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Family Life & parenting

Midlife crisis? What midlife crisis?

I’ve been thinking a lot about ageing recently. I’ve had reason to. Earlier this year my father-in-law passed away and such events always concentrate the mind. Added to this, my brothers have both had children and talk at home is frequently about secondary school applications, something we’ll be doing for Helen next year. These are

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Family Life & parenting

Forty things I didn’t do before I was forty

Over the past few months, I’ve seen numerous comments on social media from people preparing for significant birthdays. I’ve also seen a few “30 / 40 / 50 things to do before you’re 30 / 40 / 50 (delete as applicable) type articles.

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Family Life & parenting

Age is just a number. What do you think?

With my eight-year-old daughter by my side, we sat down to watch a series of videos on a specially made website. It was a great site that enabled you to punch in any number between 40 and 99 and watch someone of that age pull off an age-defying stunt. In many cases they we’re just

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Ageing; a Jagged Little Pill

It’s funny what can put me in a reflective mood. Followers of my twitter feed may have noticed how excited I became the other week when I discovered that Alanis Morisette’s classic album Jagged Little Pill was two decades old. A whole two decades. In that time I’ve experienced some incredible highs and lows.

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