Having spent days researching all avenues of possible government help, there is definitively very little financial assistance or available benefits for women who are under the increased state pension age and have recently been widowed. My 69-year-old husband passed away in early April due to Covid-19. I turned 64 a week after his death and … Read more
I have £200,000 to invest. I am 67, a widow, and would like to draw down about £10,000 a year to top up my income. I have no debt. My children are independent. Despite trying to decide for myself I am at a loss how to proceed. I had a meeting with a financial adviser … Read more
The one lesson I’ve learned from life: Frances Barber says being vain is not always a sin Award-winning actress Frances Barber, 62, is best known for roles in The Split She said she lived in Los Angeles for three years and was used to perfect skin Frances said she has a poster in my house … Read more
If you spend a lot of time on Twitter (and I do at the moment), you can end up reading some very odd claims. Apparently smoking protects against Covid-19, the virus is using the 5G mobile-phone network to spread, and eating raw garlic will keep corona at bay. Needless to say, many of the claims … Read more
It’s Tuesday evening. I’m wearing a uniform of green T-shirt and black trousers and find myself engaged in a delicate negotiation over a bottle of pinot grigiot. I’m quite familiar with the stuff. In normal times I’m a celebrity agent to a number of high-profile clients, among them Martina Navratilova and Andrew Marr, and it’s … Read more
Elizabeth Day: I think I’ve finally lost the plot By Elizabeth Day for You Magazine Published: 00:02 BST, 19 April 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 19 April 2020 Hair: Fabio Nogueira. Make-up: Ruby Hammer. Styling: Holly Elgeti. Dress, Stine Goya, fenwick.co.uk. Jewellery, Alighieri. There are times in your life when you feel radically misaligned with … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a series of measures to cover the wages of millions of people suddenly left without work and prevent businesses going bankrupt due to the coronavirus crisis. The so-called coronavirus job retention scheme enables businesses to continue paying part of their employees’ salary who would otherwise have been laid off because … Read more
Prior to this wretched virus lockdown, in the hazy past of just two weeks ago, lots of people complained about suffering from FOMO —the intense envy of other people’s glittering social lives, aka the Fear Of Missing Out. Not me though. Sure, I might come across as an extrovert on television, but I am not … Read more
The one lesson I’ve learned from life: David Hasselhoff, 67, says never stop taking risks Actor, singer and producer David Hasselhoff, 67, is famous for Baywatch role Has two daughters from second marriage and lives in California with third wife He said he was taught by his mother from an early age that life isn’t … Read more
Last Sunday, our kitchen resembled the homes of millions of families across the country. Noisy laughter. Calls to teenagers to get off their phones. My sons answering the usual questions from their grandmother about school and football. A roast chicken, hot vegetables, a jug of gravy steaming in the middle. It was a Mother’s Day … Read more