Bell
14, Jan, 2024 @8:30 AM
Alcohol misuse and loneliness ‘increase risk of early-onset dementia’
Ground-breaking research identifies 15 factors that significantly raise chance of developing illness
Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent
26, Dec, 2023 @4:00 PM
Sex toys, selfishness and why we won’t settle: life as a single woman, across the generations
Uncoupled doesn’t have to mean incomplete. Eight writers - from their 20s to 90s - celebrate single life as a destination of its own
Annie Lord, Hephzibah Anderson, Sangeeta Pillai, AL Kennedy, Joan Bakewell, Patrice Lawrence, VG Lee
25, Nov, 2023 @7:00 AM
All hail My Mum, Your Dad: great TV – and Britain’s overdue love letter to older, single parents | Gaby Hinsliff
It’s great that rather than treating fiftysomethings falling in love as a freak show, the series celebrates families’ tender rites of passage, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Gaby Hinsliff
15, Sep, 2023 @7:00 AM
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