SAGA’S CONFRONT LIM DEM LEADER NICK CLEGG

PAUL LEWIS: Hello. In less than two weeks we will have to decide who to vote for in the General Election. The leaders of the three biggest parties in Parliament have agreed to answer questions from Saga readers. Today it’s the turn of Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. The Liberal Democrats, of course, have surged [...]

TIME FOR A CRUISE

When you reach retirement age and you start to plan what part of the world you would like to see, a place where you can relax, sight-see at your own leisure and spend your hardearned money. Here are my top picks of cruises: No-fly Canaries During the school hols, Independence of the Seas is awash [...]

FASHION BLUNDERS FOR THE OLDER FEMALE!

Ok, so I came across this list of fashion blunders that women like me and you supposedly make in our sixties and beyond. At first I disagreed with them all, thinking I was safe in the knowledge that although I didn’t know exactly what was IN fashion, I wasn’t totally desperate and still knew that [...]

WHO GETS YOUR VOTE?

So the time has come from the three party leaders to explain their manifestos, telling us we can trust them but not the other parties and that they want to bring Britain back from the brink of what Labour have out us through. The grey vote is going to be more influential than ever before [...]

EMPTY NEST SYNDROME

Both my children have left home now, one to be married and one to university and I must say the house seems extremely quiet without them. I once relished in the silence, basking in the hours of glorious relaxation before they both arrived home from school, screaming and shouting at each other, fighting and playing. [...]

THE RISE OF THE COUGAR

We constantly see women in their 40′s,50′s and sixties looking totally hot and desirable than they were when they were in their twenties. Why, basically their more aware of their beauty,their bodies and what they want in life that gives them an irressistable level of confidence. Many of these women married during a time where [...]

JULIE WALTERS TO PLAY MO MOWLAM

Later this month channel four airs it new film, Mo, staring non other than fab over 50 Julie Walters. The film follows Mo’s rise in the labour government, focusing on her involvment in the 1998 Good Friday Peace Agreement. Stylist magazine, a free magazine out every Wednesday spoke to Julie about the film. What was [...]

VERA LYNN REIGNS ON

Vera Lynn became the oldest artist to top the album charts with her album, We’ll meet again, a collection of her greatest hits. Vera said she was ‘suprised’ about knocking of Artic Monkeys into forth place. I remember listening to Vera when I was younger with my grandma in the back room, singing along as [...]

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

I came across the brilliant site partypop where there was a mixture of 50 year old birthday celebration ideas. Why not theme your birthday party around The Beatles or even a Wild West theme. This adds a little excitment to a birthday that some of us could dread. No doubt after listening to the Beatles [...]

HELLO…

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all you fellow fab over 50 women and men to 50 years younger. This blog orginated from Kinnaird Ireland, the well respected, chenille producing nightwear company. I intend to update this site weekly, if not daily, to keep you up to date on news, travel, cooking, [...]