All Downhill From Here

Touchy subject, hair. So we felt around and found a charmer. Simon Briar, principal stylist at Michael Van Clarke, one of London’s most prestigious salons for over 35 years. Steeped in a world of style consciousness and high fashion yet grounded as a Southern league kit man. Want to feel relaxed about going Grey and receding? Here’s a man who knows how to do (And does) both with easy acceptance and panache. 

Our first look at ageing men from a young man’s POV…Photographer/videographer, Jamie Lucas (Cover: With David Bailey). At 25, he’s travelled the world, worked up close with the greatest legends of rock n roll and he’s now doing the same with the most magnificent beasts of the jungle. How does unflinching youth view the transitional life stage us fathers and boomers are now approaching? A time for timidity and tameness? Perhaps not.

Grew up in Coventry in the heyday of the British car industry. Built a career in tech in Silicon Valley, California. After a chance encounter with an old E-type, now finds himself surrounded by automotive projects, half American and half Jaguars from his native city, all of them “a work in progress”. What drives him? Well, it’s not about getting there. The satisfaction, the pleasure, the meaning, is in the journey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Jones, 58 Bank CEO, Financial Services board advisor. Retirement expert, Oxford Inst of Ageing. Survivor of life-threatening prostate cancer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does our response to events in the world around us change as we get older? We speak to Henry Naylor – From Spitting Image to ‘Finding Bin Laden’, from celebrated comedy scriptwriter to highly praised, thought provoking playwright. We discuss how Henry’s approach to ‘putting the world to rights’ has changed over the years and why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Level Crossing Records, the coffee and music hub of SW14, Dr Gbadebo Ogunlami on the 'Enduring Spirit' in every one of us... but particularly noticeable in him! A Terminator-like resilience to setbacks and an ever-young enthusiasm for life sees him treat the pains and pleasures of ageing with happy equanimity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Planning for a future with more time on your hands? Time, at last, to put yourself first and do what you want to do?  Maybe. But talking to our guest, Gary Hanaway reveals an almost totally selfless approach to planning later life which, in its own way, it’s as inspiring and fulfilling as any bucket list. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Statistics say you’re in a profession in which, after stopping work, people die 10 years sooner that everyone else. Meanwhile you use statistics to manage decline and keep on running. We talk to top 5 accountancy firm partner, Ken Williamson about his highly individual approach to ageing and retirement.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Retirement in English. Retraite (Retreat) in French. Wherever you are, does it have to feel like a backward step?We talk to Christian, an ex-music professor in French-speaking Switzerland who, after a period of after work depression, is advancing into ever more satisfying territory.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Increasingly rejected in the workplace and often feeling dejected out of it, we older men “need to get back on our horses”  says Robert Campbell of The Silver Academy. Hear how our positive action can save us from stagnation, save our kids from paying our pensions and even save the High St.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew and Simon question “Bike pedaller and bike peddler” Guy Pearson on the seemingly never-ending rise of cycling, his own non-stop, age-defying cycling achievements, the continuing evolution of Pearson Cycles and what to do about the 6th generation of a family business when it’s coming to the end of the 5th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul Burke. If you haven’t read and enjoyed his books, you’ll have read and enjoyed his adverts on radio or tv. Talking with Paul is a joy. And an inspiration. At an age where attitudes often harden, his would appear to be adapting easily to accept life just as it is.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.