Categories: Editorial

‘Do the thing now’: 60 pearls of wisdom from women over 60


by Amanda Cassidy
10th Sep 2023

As Ireland's favourite writer Marian Keyes turns 60 and imparts her own "bonmots of widsom" online, we asked women of a certain age to share their take on everything from raising a family to sunblock, friendship and... eyebrows

“Today is my 60th birthday,” Marian Keyes announced in an Instagram post today that has now been shared by thousands, “and I swear to god I’m in shock. It sounds so old. Nevertheless, it’s better than the alternative amirite?” The Watermelon author decided to share what she calls her “bonmots of wisdom now that I’m official ancient.” Life is short. Much shorter than I realised. It seems like five minutes since I was 21. Do...

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