Over the weekend, I read the Sunday Times magazine which was devoted to a photographic celebration of the 2012 Olympic Athletes.

You can be flabby at any age but it did hit me – would I ever have a rippling six-pack ever again?  Not that I ever did – totally - but I was a slim,…

As we get older, we’re in danger of becoming invisible.  Our hair turns grey or white and our skin becomes thinner and paler.  We can all start looking alike if we’re not careful.  Well we’re not alike and we never have been, but our individuality can be rubbed out through age both literally and metaphorically.  That’s why it’s important to make an effort when we go out, to be colourful, to stand out, to be noticed.

I’ve made a commitment this month to be more colourful, to be…

            A couple of months ago,  I was lucky enough to be invited on a whale watching expedition off the coast of San Francisco.  A bumpy two hour ride out, a lot of horizon searching and then the whalers’ cry ‘Tha She Blows’!  To see the fountain of expelled air is exciting enough, but then to see the animal itself, to watch its huge back break the waves and the fluke (tail) flick up as the whale dives deep again is truly heart-warming.

            That day I watched two…

            At last!  There’s a backlash from older women against what we are all ‘supposed’ to look like.  Ben Barry from Cambridge University, surveyed 3000 women between the ages of 40 and 65.  90% of them were more likely to buy fashion products where the models were of similar age and, importantly, looked like them.

             Finally some fashion stores are acknowledging that all ages need to be represented.  Marks…