64, but feeling 34

Maureen Lipman is reported to have said recently that she still expects to be looked at when walking down the street. "I still think I am 34."

There is no doubt that, in spite of what we see in the mirror, we can delude ourselves about the effect of the passage of the years. It is the reaction of others that brings the truth home.

Technology that spans the generations

It seems the new iPad is a hit with the elderly - and anyone else whose eyesight is not so good. The fact the text can be enlarged, and is backlit, makes reading a pleasure again.