Battle of the sexes

Barbra Streisand is about to turn 70 and Jack Nicholson is almost 75. While she’s pulling out all the stops to keep young, he’s snapped looking like what he is — a fat old man having fun. Suzanne Harrington on why men are allowed to age — and women aren’t

LIKE death, you can’t escape it, no matter how rich. Ageing happens to every living thing, but it is only humans who go King Canute about it.

To call an old person ‘youthful’ is deemed the highest compliment, placing the sponginess of collagen above wisdom and experience.