By (say) 2012, Peter Mandelson will be approaching 60. He (and I) will be old men.
Matthew Parris, The Spectator
Even Martina Navratilova, 47, wants to compete in the Olympics.
Sue Barker, anchorwoman on BBC Two, sent in by Elizabeth Weston, Deal, Kent
I had worried Madonna might seem ridiculous, like a woman our age caught in Topshop.
Liz Jones, Evening Standard
There is a standard definition of middle age: your middle starts giving away your age.
Thorda Abbott-Watt, Britain’s Ambassador to Armenia, The Western Mail, sent in by Cilla Stubbs, Pembroke Dock
Older women are being banned from sunbathing topless in Romania because police find their wrinkly breasts “disgusting”. But they acknowledge it is always pleasant to see young women sunbathing topless.
Pravda
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One potential drawback: most diners on our visit were well into their free-bus-pass years. Let’s get some young ‘uns down there. CaféBar deserves it.
Tom Lamont, Time Out, reviewing the refurbished eaterie at Peter Jones, sent in by Joyce Glasser, London