‘i switched from recruitment consultant to gîte owner!’

Full disclosure: I’ve known Nicky Hambleton-Jones for 25 years. We met at a book club when we were both lonely souls who had just landed in Britpop ’90s London – me from the North East of England and

On a golden morning in Penzance, sunlight streams through the Georgian windows of Chapel House, where the scent of freshly baked bread mingles with sea air. Susan Stuart, 67, flips croissants in the k

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a writer. But like many daughters of immigrant parents, I followed the safer path. I became a management consultant. I wore suits, talked strategy, and bu

When it feels like you might be working ...

Bernadette Gledhill , from Huddersfield, has worked in the fashion industry for five decades, first as a model, then teaching others how it’s done and these days choreographing fashion shows. The 70-year-old’s career has come full circle, and she shares with us the joy of modelling, and why she’ll never let anyone perm her hair again!

MIND, BODY, RELATIONSHIPS & MONEY