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Bernard O'Shea: Five things I've learned about middle-aged friendship maintenance

Bernard O'Shea: Five things I've learned about middle-aged friendship maintenance

Here are the key things I’ve learned about keeping friendships not just alive, but quietly thriving, in the middle-aged jungle

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

Suzanne Harrington: Hag hate and the stubborn belief that age only happens to other people

Suzanne Harrington: Hag hate and the stubborn belief that age only happens to other people

We are all hags — if not now, then sooner than you think and mid-life is frankly joyous — the most liberating and zero-fucks era of all

Mon, 06 Mar, 2023

Lack of trust in pension providers

Shrinking middle-aged women at risk of early death

A study of more than 2,000 females found that each 1cm height loss of height was associated with between 14% and 21% greater odds of death from any cause

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021

Suzanne Harrington

Suzanne Harrington: Snagging a menopausal firecracker, part two

Here is some more advice for all the middle aged men on dating websites

Wed, 23 Jun, 2021

Louise O'Neill: 'Thirty-six is too young to have a mid-life crisis, isn’t it?'

Louise O'Neill: 'Thirty-six is too young to have a mid-life crisis, isn’t it?'

"And now I’m the person in my thirties and I want to desperately say to anyone younger than me, I’m not old, okay? I’m not."

Sat, 15 May, 2021