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Glad to be grey: The racing driver: Stirling Moss, 79
Stirling Moss, 79Perhaps not surprisingly for a former racing driver, Stirling Moss isn't one to keep still for long. In fact his Zen-like motto for life happens to be: "Movement is tranquillity."He...
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Glad to be grey: The fashion designer: Mary Quant, 75
Mary Quant, 75It seems impossible that Mary Quant, the celebrated fashion designer who once declared "I grew up not wanting to grow up. Growing up seemed so terrible", is now 75 and perfectly happy....
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Glad to be grey: The yoga teacher: Pam Horton, 71
Pam Horton, 71Does my bum look big in this?" laughs 71-year-old Pam Horton, down on all fours, her back to the camera in preparation for a headstand. She raises her legs up, then asks: "What's next?"...
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Glad to be grey: The actor: Honor Blackman, 83
Honor Blackman, 83While Honor Blackman thoroughly enjoys herself at the OM fashion shoot and likes the clothes - the Alexander McQueen shirt, Miu Miu trousers and Banana Republic Oxford bags draw...
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Glad to be grey: The peers: Baroness Trumpington, 86, Lord Bramall, 85,...
Baroness Trumpington, 86, Lord Bramall, 85, Baroness Butler-Sloss, 75 and Lord Paul, 78Baroness Butler-Sloss, 75, is bounding up a staircase in the middle of the labyrinthine Palace of Westminster. I...
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Glad to be grey: The musicians: Dame Cleo Laine, 81, and Sir John Dankworth, 81
Dame Cleo Laine, 81, and Sir John Dankworth, 81Jazz singer Cleo Laine does not like being a grandmother. "It makes me feel so old," she says. "I love the children, but I don't knit and cook for them....
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Glad to be grey: The sculptor: Sir Anthony Caro, 85
Sir Anthony Caro, 85The overwhelming impression you get upon entering the studio in Camden, north London, where Sir Anthony Caro has worked for 40 years, is of physicality and weight. Great battered...
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Glad to be grey: The sisters: Mary Warnock, 85, Stephana Thomson, 87, Jean...
Mary Warnock, 85, Stephana Thomson, 87, Jean Crossley, 100Alittle over 100 years ago, a daughter was born to Winchester schoolmaster Archie Wilson and his wife, Ethel, and they named her Jean. Three...
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Why is telecare not being taken up more widely
The government's long-awaited social care plans are likely to back telecare. So why isn't it being taken up more widely?As vice-chairman of his local branch of the Princess Royal Trust for Carers, Alan...
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A golden era of government ageing policy is no utopian dream
As the baby boomer generation matures, a well-chosen ageing policy would improve the education, health and wealth of society as a wholeDemographic change is reshaping British society in an...
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Decent, brave and bold. But the backlash has already begun | Polly Toynbee
Winning public approval for reform of the care system will be tough when few understand it and fewer think it's fair'Very brave, minister," Sir Humphrey might warn about today's green paper on social...
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Amelia Gentleman on a day in the life of a care home for older people
Most of us will end our lives in an old people's home just like this one. The care is good; the staff are lovely. And yet it's hard not to be shocked by the reality of daily life hereThe following...
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Elderly could pay up to £20,000 for care under new scheme
Government proposal one of three options for funding new national care serviceElderly people in England could be required to pay up to £20,000 to guarantee basic social care and support if they need...
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Social care green paper: Look closely and there is no provision for living costs
Buried in the green paper is the fact that accommodation costs are not part of the debate, says David BrindleAs ever, the devil is in the detail. The options for reform, the green paper makes clear on...
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ONS census of elderly finds almost 25% rise in those aged 85 plus
Office for National Statistics reports quarter rise over decade to 1.25m in England and Wales, with 77 widows in 100 womenThe number of English and Welsh people over the age of 85 has increased by...
View ArticleHow to make your own bead necklaces
Craft is newly fashionable among the young, but their grandparents have been making things for decades. We take some tips from three crafters in their 70s and 80sWe like to craft, but we don't just...
View ArticleA celebration of older age
Is age just a number? This Sunday the Observer Magazine publishes a special Age Issue. In extracts from the edition, Joan Collins, Dennis Skinner, Honor Blackman, a 98-year-old marathon runner and...
View ArticleWe celebrate the art of growing old - and hear from some feisty senior citizens
Imagine running a marathon at the age of 98? Or being a sculptor at 85, or a sex kitten at 76? We celebrate the art of growing old - and hear from some feisty senior citizens.This feature appears in...
View ArticleSexual activity survey debunks myths concerning lives of older people
English Longitudinal Study of Ageing project questioning 6,201 men and women up to 90 hopes results will crush stereotypesA sizeable minority of men and women are still sexually active into their 80s,...
View ArticleIn 2010 we stopped getting any older. The implications are huge
Maybe we should be thinking about cancelling increases in the state pension age, not raising itThe most profound change to human life over the previous 100 years came to a halt in 2010. In the decades...
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