Written just as the heat catastrophe hits hard. The climate catastrophe is here and now. The science is clear, the actions needed...

This was written before the mass heatwaves hitting Europe. We are now facing an existential crisis, with climate science pointing to the...

here are a few of my comments in the Guardian comments section that proved to be quite popular as well as being heartfelt. This one in...

Just been treated for a hernia which was complicated by the need to drill a hole through the bladder as radio therapy had fused the...

The current situation for all water consumers, especially those both old and young who are near the poverty line is intolerable, rivers...

It is said that once you grow old you look back with nostalgia while the present and future seems increasingly dark and threatening....

Just been trained in using the latest 2021 census figures to see the details of over 50s and employment. What is shocking is that while...

We send a lot of our time , often quite rightly, bemoaning both the reduction in our quality of life and our increasing personal...

-As I am now back home after a hernia operation which turned into a more complicated affair than I was told to expect, as result of...

I wrote this in the Guardian comment is free and it seemed to find a sympathetic audience I left the uk in 2020 after Johnson's Brexit...

Wrote this in response to Zoe William's excellent piece about Labour dropping promises including free childcare What is the point of...

There has been some publicity given to a member of the government floating the idea of raising the pension age after the election to 68....

Here is a short comment I posted in the Guardian Comment section which seemed to hit a cord with quite a few people 'I left the uk in...

thank goodness for modern science and the UK and French health services. I am now going to have a hernia operation at my local hospital...

My wife went to a meeting in our local small town and heard an excellent presentation about what they are calling the Transition - the...

I have been meaning to include in my blog a more personal and light hearted account of the trials, tribulations and multi faceted joys of...

Have found it quite difficult to return to the regular beat of blogging, but here I am again in May. As an older activist it does seem at...

The false narrative of Hunt is now repeatedly Andrew Bailey. The problem is not the small number of wealthy early retirees but the ageism...

After a rise in media interest in older workers and in wise age there have been more opportunities to build partnerships which is very...

at last after all our work the media have been contacting me and Wise Age to get an expert opinion on what older people need to return to...