Older and Bolder: My A-Z of surviving almost everything

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When you lose people that matter so much to you, you realise that loneliness is actually about loss. It’s an easy to dip-into miscellany of observation and tips for living, penned by one of the most influential TV journalists Britain has ever embraced! For me, there is nothing better than sitting with people, enjoying their company in a lovely motor vehicle on a clear open road and watching them develop as a driver.

I started when I was 13 or 14 and it slowly became more structured, culminating in me starting Childline in 1986. She has recently released her latest book, ‘Open Your Heart, the 7 Secrets of Strong and Loving Relationships.Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Other important lessons she’s learned over the years include prioritising spending time with your loved ones, health is the only thing that truly matters, and that naps are one of the “happy discoveries of growing older”.

An evangelical non-smoker”, Rantzen was shocked to discover she had lung cancer and later learned it was an extremely rare kind that most commonly attacks young Asian women. What to chuck and what to cherish as time goes by Dame Esther is a tireless campaigner for older people, and has been particularly vocal on the subject of loneliness. He has recently released his latest book, Generation Cherry, offering inspiration for people approaching retirement. She is also a reality TV favourite with appearances on Strictly Come Dancing, First Dates, and I’m a Celebrity.Part of it is because from birth, society or people have expectations of how you should ‘be’ at a certain age. In her regular contributions to political and news programmes, including The One Show , she especially advocates protecting vulnerable people and growing old ungracefully. One of my tasks was to produce the sound of a falling body and unfortunately, the best way to do that is to fall over. You are never too old to get fit So much of fitness is in the mind; people get older and are told they can’t do things, so they decide they can’t.

I was born in Vienna in 1930, but after a few years things got a bit difficult, because we were Jews.cant memories, from meeting Princess Diana to creating a national outrage with a mischievous short ? Multi-award-winning broadcaster, founder of Childline and The Silver Line, campaigner, mother, grandmother and joyous trailblazer of our times, Dame Esther Rantzen dazzles in the glory of getting older and ever bolder.