Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. However, reflecting on her life, she added that the diagnosis “made me realise how very lucky I am”. Luck finding a husband who was my soulmate and then yet more luck having three children who are funny and loving and caring.

Part of it is because from birth, society or people have expectations of how you should ‘be’ at a certain age. Loneliness affects all ages; the problem is, as you get older, you start to lose people that are the props of your life. You are never too old to get fit So much of fitness is in the mind; people get older and are told they can’t do things, so they decide they can’t.

Her quote “Remember that history is written by the survivors, be bolder as you grow older and make sure you float above any challenges that threaten to overwhelm you,” will resonate with all those who have had the privilege of meeting or working with her and the audiences of tens of millions who avidly placed their trust in her during a career spanning five decades. Rantzen, 82, first announced her diagnosis in January, before revealing it had progressed to stage four in May this year. She now reguarly contributes to The One Show, political and news programmes on many different topics, especiailly those relating to growing old ungracefully, and the abuse of children and older people.

Joel Gotler is CEO of Intellectual Property Group, a literary management company representing some of the world’s best-selling authors. For me, there is nothing better than sitting with people, enjoying their company in a lovely motor vehicle on a clear open road and watching them develop as a driver. I started when I was 13 or 14 and it slowly became more structured, culminating in me starting Childline in 1986. I was born in Vienna in 1930, but after a few years things got a bit difficult, because we were Jews. What to chuck and what to cherish as time goes by Dame Esther is a tireless campaigner for older people, and has been particularly vocal on the subject of loneliness.cant memories, from meeting Princess Diana to creating a national outrage with a mischievous short ? His career takes him all over the world, but he lives in London, where he also works as a piano teacher. In fact, my mother thought babies would be a good idea, but she wasn’t too sure about having a son-in-law! Lotte began her writing career age 70 and has since written more than 20 children’s books, including the best-selling Lotte’s War. I had a meticulous producer who didn’t feel I produced the right sound until I’d done it five times.

Over a career spanning five decades, Dame Esther Rantzen has appeared in more than 2,000 television broadcasts. I remember air raid sirens and practicing putting our gas masks on under the dining room table, and then I remember victory in Europe and the news announcer declaring the end of the war on the radio. Rantzen explains she’s in “favour of nudity” because if we all did it more often “everyone would accept body hair and lumps”. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.In her regular contributions to political and news programmes, including The One Show , she especially advocates protecting vulnerable people and growing old ungracefully. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Israel Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U.