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How sad, I used to feel, that old people woke up so early. What a shame, I used to tell myself, that they couldn’t sleep in as I did, till 9...

It’s obvious, isn’t it? The wealthy nations face a crisis due to their ageing populations. The problem’s particularly acute for healthcare. ...

Life is full of rites of passage, isn’t it? I remember clearly the first time a bank showed eagerness to lend me money, rather than eagern...

I went out on my regular, three-monthly run to buy drugs yesterday. It wasn’t as exciting as it sounds. Those weren’t the drugs you buy o...

Not sure whether I have to declare an interest here: I’m writing about age and I am, after all, growing older. On the other hand, so’s anyo...

The conference speaker, no doubt wanting to get going on an informal, personal note, started his presentation by telling us that he’d been b...

I was intrigued by an article I read recently by Denis Piveteau, a member of the French equivalent of the Supreme Court (the Conseil d’Etat ...

Mankind loves its metaphors. If the Euro collapses, economies will fall like dominoes. Our economies are in the hands of financial insti...