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Health & HappinessNovember 30, 2015

Listen to this: Lena Dunham’s Women of The Hour

By Jane

If you have a long (or short) journey coming up, or the chance to sit down and relax, I urge you to listen to the Women of The Hour podcasts by Lena Dunham. The conversations about work, love, relationships and… Read More

Health & Happiness, Home & Garden, We Are ReadingNovember 3, 2015

How to live Danishly

By Jane

Ever since I wrote about living softly at the beginning of the year, I have been ever so slightly obsessed with the concept of Hygge and all things Danish. Denmark is apparently the happiest place in the world, one imagines… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Health & HappinessSeptember 29, 2015

Smartening Up Your Salute To The Sun

By Amanda

Is it just me or is buying interesting yoga clothes very hard work? I appreciate this is a ridiculous modern day issue, but I’ve been doing yoga for about twenty years and I’ve yet to find a brand that make… Read More

Health & HappinessAugust 28, 2015

More talk on the menopause: Sarah Jane Adams on StyleLikeU

By Amanda

It’s been a bit of a week for talking about the menopause (did you all read Tuesday’s post –Suzanne Moore’s marvellous piece for The New Statesman?) and so lets round it off with this very moving video on jewellery designer… Read More

Health & HappinessAugust 23, 2015

Suzanne Moore on the menopause

By Jane

For those who didn’t see this brilliant feature on the menopause, written by Suzanne Moore in the New Statesman. Here it is again. One of the most honest and insightful views on the never discussed subject I have read -it… Read More

Health & Happiness, UncategorizedAugust 14, 2015

The importance of a good facial with Lisa Franklin

By Jane

Lisa Franklin is a highly regarded skincare expert and facialist with over 15 years experience in the skincare and makeup industry. Her attention to detail and knowledge combine to provide a luxuriously pampering and technical approach, where she treats clients… Read More

Health & HappinessAugust 5, 2015

Tomorrow is Already Here

By Jane

Julie Simon is a photographer, stylist and wardrobe assistant, who lives in New York. Her latest project Tomorrow Is Already Here is a personal project which documents images of her mother ageing – in an attempt to stop time and… Read More

Health & Happiness, Middle Aged MumAugust 4, 2015

Middleagemum.com: making it through the menopause

By Amanda

There I was, quietly getting on with menopausal life, dressing in easy-to-whip-off layers, learning how to count to 150 before calmly putting down the kitchen knife and not murdering one of my offspring for putting his coffee cup on top… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Health & HappinessJuly 31, 2015

Natural skin care with a botanist bent : AS Apothecary

By Amanda

When I first started emailing Amanda Saurin, founder of the niche AS Apothecary natural skincare brand, I realised I wanted her life. On our first exchange she’d had just got back in from picking roses at Glyndebourne (where she has… Read More

Health & HappinessJuly 24, 2015

How to be a grown up: books to help you cope with mid-life

By Amanda

Before we started TWR, there was very little written help on what it was like moving from your 30s and 40s into ‘middle’ age, or what ever we’re calling that feeling of realising you are a proper grown up. Where… Read More

Health & HappinessJune 15, 2015

Guest post: 8 Reasons to Talk Openly About The Menopause

By Jane

Todays guest post is from Ida Tin, CEO and co-founder of woman-led digital health startup, Clue (www.helloclue.com). Conversations around the menopause are often avoided, with many fearing that openly discussing the basic functions of the reproductive system will offend those… Read More

Health & HappinessMay 7, 2015

Adventures Before Dementia: Life in the Slow Lane

By Amanda

What happens to a committed clothes girl when she moves away from fashion’s fast lane? We’re back with Bebe in France to find out… It’s hard to believe that it’s exactly a year since I swapped the frantic world of… Read More

Health & HappinessApril 28, 2015

Be Bolder with Older!

By Amanda

We are indebted to TWR reader Andrea, who tipped us off about the fabulous new pro-age site Bolder, launched this March by photographer Helen Cathcart and freelance writer Dominique Afacan. The site has a simple mission, to champion people… Read More

Health & Happiness, Home & GardenApril 15, 2015

Adventures before Dementia #2: Vive la Différence!

By Amanda

Second guest post from our lovely correspondent Bebe today, (did you read the first post?) with a bit more of the story on life in her new French village and how she got there. Over to you Bebe… So our… Read More

Health & HappinessApril 2, 2015

Guest post: the joys of the ukulele. Yes really!

