Joy
Experience an infusion of delight with our Joy topic for women in midlife, from books and travel to interiors, shopping and more.
Book Club March 2024: Spread the Joy with Gaby Roslin
Broadcaster Gaby Roslin is on a mission to make us all more joyful. AT the Noon Book Club, find out how she says we can do it!
Learning to swim in your fifties
In spite of being a former personal trainer and now a Women’s Health Coach, Thelma Mensah had never been able to swim. A conversation with Noon founder, Eleanor Mills, and the chance to take part in one of the Noon retreats proved to be the incentive she needed to finally take the plunge and learn.
’We had drifted apart, but I never forgot her. How could I?
Was it chance or serendipity that led Jane Corry to an unexpected and moving reunion?
A Queenager’s first Glastonbury
Louise Monaghan considered going to the world’s biggest performing arts festival for the first time at 55, nothing more than a been-there-done-that box-ticking exercise. It turned out to be a lot more life-changing than that.
Noon Tours: Jordan April 2024
The experience of a lifetime awaits you on a female-only, privately guided tour of this magical country and the people, places, traditions and landscapes that make it so unforgettable.
'It's taken me my whole life to understand the only place you can be truly safe is within yourself'
As a child, Tracey Woodward lived in squats, went shoplifting with her mum and couldn't even read. She went on to become a wellness expert, entrepreneur and CEO, learning to live by her principles
Photo by Rick Guest
“I thought I’d die a pleaser. Then I hit 50 and now I just don’t give a shit.”
Breaking free from her lifelong need for approval has meant singer, songwriter and musician, Judith Owen, can finally be her authentic, unapologetic self. And she’s loving it.
We need to do this to save the planet
Fashion is one of the worst contributors to climate change and the industry is set to double emissions by 2030. If we are going to have any chance of achieving the drastic reduction in global warming that we need to, we HAVE to stop consuming so much. Former fashion editor Tiffanie Darke has a solution and a challenge.
'People think divorce is contagious – I don't get invited to parties anymore'
Caro Giles found herself a single mother to 4 daughters after her marriage broke down. She saved them all through 'a wild kind of mothering'
Tensions in my body that have been there for years are released in a flush of emotions, tears, laughter and relief
Beatrice Aidin experiences a unique weekend retreat trying out the Human Method technique developed by Nahid de Belgeonne, aka the nervous system whisperer.
The joy of our midlife gap year & why you should do it too
When Kathinka Horn and her husband Kirstan decided they wanted to shake things up in their lives, they made the decision to go on the sort of trip that most of us only dream of.
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.
