We over-5os should worry less about our crepe necks and sunspots and more about our listening skills – and the pettiness we bring to social media When I was young, there was a huge list of things you shouldn’t do, or specifically wear, over the age of 30; there were fewer explicit rules about what you should and shouldn’t wear over the age of 50, but they were all implied by the fact that it was 20 years since you’d been 30. Then someone lampooned the whole business – it was strikingly memorable

Forget makeup and tweakments: this is how we should be ageing gracefully | Zoe Williams
Zoe Williams

