Eleanor's Letter

Eleanor's letter: Older workers represent growth

From the Age Pioneers conference, top HR people and recruiters hear how older workers mean growth for businesses as well as the economy

Eleanor's letter: Why now's the time for hope

Eleanor's Letter: What does beauty for midlife women look like?

Eleanor reveals why films like Babygirl and The Substance matter ... even if you don't like them

Eleanor's Letter: Christmas came early for NOON

NOON had a banner week, with a rollicking Christmas party and officially becoming the voice for women in midlife in the media

When the midlife collision keeps coming...

Even when we think we've finally got midlife sorted, you have a week like the one I just had...

Eleanor's Letter: Alcohol & other things we inherit as mothers and daughters

What legacies do we get from our mothers ... and what do we hand down to daughters? Eleanor Mills spoke with a mother-daughter duo who have both struggled with alcohol. They share their emotional 'pack ice' and the family's difficult legacy

Eleanor's Letter: Play Queenager Bingo with me!

Eleanor's letter: Why we're only in the foothills of the gender revolution

A week that began with the Budget brings reminders that things are improving ... but not there yet

The Queenager: Why I hate Halloween

It comes from the pagan festival Samhain which marked the turn of the year, mourning those we have lost, remembering the dead. But now it's all sweets and plastic tat

Am I the only one who thinks it's scary for all the wrong reasons?

What to do on your sad-anniversaries

How to weather with our sad-anniversaries – anniversaries of our loved ones' deaths? Eleanor Mills contemplates the day