Sorry, just wrote a long post and then it disappeared, but just to say after a hard winter for my and my families health things are...

Now the government, driven on by Malthusian concepts like ' let the bodies pile high' on the alta of alt right MPs demands for their...

So happy that I am able to get the emergency treatment I needed at a local hospital in the middle of the French countryside. Despite...

One of the great things about being a baby boomer is that when we were living through the 60s and 70s everything seemed to be winnable....

Unfortunately we have all had rather a rough time health wise and since Christmas my borderline asthma is now chronic, which got so bad I...

As I have now been in the wooded hills of Southern France for over 18 months while still maintaining an active interest in UK and global...

I regularly like many of us put up comments on current affairs on social media sites, including the Guardian . Here are a few recent ones...

In the small town ( pop 6300) in the French hills where we currently live all is thriving. There are regular food festivals ( mushrooms,...

As I said in my resignation as an age and equalities advisor in my email to Sadiq Khan and his deputy mayor for equalities Debbie...

In the light of the COP 26 conference it is important that seniors play and active role in making sure the UK and the world commits to...

Well now the budget is done and dusted, it looks again like the wealthy have got off lightly - with no new wealth tax and banks get a...

Following research into the recovery plans for London and its boroughs the organisation I chair has produced a report highlighting the...

At the moment I am staying in the wooded hills of the Cevennes in France and the disparity between life here and the UK is pretty...

As bad as the Conservative government is towards us (see previous blog) there not only seems to be no opposition from the Labour Party as...

Hi Following our PAIL committee meeting today it became clear that for many older Londoners it is still not seen as safe to go about our...

Well now I am happy that I have received my second dose of Astra Zeneca vaccine and can look forward to be able to travel and live a bit...

Now that the government is relaxing the Covid restrictions how can we get back to enjoying our freedom and how do we return to making...

Well the UK govt is now opening up the restaurants, the shops and allowing mingling. You can feel the expectation that things will be...

It is so depressing reading about what is going on around the world at the moment it is difficult to know how to react. Part of me wants...

Well we tried our best, as PAIL- London's age forum and our partners Age UK London and fellow members of London Age Friendly coalition -...