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Ageism
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KATE LISTER
I am becoming invisible to men and I refuse to accept it
As soon as I hit 40, I started to feel myself disappearing
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LUCY MANGAN
I've refused to celebrate my birthday since I was 13 (but I will accept cash gifts)
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LIFESTYLE
I’m 51 and my dear friend is 28 - everyone should have age-gap friendships
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MEDIA
ANALYSIS
Frank Skinner has the pick of the stations after Absolute Radio sacked him
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STEFANO HATFIELD
Age is just a number. But not when it comes to Biden, Trump and Murdoch
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SIMON KELNER
Ageism isn't hurting older people like me – technology is
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LIFESTYLE
20 myths about ageing, debunked by experts
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AFUA HIRSCH
Afua Hirsch: How I faced the fear of getting older
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NEWS
‘We just have a laugh’: How Alex, 12, and Maurice, 89, became unlikely friends
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NEWS
BIG READ
Forget Farage - ordinary people like me are shut out of banking because we don't have internet
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NEWS
Johnny Mercer criticised for dubbing new Labour MP Keir Mather, 25, an 'Inbetweener'
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POORNA BELL
Making Jennifer Aniston's grey hair a news story isn't feminism, it's sexist
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EMMA FLINT
I don't judge Noor Afallah and Al Pacino - I know there are lots of merits to dating older men
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LIFESTYLE
FIRST PERSON
At 61, I have a CV full of experience but no one will give me a job
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TIFF STEVENSON
Everyone should wait until their 40s to get married – it’s way more fun
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FEATURES
Why you should make friends with people from different generations
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FEATURES
Menopause is a moment for women to welcome, not dread
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WELLBEING
I want women to throw menopause parties - there's too much negativity about midlife
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NEWS
Man nicknamed 'Half-Dead Dave' by colleagues wins nearly £25,000 in age discrimination claim
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MUSIC
Madonna accuses 50 Cent of 'misogyny' and 'ageism' after he mocked her Instagram photographs
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SOPHIE WALKER
Hopes of a flexible working revolution are fading with the pandemic
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JANE WENHAM-JONES
FIRST PERSON
Like Boris and Carrie Johnson, there are 24 years between me and my husband – this is what the age gap is like
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MONEY
How rising car insurance premiums and age limits are leaving older drivers reeling
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ANNA DIXON
After losing jobs because of coronavirus, over 50s risk becoming a lost generation
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UK
Coronavirus in the UK: ‘It’s unacceptable to suggest Covid-19 is an opportunity to cull older people’
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ENTERTAINMENT
‘Ageist’ Crufts producers axe veteran presenter Peter Purves, 80, after 41 years
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UK
Prince Philip crash prompts safety debate as charity says age is a ‘poor indicator’ of someone’s driving ability
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STEFANO HATFIELD
As Prince Philip’s accident shows, casual ageism is the last acceptable form of discrimination
Everyone should wait until their 40s to get married – it’s way more fun