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  1. Black History Month: 6 inspirational figures

    employing the first person of colour in a public-facing role. Dr Paul Stephenson, OBE If you were a young Black person living in Britain, you couldn’t be a policeman, an ambulanceman or fireman. You ... until 7 years later. Dame Linda continues to advocate for a more diverse judiciary through mentoring young lawyers from diverse backgrounds. She holds 6 honorary doctorates in law, is a Senior Fellow in the

  2. Bringing age to the stage

    I’m here I feel like a teenager. This is the first time I’ve written this kind of thing. As a young boy I wrote in other languages, but I’ve never written a play in my life!” Faye, 88, has ... surprised about the wealth of creativity that is there and perhaps being ignored because it's not young, new and shiny in the way that art tends to love.” Costas, who moved to the UK as a teenager

  3. The restorative power of poetry

    Magi started writing “accidentally” in 1985, having given up work to look after her two young children. She eventually signed on for what she thought was a women’s book group, which she ... book’s introduction, came from an encounter in an Irish pub, when Magi and a friend were passed by a young man, who took one look at the duo and said, ‘Well, there’s a pair of wild women’

  4. The wit and wisdom of Hunter Davies

    which was the age Paul’s dad was about to turn. Back then 64 seemed like a considerable age to the young Hunter, who admits to growing a moustache to make himself look older. Still sporting a moustache despite

  5. Sumita's support

    with a large care network that included her parents, grandparents and great aunts, but even at a young age she noticed that other girls weren’t so lucky or treated so fairly. “I had an innate ... “That’s an interesting question,” she suggests. “I think working with young women and young men is so important. I hear from some of my friends who are still involved with these issues

  6. What is the value of an older person’s life?

    asserted that an older person’s life is worth less than a young person’s. In a way this is arguably true, since on average a young person has many more years left to live than an older one, who ... would probably agree that objectively an older person’s life is ‘worth less’ than a young person’s, simply because in most cases there is a lot less of it left to go. However, this doesn’t

  7. Lessons in love

    turned into an impromptu trip to the cinema to see Frank Sinatra and Doris Day in the musical film Young At Heart. A slow walk to the bus stop afterwards and the promise of meeting again saw love blossom ... Maurice went into the army for two years, as Britain became involved in the Suez Crisis in Egypt. The young couple communicated via letters during that period, while Margaret kept in close touch with Maurice’s

  8. New data on domestic abuse in older people

    coming into the light. People tend to think of victim-survivors of domestic abuse as young women, often with young children. However, at Age UK we know that there are gaps in the data, which reinforce

  9. Levi explores his roots

    better when I was a young man, because I hadn’t felt I was worth much growing up.” In the absence of those cultural touchstones, it was Levi’s late mother who gave her young son a sense of

  10. Day centres for older people

    complex needs or who are in need of overnight care. Some Age UKs offer specialised dementia day care through our dementia services . Every day at an Age UK day centre is different, but you can expect it

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