Alice Neel & Life After 70
By Imme Dattenberg-Doyle
Painter Alice Neel found critical acclaim and new artistic challenges in her 70's and 80's, celebrated in Hot Off the Griddle, at the Barbican until 21 May.
Stories
Celebrate the diverse stories of ageing well
My Journey with Bug Grip
By Jennifer Lake
Bug Grip's founder Jennifer Lake talks to us about her universal clamping grip, move into entrepreneurship and the value of inclusive design.
Design Age, Define Age
By Carly Dickson
To best design age, we should consider how we define age. Take the survey to explore how age does or does not define us.
Packaging petition
By This Age Thing
Add your voice to our petition to Government to introduce minimum mandatory standards for consumer packaging.
Falls – when they happen and their link to ageism
By Lise Pape
Lise Pape discusses the incidence of falls as we age, and invites you to share your experiences of falls for a new research project.
Living with my future self at 35
By Melanie Smith
Design Age Institute Manager, Melanie Smith debates long-term illness and why it doesn’t get triggered by your first pension instalment.
Designing the everyday
By George Lee
In a new report in collaboration with u3a and Design Age Institute, we reveal the most frustrating household objects as we age.
Why a Debut Novel at Age 68?
By Stella Fosse
Why write a debut novel at age 68? Stella Fosse shares her story and challenges us to ask, if not now, when? And if not us, who?
Retrain without breaking the bank
By Rest Less
Our friends at Rest Less — the digital community for people in their 50s, 60s and beyond — share that it is more than possible for people over 50s to retrain in new careers.