Finding love in later life can be a joyous, often unexpected surprise, but when the excitement of being swept off your feet subsides, there are often other practicalities to consider. Unlike meeting a

SARAH DITUM

Despite being happily married, I went on a mission to be wooed – and found it surprisingly easy.

COME on, Jo. You haven’t been out with us for ages,” Gemma chided me, when she phoned. “It’s not good for you sitting about in that poky flat all on your own.” “I’m not on my own. I have Simon,” I cor

It was a week before Christmas, grey and cold, but finally the Christmas shopping was finished. Home at last, and after standing in a supermarket queue for almost an hour with a trolley bulging with f

Helen Harris always enjoyed her afternoon tea with Martha Evert, and as she knocked on the door carrying a treat of two chocolate muffins, she looked forward to an hour or two of catching up with her