Joy

Experience an infusion of delight with our Joy topic for women in midlife, from books and travel to interiors, shopping and more.

Why Queenagers need to embrace 'soft life'

I first heard of the phrase Soft Life on Instagram. I posted a picture of myself on a solo trip to the Maldives, and my cousin commented that I was enjoying the ‘soft life’. Soon after I started to see black girls and women all over my feed using the soft life hashtag to describe the lifestyle shift, they were making.

Queenagers - a new way of looking at midlife!

Why is it that men in our society are seen to get better with age, like fine wine – while women are seen more like peaches; one wrinkle and we’re done? Noon has paired up with Vision Express and Jo Whiley to challenge this stereotype, and to change the way that the world sees older women.

I left my husband for a woman

Liz Moseley had a creeping sense that something was wrong in her carefully constructed middle class life. And then she met Suzie on a Woman's March...

The Queenager : Eleanor's Letter (August 7th 2022)

Holidays, downtime and facing our demons...

The Queenager : Eleanor's Letter (August 22nd 2022)

I've been going to the same festival with the same tribe for 17 years... it feels like home.

What would you do if you weren't afraid?

Eleanor Mills talks about finding success after failure, moving into a next chapter, founding Noon and challenging cultural stereotypes about older women.

The Queenager : Eleanor's Letter (July 24th 2022)

Eleanor celebrated her wedding anniversary and many other exciting things this week.

Book Club with Emily Edwards

Jennifer Howze, from Noon, speaks to author Emily Edwards, about her book - The Herd: The Thought-provoking and Unputdownable.

Reimagining the Second Half of Life

Sharon Blackie author of Hagitude. psychologist and academic, spoke to Noon founder Eleanor Mills on her first ever Instagram Live about her life's work: reclaiming the stories of female elders and their wisdom which have vanished from our culture. (Go to @uponnoon on Instagram to watch our live). This is an extract from her new book Hagitude.

The Queenager: Best Queenager Books (July 10th 2022)

All my favourite reads for summer - fiction, memoir, polemic. Enjoy!

I've Taken Up Stripping...at 59

Josephine Pembroke started her cabaret show at 59, rediscovering her sexuality, the wild days of 80s Soho and her time in a Pussy Power band in the 90s. And this year, she’s bringing it to the Edinburgh Fringe…

'My Boobs Got in the Way of My Golf Swing'

Genelle Aldred writes about the joys of getting into a new hobby, even allowing it to become a bit of an obsession and the hurdles that could have stopped her in her tracks.

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