Overcoming ageism: time to be old and bold
John Ward
I listened to a mature marketing consultant on Radio 4 the other day, a man keen to insist he was as fit as anyone half his age, so there. I was in the car at the time, having driven 300 miles in one day and partied (in complete sobriety) until 2 am the night before. I was, however, embarrassed by further late-fifties callers insisting that a man or woman of, say, 57 – which happens to be my age – has the same energy levels and enthusiasm as their working...