Time of your life
 | Who do you think you are? | | 1:28pm Mon 12 May 08 | | A stress-free life could be the result of rethinking the roles you play at home and at work, writes Dianne Bown-Wilson |
 | When silence isn't golden | | 1:04pm Mon 12 May 08 | | Ben Beaumont is determined to batter down the wall of silence which surrounds prostate cancer. Once diagnosed, he was amazed and depressed to discover that most men are happy to live in complete ignorance of the disease . . . |
 | Coming in from the cold | | 12:48pm Mon 12 May 08 | | Difficult to produce well, genuine ice wine is the Holy Grail for some wine buffs, writes Jochen Erler |
 | Safe as houses? | | 12:31pm Mon 12 May 08 | | Money worries are forcing some people to delay retirement, writes Jeremy Gates |
 | Recreating the heyday of steam | | 11:34am Mon 12 May 08 | | Geoffrey Hedge talks to Graeme Bunker, the man behind nostgalgic rail trips hauled by classic steam locomtives |
 | Creating the Green Belt Way | | 11:24am Mon 12 May 08 | | Gordon Garraway of the Campaign to Protect Rural England looks back on the creation of Oxfordshire’s latest walking route — celebrating CPRE Oxford’s 75th anniversary |
 | The yardstick of equality | | 11:11am Mon 12 May 08 | | Continuing his examination of divorce and the over 50s, John Arnott reflects on financial settlements |
 | Growing up at 50 | | 10:51am Mon 12 May 08 | | Are you stuck in a rut? Kate Hodal explains why it is never too late to find your dream career
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 | Spa capital of the world | | 10:27am Mon 12 May 08 | | For the latest in his series profiling unique European spa destinations, Jochen Erler visits Budapest |
 | Digital dating | | 10:17am Mon 12 May 08 | | The UK's silver surfers are as tech-savvy as their younger, digitally-aware counterparts, according to new research, with a third now using the Internet and mobile messaging to find love. |
 | Sharing your skills | | 9:58am Mon 12 May 08 | | Are you sitting comfortably? Then let Gordon Balme tell you the story of the University of the Third Age |
 | Planning a move? | | 9:30am Mon 12 May 08 | | Geoff Hedge gets some useful advice on selecting a retirement property |
 | Airport agonies | | 9:09am Mon 12 May 08 | | . . . or why getting away from it all can become hell-on-earth when you reach your half-century
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 | The magic of Montecatini | | 3:36pm Tue 26 Feb 08 | | In the third in his series profiling unique European spa destinations, Jochen Erler visits the largest spa resort town in Italy
The spa town of Montecatini, located between Florence and Pisa, owes its therapeutic success to the salt-sulphate-alkaline waters flowing from four springs which are recommended for those suffering from illnesses related to the liver and the digestive system. |
 | How Hilda got a head start | | 3:32pm Tue 26 Feb 08 | | Ann Spokes Symonds talks to Hilda Bulpitt about the golden age of Oxford department stores
Hilda Bulpitt had always wanted to work in a millinery department of a big department store. Now 97, she looks back with pleasure on her 30 years at Webbers, the drapers and furnishers in Oxford's High Street. |
 | Divorce and the over-50s | | 3:31pm Tue 26 Feb 08 | | One of the most curious features of divorce trends over the past 30 years is that divorces have tended to become less acrimonious and less traumatic - except for the over-50s, writes John Arnott
When the children are growing up and starting to leave home the parents will look at each other and contemplate what the future holds. |
 | Pensioners’ playground | | 3:28pm Tue 26 Feb 08 | | CRAIG WOODHOUSE visits the UK's first play area for the young at heart
Britain's first pensioners' playground' opened in Greater Manchester last month with one elderly user declaring it made her feel
21 again! |
 | Don’t just moan to the council, do something! | | 3:24pm Tue 26 Feb 08 | | Have you found yourself looking around your local neighbourhood and wishing the council or somebody else would do something about the littered park, the empty properties, the kids hanging about the streets or elderly people with no community events to go to? Why doesn't someone start a clean-up project, a youth club? an old people's centre? Well, if you have some ideas, why don't YOU start something moving? |
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