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  1. What we know now about older victims of domestic abuse

    look like the stereotype portrayed by the media, which is often of a younger woman, perhaps with young children, being physically harmed by a partner. Older people are as diverse in their lives and experiences

  2. International Women's Day 2020

    halt. While she was used to having a lot on her plate, having gone to university while raising a young family and starting her own teaching business, the experiences floored Judy. Not only did she

  3. The Windrush scandal and older Black Britons

    2018, the Guardian’s Amelia Gentleman started reporting that people who had arrived here as young children with their parents were now being threatened with deportation. These were people who, for

  4. The best friends who have never met

    as devastated as I was. Her strength and faith helped me during my saddest moments.” Flora young The calls have a profound impact on Flora, too. “Wendy can laugh with me, and you don’t

  5. Voices of the Age UK Advice Line

    in-depth – people with fears, concerns, issues or complaints. I’m not a particularly young man any longer, and I have older parents, so I can really empathise with the things that are raised

  6. Opening up through poetry

    community. His poetry name is Bobba Cass, and there are many readings of his poems online. From a young age Bobba was inspired by poets such as Emily Dickinson, Carl Sandburg and Robert Frost. He’s

  7. Jim Broadbent discusses The Duke

    stereotypes? “He was a wonderful director in every respect. He loved people, whether they were old or young, and he wanted to respect them and give them a voice. He was a unique and very special man.”

  8. Preparing emotionally for retirement

    have any children, so I don’t have grandchildren and I think it’s very easy to lose contact with the young as you get older. 'I also set up an online magazine for the over 50s, called  Giddy Limits ;

  9. The Rainbow Café: a much-needed safe space

    denial about his sexuality for a long time, as he didn’t feel he could come out when he was young in the 1950s and ‘60s. Now in his 70s, he has adult children and his wife of many years has

  10. Clothes, careers and community: the impact of charity shops

    changes in her customers’ lives too. Rachel prepping “In 2002, I’d been at home with young children for a few years,” Rachel explains. “But when they went to school, I felt like

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