82-year-old man who wants to learn to swim has his wish fulfilled

When my father died, my mother spent years going through his possessions. She would spend a few hours going through a cupboard, and then months later sort out a box of odds and ends. She only recently – 10 years after he died – gave away some of his old cameras. And the job is... Read More

A groundbreaking rent-a-grandma service in Japan is empowering elderly women while offering young people the guidance they crave. From life-changing advice to cooking traditional Japanese meals or even helping navigate a tricky breakup. Read More

I think that there would be general agreement that Sean Connery was a man of great sex appeal, right through his long career. It could, however, be said that romancing a woman almost young enough to be his granddaughter was stretching things a bit, to the point that – in 1999 – I wrote an... Read More