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Let’s stop pretending we really are ok with ageing


by Amanda Cassidy
29th Apr 2023

Housewives might be the best show on TV, writes Amanda Cassidy, but it's giving us mere mortals a complex...

I don’t feel old. And besides from a few finer lines, I don’t think I look particularly old. Careerwise, I feel as if I’m hitting my stride too. No longer brainwashed by sections of society that convince us we are rotting the moment we hit our forties, there’s a new type of pressure: To embrace our age (while also trying to not look our actual age). Powerful TV presenter and writer Cherry Healy this week...

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