Person: Joan Didion

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<p>Writer Joan Didion receives an Honorary Doctor of Letters in Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2009.</p>

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Jennifer Horgan: I really admire Joan Didion’s work — that's why I won’t buy her new book

Her personal notes were written in 1999, following therapy sessions. She died in 2021. She had 22 years to decide to release them and she didn’t. Her final book was not this book

Players aren’t the only ones sweating

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Ageing With Attitude: Grey is the new black for women of all ages

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Women of a certain age are challenging perceived notion of attractiveness

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Beginner’s Pluck: Sloane Crosley

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Tributes to actress Gerry McLoughlin, a heroine on and off stage

Older women tell us what getting older is really like

Women over 60 are having a ‘moment’ and it’s not a senior one. More confidence, more energy and they couldn’t care less what you think. 

Sat, 28 Feb, 2015

Twiggy shows the fashion world the true beauty of older women

With Twiggy and Charlotte Rampling fronting fashion ads, the beauty world seems to have realised older women rock, says Barbara Scully.

Wed, 28 Jan, 2015

Fashion houses finally show awareness of an ageing population

FASHION is having a pro-ageing moment, following in the footsteps of its twin sister, the cosmetics industry, which upped the ante in promoting older women for their brands last year.

Sat, 17 Jan, 2015

When girls just want to have fun

Gerry McLoughlin talks theatre, thrills and why women will get naked for a cause. Colette Sheridan reports

Wed, 03 Oct, 2012

Redgrave reveals grief following daughter's death

Vanessa Redgrave has spoken about dealing with grief following the death of her daughter Natasha Richardson.

Thu, 18 Feb, 2010

Redgrave postpones New York play

Veteran actress Vanessa Redgrave has postponed her New York stage performance of 'The Year of Magical Thinking' following the tragic death of her daughter Natasha Richardson.

Tue, 24 Mar, 2009

Williams is permanently grieving

Michelle Williams suffers a permanent sense of loss, she reveals in a newly published interview she gave before the death of her ex-partner Heath Ledger in January.

Fri, 07 Mar, 2008

John Gregory Dunne, a screenwriter and best-selling author who often collaborated with his wife, Joan Didion, and took a cynical look at Hollywood and the Roman Catholic Church in works like True Confessions, has died at 71.

Thu, 01 Jan, 2004