Suzanne Harrington: The ageism raining down on Madonna is dated, dull, and getting old

When news of her tour reached us, celebrating 40 years of her greatest hits, BBC Women’s Hour wondered if, “at her stage in life”, she wouldn’t prefer to stay home and count her money

Suzanne Harrington

It is amazing, is it not, that despite living in an era where men can have babies and women grow beards, where AI can create art and art can be crypto, where we can turn on the light with our voice and our fridges can text us, that we still can’t handle women ageing.

Take two Michigan natives. One, aged 75, describes himself as “the guy with no shirt who rocks”. True.