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Halfway there: a column about midlife

Angela Garbes explores the changes and surprises of midlife

  • Illustration of a person lying on their back with a ball between their knees

    First my left knee, then my right: my middle-aged body’s betrayal

    I won’t ‘bounce back’ from my injuries. But it is a privilege to live – to walk, dance and even fall – in an ageing body
  • Graphic illustration of naked woman with one pant leg on, in shades of red, peach, light blue and olive.

    No sex drive and a ‘tanking libido’: how I redefined intimacy in midlife

    These days, sex is less like a straight line with an endpoint, and more like a series of loops and swirls
  • An illustration of a female stretched across in her living room holding an iPad-like device watching a show

    How brilliant female British TV detectives helped me understand myself

    These stunning, extremely relatable women, with nuanced facial expressions and sensible shoes, helped me outline success on my own terms
  • A graphic illustration of a woman in bed wearing a bra, purple-and-black striped leggings, out of the red covers with one leg hooked over them.

    Perimenopause has brought chaos to my life – but also peace

    Trying to learn about menopause has been disorienting, but Angela Garbes has also experienced ‘a softening, an openness’
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