At 58, I refuse to accept the ‘old age’ label | Letter

Luz Castano responds to a column by Zoe Williams on how gen Z think old age begins at 53 At 58, I read Zoe Williams’s column with a mixture of laughter and disbelief, and, I admit, a flicker of irritation ( Gen Z thinks old age begins at 53 – so I have only three months to go, 28 April ). If 53 is now considered the starting point of “old age”, what exactly am I meant to be doing? Planning my funeral? Retiring from joy? Williams captures something real about generational perception, but the conc