Why does no one ever tell you how brilliant ageing can be? | Suzanne Moore
by Suzanne Moore from Science | The Guardian on (#4NHYK)
In later life, you know what sparks joy: loving new things, discarding old things. It's finally time to live as you want to live, not as you're told you should
It started with a tweet. I wondered why people like the Edinburgh fringe so much, when it sounds like my idea of hell: loads of "theatre" (with capital-letter ACTING); audience interaction; comedians; circus-type things.
Edinburgh itself is gorgeous, so am I just a misery guts? That is a rhetorical question, obviously. The answers came thick and fast. I would love the fringe, apparently, if only I got taken to the right shows. Then I could go to 10 in one day! But I know myself. One artwork a day is quite enough, ta.
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