The new age of ageing
Gerascophobia is the fear of getting old, classically demonstrated by Jeremy Paxman in his financial Times diary (19th August 2016). His fear of being ‘on the verge of incontinence and idiocy’, at age ...
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Comedy fans could be set to get their hands on a piece of sitcom history with an iconic part of the Last of the Summer Wine set up for sale. The on-screen home to the slapstick show’s legendary ...
50 pence coins: The art in your pocket
Sherlock Holmes once famously said to his faithful companion “You see Watson, but you don’t observe.” The great sleuth was referring to the number of stairs ascending from Baker Street to their first ...
Government should mark UN Older People’s Day by tackling the ‘perfect storm’ facing social care
Britain’s biggest pensioner organisation, the National Pensioners Convention (NPC) has called on the government to mark UN Older People’s Day on 1 October, by announcing how they intend to tackle the ...