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‘I was the victim of financial abuse’
Louise was getting her life together after her divorce. Then her new partner needed a loan….
Coming out as gay: Married, an affair and then
VG Lee married her first boyfriend at 18, and though she could sense something was wrong, it wouldn’t be until nearly 20 years after that that she could explore her true identity.
“I was made redundant in my 50s”
After a 30-year-career in publishing, one Queenager describes how it feels being the victim of mid-life redundancy.
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‘I went to a sex club after my divorce’
After her divorce, one woman decided to visit a sex club. The results surprised her
“The biggest thing I took away from the trip was the reminder that we are never alone in facing challenges and problems”
Ali Fairhurst (far left in the front row in the pic above) was one of the group of 12 women on the first ever Noon tour, to Morocco. It was an experience that she will treasure for so many reasons, as she explains.
Why I’m childfree by choice
It’s a less typical road to choose not to have children. But it’s a path that can be embraced, says Kerensa Jennings.
Helen Paris and Leslie Hill
“We have experienced being looked through, looked past or hidden away entirely”
As a young lesbian woman in the eighties, there were no older women couples Helen Paris could look as role models. Now married to her partner of 27 years, she questions whether lesbian couples are any more visible and recognised all these decades later.
Connect with NOON Circles
“I feel I’ve found my tribe”
“It’s wonderful to know I’m not alone in what I’m experiencing and feeling”
“It’s fantastic to meet so many amazing women who immediately feel like friends”
Each month groups Queenagers gather in person or online for NOON Circles to share experiences, views and thoughts about the issues and challenges we face in mid-life.
NOON Circles are only available to our Queenager newsletter subscribers, so sign up HERE to become one. We’ll see you at a NOON Circle soon!
Great Queenagers in Conversation
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“I love being a Queenager”
Laura Kuenssberg talks to Eleanor Mills about Brexit chaos, how the country was on the verge of a revolution, why she never wanted to be famous, and how she feels about being a mid-life woman
Why Jo Whiley is seeing midlife through a whole new lens
Jo and Eleanor were joined by an array of inspiring speakers and guests at a special Queenager event hosted by Noon and Vision Express
Minnie Driver talks midlife power, Hollywood & Managing Expectations
The Brit and Hollywood A-lister has published a memoir as a collection of essays. Here she talks midlife with Eleanor.
