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Out & AboutFebruary 19, 2015

See this: WOW

By Jane

Women of the World returns to the Southbank Centre to mark International Women’s Day on Sunday 8th March. In its fifth year the festival includes a programme of gigs and musical performances created and performed by women Taking place across … Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingFebruary 18, 2015

Have I Said Too Much? by Carole White

By Amanda

Fessing up, I haven’y read this yet, but I bet it’s fabulous. You may remember we interviewed Carole back here, where she was extremely entertaining and very candid on the state of the fashion model industry. She has run her… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 18, 2015

Another new brand to watch: Day In A Life

By Amanda

It’s been busy old start to the year fashion wise, what with all the excitement on ‘older’ and then the new Finery brand to get excited about (did you buy? I did and it’s lovely stuff). Now here’s another, smaller… 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

Things We LoveFebruary 16, 2015

Chocolate bird skulls from The Conjurer’s Kitchen

By Amanda

Now, I appreciate not everyone is going to love the idea of chocolate bird skulls, even if they are beautifully made and anatomically correct. I came across these amazing things at The Barbican’s Magnificent Obsessions, The Artist As Collector exhibition… Read More

Art & CultureFebruary 16, 2015

The importance of clutter #2 and more things to see in February

By Amanda

Clutter and collecting are officially having a moment. You may remember we first mentioned it back here at Frieze Master’s and when Paul Smith showed us how he worked best surrounded by inspiring ‘stuff”. Well now London is awash with… 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

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 12, 2015

Style icon: Joni Mitchell

By Amanda

If there was a God and she happened to be female, then surely she’d look like Joni Mitchell in last weeks New York Magazine? Although would God be able to afford Lanvin, which is what Joni is wearing in the… Read More

Things We LoveFebruary 11, 2015

Mini leather satchel, from The Cambridge Satchel Company

By Amanda

I shouldn’t like this because a) it’s a mini leather satchel and I don’t ‘do’ mini handbags, b) it’s pink and (until recently) I’ve not been a pink girl, c) I do not need another handbag, I’m a dedicated back… 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

Out & AboutFebruary 10, 2015

Heal’s Modern Craft Market: things to do in February

By Amanda

Today’s post is by our regular contributor Julia Little, who takes a break from digital and does a bit of crafting for us….. I’m not going to apologise, I love a bit of craft. In the past it has had… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 9, 2015

The BAFTAS: Older stye icons

By Jane

A recent interview in the Guardian with Patricia Arquette, features her thoughts on Hollywood, feminism and ageing in relation to her part in the wonderful film Boyhood where she was required to age naturally over 12 years for her role… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 7, 2015

Weekend Woman: Rosanne Cash

By Amanda

I was fortunate enough to meet Rosanne Cash when I went to New York last December, not at some fancy pants press party but at an afternoon sewing bee with my friend Kay, where Rosanne was busy making an Alabama… Read More

Art & CultureFebruary 6, 2015

Cultural Crawl: good things to see in February

By Amanda

Did you read in the comments on yesterday’s post on Soft Living, that the Danish have a word for this? It’s ‘hygge’, so let’s make February a ‘hygge’ month and be nice to ourselves. Make some time for ‘hygging’ while… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 5, 2015

Middleagedmum.com: In praise of soft

By Jane

Whenever we have friends over for dinner we always end up sitting in the kitchen all night. I light the fire and lots of candles in the living room, but no-one ever quite manages to make the move from the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 4, 2015

Cold weather protection for older skin

By Amanda

While I love a bit of snow, cold weather generally makes my skin itch. My skin has got more sensitive to cold weather as I’ve got older and I shrivel up like a sun dried tomato at the first signs… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 3, 2015

Finery: A new brand to LOVE

By Jane

Not since the launch of our beloved COS have I been so excited about a new clothing range. And since COS is not exciting me quite as much as it used to (come back Rebekka Bay – now that Gap… Read More

Things We LoveFebruary 2, 2015

Redermic R corrective concentrate by La Roche-Posay

By Amanda

I’ve been meaning to write about this for ages but Christmas held me up. La Roche-Posay is a beauty brand I’m warming to fast, I like its good-quality-at-reasonable-price point and its increasing availability- once it was a brand you picked… Read More

Home & GardenFebruary 2, 2015

Wolf Hall lighting – lets get those candles burning

By Amanda

Anyone else obsessed with the way Wolf Hall is lit? All that lighting and snuffing out of candles adds to the drama and makes everyone and everything look so darn gorgeous. Huge effort has gone into making not just the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 31, 2015

Weekend Woman: Viola Smith

By Amanda

I intended to write about musician PJ Harvey as our Weekend Woman this week, as I’m off to see one of her Recording Sessions at Somerset House this week, but I am indebted to middleagedad who while researching for an… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 30, 2015

Denim Dudes by Amy Leverton

By Jane

We are loving the look of this new street style book, ‘Denim Dudes’ by ex-colleague and friend Amy Leverton. It explores the very best of denim styling from over 80 different denim obsessives and shows how a wide range of… Read More

Novels & Biogs, We Are ReadingJanuary 29, 2015

The Ruby Slippers by Keir Alexander

By Amanda

This is a sweet, sad and thoughtful novel to fill a bleak January or February. Set in New York, it weaves a list of characters around a mildly mild plot to sell a pair of the Ruby Slippers made famous… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 29, 2015

The language of older: age appropriate

By Amanda

We’re not done with the conversation around what language we use when we talk about older here at TWR. We might be making great progress on getting older women on magazine covers and heading up brand marketing campaigns but there’s… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 28, 2015

Style Icon: Nick Wooster

By Jane

I have been trawling through the latest menswear catwalk collections this week for the day job and have been taken with the number of fabulously stylish older men outside the shows. Obviously they work in fashion so they are bound… Read More

Out & AboutJanuary 27, 2015

Pocket Brocket: our favourite city guides

By Amanda

The writer, knitter, quilter and baker Jane Brocket is someone we are hugely proud to call a friend at TWR. We adored Jane’s Yarnstorm blog aeons before we ever got to meet her and both of us are keen users… Read More

UncategorizedJanuary 26, 2015

Wolf Hall: Why you should watch it

By Jane

If like me you picked up Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall in a book shop/airport many times last year, only to put it down in favour of something less GCSE homework like, then the BBC 2 adaptation of this must read… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 24, 2015

Weekend Woman: Twiggy

By Amanda

Another week in 2015, another stylish woman who happens to be older than the average model is selected to front a major brand campaign. This week it’s Twiggy, who is the new L’Oreal ambassador for hair care. We’ve loved Twiggy… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 23, 2015

Style Icon: Marpessa Hennink

By Amanda

As Fashion Week/month approaches, it will be interesting to see if the current enthusiasm for older brand campaign models stretches to the catwalk. I wouldn’t hold your breath. There are a few designers who use the odd gorgeous older model… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 22, 2015

Beauty update: products you need to know about from our Good Housekeeping shoot

By Amanda

It’s far too cold to consider buying spring clothes currently and I think it’s madness to buy anything other than good sale finds in January anyway. So today we’re going to talk about the excellent beauty advice we were given… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 21, 2015

Older street style

By Jane

It’s the menswear fashion weeks at the moment (do they ever end?) and the biggest trend so far is neutrals (bet you feel like you can sleep tonight now that you know that!) for men and women. Doesn’t this older… Read More