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How to age well

From maintaining a healthy diet (and sex life), to dealing with death and dressing your age, here's all you need to navigate those awkward middle years

10 June 2022

  • Hourglass with blue sand on the table.

    In your own time: how to live for today the philosophical way

    What’s gone is gone, but don’t waste time worrying about that.
    Or on what comes next. The ideal way to age is to be in the moment

8 June 2022

  • Signs of ageing illustration of man struggling to get out of a chair, confused about shower fittings and an older later with a boom box

    I’m nearly 60. Here’s what I’ve learned about growing old so far

    The end of ambition, involuntary grunts and a mistrust of bathroom fittings. All things to look forward to …

6 June 2022

  • Mother and son … Marje and Simon, this month

    ‘Bloody cheek, I’m not ageing’: Simon Hattenstone interviews his 94-year-old mum, Marje

    The Guardian writer is approaching 60 and feeling a bit creaky. So who should he talk to about growing old gracefully? His mum, of course

3 June 2022

  • It’s important to share with your partner what you do and don’t like.

    Keep talking, try toys and trust yourself: how to have fantastic sex in old age

    Just because you’re getting on a bit, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be getting some. You just might have to work on a few things. Couples and experts reveal the secret to later-life sex

1 June 2022

  • From left: Miuccia Prada, 73; Bill Nighy, 72; Oprah Winfrey, 68; Iris Apfel, 100; Carine Roitfeld, 67; Viola Davis, 56; Kristen McMenamy, 57.

    Get louder every decade: the new rules for dressing your age after 50

    Worrying about what to put on as you get on? Relax, we’ve got you covered

28 May 2022

  • Old lady pushing a pram, old man on a park bench illustration

    Eat plants, try pilates and stay positive: how to keep your body younger than your years

    Do blueberries make you live longer? Is pilates proper exercise? How do you avoid loneliness? Botox, yes or no? Here’s how to age better
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