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What's got my attention this week
Things to read, watch & listen to this weekend #116
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Are wellness supplements the new 'anti-ageing' con?
Middle-aged women take so many supplements we rattle. Well, this one does
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Lisa Jewell on hitting a 'golden seam of success' in her 50s – FROM THE ARCHIVES
'I never expected to get more relevant as I got older.'
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What's got my attention this week
Things to read, watch & listen to this weekend #115
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Introducing our September bookclub pick
This month, we'll be revisiting the myth of Medea with Natalie Haynes. Join us – and win a free copy
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The Fourth F
It's called Fawning. And I bet you, like me, have done it
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NEW EPISODE: Thomasina Miers ran away and refound her joy at 50
"I honestly think that unless you have pleasure in life, you're not much good to anyone."
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What's got my attention this week
Things to read, watch & listen to this weekend #114
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"After seven years alone, pushing down my desire, I opened myself up to love"
In between the fighting and the caring, Caro Giles spent the years following the end of her marriage trying to unravel where she'd gone wrong. Then she…
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NEW EPISODE: Laura Lippmann is having a second coming in her 60s
"I'm not going to be a good girl any more. Say no more often. Think hard about what YOU actually want."
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