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Let’s stop pretending we really are ok with ageing


by Amanda Cassidy
29th Apr 2023
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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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