Would anyone work if they didn’t have to?
We need to get creative with how to encourage people to work
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Palestine Action and the radicalisation of grandma
The Labour Party should remember that, in modern Britain, older people are the ones who do politics properly.
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Care homes don’t have to be this way
Later life can be as generative as any other period.
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Egad, I am now so old I remember hat sizes
And use words like egad.
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“Late adulthood” helped me reclaim retirement
I have decided to step down as dean of King’s College, Cambridge. A whole vista of reinventing, relaunching and reimagining…
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Labour humoured the Waspi women for too long
Keir Starmer is paying the price for failing to distance himself from a Corbyn-era promise.
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Gregg Wallace and the revenge of the middle-class, middle-aged women
The response to the MasterChef presenter’s comments marks a turning point.
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The anti-fireworks lobby is a symptom of our ageing society
Pet-owners are the most indulged class in the country.
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What Americans really think of Britain
Also this week: the deification of Kamala Harris and the cruelty of ageing in the US.
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What does an ageing population mean for the future of healthcare?
At New Statesman panel, organised in partnership with Biogen, looked at the impact of demographics on maintaining health and social…
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Why we urgently need a social care workforce plan
The sector has a major staff retention problem – policymakers and providers must work together to ensure workforce security.
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The Research Brief: why we need billions for social care
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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Joe Biden is too old to run again – but he’s still the Democrats’ best hope
The next generation of Democrats need to step up before he can step down.
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A transcendent singalong with Bruce Springsteen in Rome
Also this week: great journalists remembered, and a duck called Puskás.
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Joan Bakewell: “I can live with death – how odd”
As the broadcaster approaches 90, she reflects on her mother, the media and “her version” of her affair with Harold…
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The uncomfortable truths of Hag feminism
Assertive older women are treated like they shouldn’t exist.
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Joan Bakewell’s Diary: living with cancer, and the age of the grandparent
Medical progress is making us live longer – and grannies like me are being turned to for free childcare.
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The global ageing crisis is becoming unignorable
As Japan’s prime minister Kishida Fumio has warned, low birth rates will revolutionise society – and it is a worldwide…
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Do you want to live forever?
Anti-ageing drugs are bankrolled by some of the wealthiest people on Earth, including Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel. Are the…
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David Shrigley Q&A: “I’m getting weak in my old age. I should start lifting weights”
The British artist on Stewart Lee, plasticine portraits and why you should be happy right now.
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