The Age-Well Project

Are we living longer and better, or not?

How long we live, and how well we age, are determined by an array of factors, we know. There are the ones we have some control over, like lifestyle (which is why Annabel and I started this blog, almost 11 years ago!). And the ones we can’t control: genetics, health care provision, socio economic status,...

THE MYSTERIOUS BENEFITS OF LANDSCAPE AND A WEEKEND OFFER

Greetings from the snow and the mountains! I’m still yomping up and down peaks and valleys, through ice and snow, thanks to my crampons/spikes/yaktrax/cleats. These wonderful things should be given out to anyone worried about walking (or slipping) on ice. Hip fractures kill a shocking 20-60% of older adults within a year. Resistance training can...

MODERATION, MODERATION, MODERATION

I’m high in the Alps this month on an artists’ residency. While the other artists are busily in their studios painting, drawing and stitching, I’m doing most of my work on foot, clambering up and down mountains as I pull together thoughts for a future book. I was feeling very virtuous about all this exercise...

3 things I’ve done every day in January to help me age well

This is landing in your inbox on Jan 31st so it feels like a good time to share three practices I’ve focussed on throughout the month to help me age well in 2025. So far in January, we’ve written about the longevity boosting benefits of the so-called ‘flavo-diet’, and the importance of activating brown fat...

NOW IS THE TIME TO BUILD BROWN FAT

We turn the heating off at night, in our house. Manually. And I’m an early riser. Which means that when I wake up – usually around 6am, often earlier – it’s both dark and very cold. Our house is old, with single glazed windows, so any residual heat from the previous day has invariably escaped...