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How To Be 60 with Kaye Adams

Kaye Adams

Turning 60 isn’t about slowing down—it’s about shaking things up. Whether it’s downsizing and embracing a simpler life, starting a new career, moving abroad, or navigating love and relationships in unexpected ways, How To Be 60 proves that this stage of life is anything but predictable.Join Kaye Adams and her…

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How To Be 60 with Kaye Adams

Nina Wadia: The People-Pleaser Who Quit at 55

Midweek Catchup: The Avocado That Ended a Romance

Vanessa Feltz: Finally Her Own Boss at 64

Midweek Catchup: The Sicilian, the Tennis and the Russian Salad

Kate Mulvey: Did Breakfast in Bed End My Sicilian Romance?

Midweek Catchup: Bananagrams, the Ultimate Adrenaline Sport

Amanda Prowse: Cake on a Tuesday, a Son Who Stopped Talking and an HGV Dream

Midweek Catchup: Is Kaye Letting the Side Down by Dyeing Her Hair?

Professor Tanya Byron: On the Cusp of 60 and Done with Therapy-Speak

Midweek Catchup: The Great Cottage Cheese Crisis

Louise Doughty: The Suitcase That Rewrote My Parents' Love Story

Midweek Catchup: Are You in a Care Home or What?

Julia Macklin: The Day I Looked Into My Own Eyes

Midweek Catchup: The Friend, the Bare Feet and the Thing Under the Chair

Francesca Hicks: Cabin Crew at 62, After Every Other CV Got Binned

Midweek Catchup: Is There an Age You Move from Porn to Vinted?

Keith Brymer Jones: Clay, Tears and a Welsh Chapel

Midweek Catchup: What on Earth Is Aura Farming?

Janet Street-Porter: 80, Off the Leash and Saying It For You

Midweek Catchup: The 10 Pence Tip That Still Haunts Karen

Jay Rayner: Turning 60 With His Appetite Intact

Midweek Catchup: Kaye Has Dead Butt Syndrome

AC Scott: The Broadcaster Who Disappeared and Came Back Singing

Midweek Catchup: The Phone Call Kaye Wouldn't Pick Up

Milly Johnson: The Arthritic Knee That Saved Her Life

Midweek Catchup: Back to Earth with a Bump

Jan Birley: From IT Project Manager to Producing Her Own Feature Film

Midweek Catchup: Everybody Bloody Loves Karen

Barbara Scully: Stand-Up at 60 and the Superpower of Being Underestimated

Midweek Catchup: Big News and a Passport Computer That Says No

Marisa Peer: Ageing Is a Decision

Midweek Catchup: A £36 Wash and the Railcard I Swore I'd Never Get

Mimi Anderson: Minus 35, Frostbite, and No Intention of Stopping

Midweek Catchup: Home from Holiday to a House of Horrors

Russ Kane: Why Me Is the Wrong Question

Kaye’s Mr Bean Moment, Ian’s Midlife Crisis & The Man from Monaco

Jacquie Beltrao: Seven Years On From Stage Four, "I've Got Today"

Midweek Catchup: The Amalfi Verdict, a Digital Detox, and Six Pillow Protectors

Bibi Lynch: Nearly Destroyed at 50, Buoyant at 60

Midweek Catchup: The Influencer, the Endoscopy and the Tablecloth

Cindy Sheahan: Every Day Is an Adventure - Leaving a 32-Year Marriage and Travelling Alone

Midweek Catchup: The Floor Ice Cream Dilemma, Karen's Water Butt Caper, and the Eighteen-Year-Old Mattress

Donna Lancaster: Turning Your Wounds Into Wisdom

Crepey Chests, Second-Hand PJs and Why We're Too Old for Loud Bars

Gail Rice: Scaring myself alive at 70

Midweek Catchup: Puglia, Pre-Loved Pyjamas and Racing with Kelly Holmes

Jane Green: When You Stop Waiting To Be Chosen

It's Not My Knee, It's My Hip (and Other Excuses)

Pauline Campbell: "I Am Never Going to Lower My Hand Again"

Midweek Catchup: The Whistling Hearing Aid, The Joy of Sex, and Karen's Filthy Nails

Sian Reeves: The Acid Yellow Dress - Caring for Dad, a Hairdresser Con, and Turning 60

Midweek Catchup: Grief, Therapy and a David Tennant Selfie

Cally Beaton: Wrong Medication, Wrong Career, Wrong Country. Right Decade.

Midweek Catchup: A Year On, And It's Only Just Hitting

Philippa Perry: Why Your Kids Went Quiet (And What They Wish You'd Ask)

Midweek Catchup: Six-Packs, Bingo Wings and Using Meryl Streep as Your Inspo

Mia Mauge: From Invisible to Unstoppable — The Power of Showing Up at 60

Midweek Catchup: When Your Belly Button Starts Looking Like The Scream

Victoria Hislop: The Woman Who Found Adversity Easier Than Success

Midweek Catchup: Bum Cheeks, Ballet and the Makeup Counter From Hell

Wendi Peters: A Carpet Fitter, A Terrible Wig, and the Art of Not Giving a Damn

Midweek Catchup: Video Calls, Toilet Seats & a Letter from Downing Street

Jo Hamilton: The Post Office Took Everything — Except Her Fight

Midweek Catchup: Forgot the VIP, Found the Earbuds, Bartered at the Optician's

Tessa Peake-Jones: Why Being Alone at 60 Might Be the Best Relationship You've Ever Had

Midweek Catchup: Two Women, Two Holidays, One Mango Massacre

Donna Ashworth: Grief, Growth and the Freedom to Become Yourself

Midweek Catchup: Sangria, Seromas and Stolen Mango

Rosie O’Donnell: Reinvention, Motherhood, and the Gift of Getting Older

Midweek Catchup: Broadcasting from a Hospital Waiting Room (Popcorn Included)

Sheila Nollert: No Expiry Dates - Why One Woman Canoed into the Wilderness at 65

Midweek Catchup: Oatcakes, Journaling and Life’s Unexpected Curveballs

Daisy Goodwin: The Internal Fire Alarm — Anxiety, Ambition and a Second Adolescence

Midweek Catchup: Loggate, Needles & New Beginnings

Suzi Quatro: Determined, Independent and Not Slowing Down at 75

Midweek Catchup: Bathroom Floors, Gas Bills & Stabbing the Devil

Sally Gunnell: Hurdling Towards 60 — The Champion's Guide to Ageing Well

Midweek Catchup: Duck Eggs, Lost Rings and the Weird Comfort of Superstition

Mandy Appleyard: Caring for Mum, Dignitas and the Police Knock at the Door