LEARNING FROM ‘SUPER-AGERS’
The Northwestern University in Chicago is following a group of people aged between 80 and 100 who they are calling
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Inspiration
COMBATTING LONELINESS
I am currently following another free online University course – this one on The Science of Happiness by Berkeley University
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BE UPLIFTED IN 2018
HAPPY NEW YEAR. At this time of year the media seems full of articles about new year’s resolutions and setting
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IS THERE MEANING IN YOUR LIFE?
‘Time’ reports on a new study which suggests that people age better if they have a purpose or some meaning
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STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL AGEING
I have just completed my FutureLearn course on ‘Strategies For Successful Ageing’ and am the proud owner of an achievement
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SILVER FOXES ARE ALL THE FASHION
I was reading an article in my local French newspaper* this week about a fashion journalist who decided to let
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TWO INSPIRING SOULS
I was reading this week about two inspirational women who contributed their minds and talents to the World until the
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THE CHINESE VASE
Visiting the breath-taking Swinger Building’s porcelain collection in Dresden this week I was taken by a 16th Century Chinese vase.
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WORLD RECORD SMASHED BY 101 YEAR OLD
STOP THE PRESS! Mr Verdun Hayes has just become the oldest person in the World to do a sky dive
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AGE WELL WITH ART
Older artists have been in the news lately. I was shocked to read that The Turner Prize Committee had axed
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