-
Recent Posts
Archives
Categories
Meta
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Finally, the new home page as it should be
It’s there: our new home page, with its new, easier-to-use side navigation and five fabulous images of real-life women who are at or around 60 (and when we say “around”, we mean this year). It’s more proof – if it … Continue reading
It’s official – you can be sexy at 60
In my earlier blog, I may have been a bit hard on the Daily Mail over its coverage of Sandi Firth, the Leeds woman whose son put her up for sale on eBay because she couldn’t find a man who … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged cosmo landesman, daily mail, helen mirren, lulu, meryl streep, sandi firth, twiggy
Leave a comment
Step away from that cliche now…
Two weeks ago, the Jewish Chronicle ran a news story about Sandi Firth, 63, from Leeds, whose son James Doran, 38, put her up for sale on eBay. Since the JC reported this, the national newspapers have gone crazy over … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged ageism, cosmo landesman, daily mail, jewish chronicle, sandi firth
Leave a comment
A couple of glitches, but our new home page is there
When we started 60&Sensational, not only did Cyndy and I not know how much we didn’t know about setting up a website, but we also didn’t realise the strength of feeling there would be among our site visitors to the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 60, digital manipulation, home page, models, retouching
Leave a comment
A redhead by any other name
Julia Gillard, the new Prime Minister of Australia, is a redhead. So far, so good. However, I am reliably informed that in that part of the Antipodes, anyone with red hair is called …. Blood Nut! The Aussies certainly enjoy their … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Aussie, Australia, blood nut, Julia Gillard, Pommy, redhead
Leave a comment
If I was run down by a bus tomorrow…
Last year, when 60&Sensational first arrived in the world, I wrote a piece for our forum about how women of 60 were perceived and labelled. If I was run down by a bus or shot by a mugger, I noted, … Continue reading
A fragrant surprise
Congratulations to the men of London. Squashed into a Piccadilly Line train yesterday evening, on one of the hottest days of the summer so far, surrounded by overheated people (mostly men, as it happens), I was overwhelmed by how fresh … Continue reading
The prototype WAG
The name WAGS – wives and girlfriends -may have been invented only in 2006 to describe Coleen, Cheryl, et al, who headed to Germany to support their men, but those of us of the babyboomer generation may recall the prototype … Continue reading
I’m even dreaming 60&Sensational
You always know when something is preoccupying you – and maybe not in a good way… Last night I dreamed about 60&Sensational, and our PR campaign. In my reverie, Piers Morgan had agreed to talk about our fabulous site in … Continue reading
Can you stretch the working week?
There never seems to be enough time to fit it all in. The exercise – gotta keep moving in one’s 60’s – the work, children, grandchildren, social arrangements; I’m busier now than I ever was! Am current undertaking site revisions … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Welcome to SoSensational’s blog – join the conversation 