By Amanda

Today’s guest post has a musical edge and comes from our reader Amanda in Scotland. One of the fabulous advantages of the guest post slot is seeing how wide spread and varied our readers interests are turning out to be.… Read More

Health & HappinessMarch 21, 2015

Weekend Woman: Mary Berry

By Amanda

It’s hardly original I know putting Mary up as our weekend woman, but seeing her on the BBC’s Red Nose Day Bake Off, how witty and funny she was, and then reading this great interview with her in the Observer… Read More

Health & Happiness, UncategorizedMarch 10, 2015

On a break

By Jane

Over all the years we have been blogging I have had times when I have struggle to keep on top of my day job and write the blog, as well as all the other things that one has to deal… Read More

Health & HappinessMarch 8, 2015

Weekend Woman: All of you, Happy International Women’s Day

By Amanda

Happy International Women’s Day readers, if you are female, pat yourself on the back for being awesome, and maybe go do something thoughtful for other females not as fortunate as yourself. If you are male reading this, go and appreciate … Read More

Health & HappinessFebruary 22, 2015

Weekend Womon: Mariella Frostrup

By Amanda

I’ve just read Mariella’s excellent article in today’s Observer Magazine on ‘Life After 50’ and for this, she gets to be our Weekend Woman. In it she explains what turning 50 was like in terms of her professional life -a… Read More

Health & Happiness, UncategorizedFebruary 17, 2015

Growing old in Hackney: The Posh Club

By Jane

As you know, I’m determined to grow old in the city, as where I live now has everything I could want to ensure a happy old age – not least a sense of community, which in inner city London is… Read More

Health & Happiness, UncategorizedFebruary 13, 2015

Ageism in the workplace: things need to change

By Jane

Lately we are seeing lots of positive changes in the way the world views older people. Soon the term anti ageing will be a thing of the past and the fashion industry are using lots of older women in their… Read More

Health & HappinessFebruary 11, 2015

Opening up the conversation around dementia

By Jane

Listening to my aunt tell the the story of my uncle’s heartbreaking illness and eventual death from dementia last year, made me realise that this is a condition that takes away the last years of a persons lives in the… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 20, 2015

Smizing, from Simon Doonan

By Amanda

// Love this for a cold and grim Tuesday morning, forget those expensive eye creams and ice packs (and I’m not even going to mention hideous surgery), smizing is the new instant under eye bag removal concept, from visual merchandising… Read More

Health & Happiness, Middle Aged MumJanuary 14, 2015

Middelagedmum.com: In praise of walking

By Jane

When ever I visit friends and family outside of London I am surprised by how much they use their cars. They do it because they have to or because they can – a journey to the shops simply involves pulling… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 12, 2015

Restorative Living

By Jane

I don’t know about you, but the medias obsession with salads, green juice and new work out regimes accompanied by the smug hash tag #cleanliving is getting right on my nerves and if I have to read another detox diet… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 10, 2015

Weekend Woman: Joni Mitchell

By Amanda

Blimey, what a week for grown ups in the press, indeed, what a start to the year! First Joan Didion, then Bright Old Things at Selfridges, and now news of Joni Mitchell for Saint Laurent. I absolutely ADORE Joni, always… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 6, 2015

Joyceland

By Jane

It’s that time of year when you start to think you’d like to change your life. Maybe live off gird in the Highlands, run away with the circus and become an acrobat, or in my case go and live in… Read More

Health & HappinessDecember 20, 2014

Weekend (Christmas) Woman: Patti sings carols

By Amanda

Yes I know we’ve already had Patti Smith as an inspiring Weekend Woman, but since this is the last WW post before Christmas, we thought we’d put up Patti singing carols. Not only does she sound good, but she’s wearing… Read More

Health & HappinessDecember 17, 2014

Silver Surfers: How social media keeps you healthy

By Jane

Theres a section in India Knight’s book In Your Prime about technology and growing older, which perfectly sums up how I feel about people (particularly older people) who refuse to get involved with social media “There is no heroism in… Read More

Health & HappinessDecember 16, 2014

New words for old, as we redefine our decades

By Amanda

Coming back from a week away, I’ve just caught up with my blog reading, including the recent This Is 50 post, where photographer Kristin Perers interviewed the eloquent dance critic Judith Mackrell. As well as looking fit and stylish, Judith… Read More