No. 264 / February 1995
Ageing
Editor's
letter
- Ageing with attitude
The idea of ageing kicks into action a host of fears and prejudices. Nikki van der Gaag suggests some positive ways of facing the future in a world where more and more people are living longer.
- Over to you
NI readers give their views on ageing.
- Vanishing cream for the mind
Conspirators in a plot to elevate youth and denigrate age? Or victims of it? Jeremiah Creedon reports from the front-line of middle age.
- I would pick more daisies
A poem by Don Herold
- Bosom of the family
African families look after their old folk. Or do they? Elizabeth Obadina finds it's not always possible.
- A RIPE OLD AGE - THE FACTS
- A crone's progress
Allegra Taylor goes in search of older women's wisdom.
- Stranded in Hamburgerland
Jeremy Seabrook reports from South-East Asia where elderly people struggle to be heard above the babble of consumer culture.
- Simply - twelve myths about ageing
- The remains of the feast
The story of Ratna and her grandmother who wanted it all, by Gita Hariharan.
- Coming of age in Conchali
Katrina Payne sees women in Chile refusing to take their advancing years lying down.
- Letters
- Letter from Russia
- Update
- The NI Interview with Herbert de Souza
- Reviews: plus
Otto Preminger classic
MAGAZINE DESIGNED BY ALAN HUGHES
FRONT COVER PHOTO: FAMILY IN CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, US, ELI REED / MAGNUM
ONLINE MAGAZINE MAINTAINED BY SIMON
LOFFLER
©Copyright: New Internationalist 1995
NI Home Page
New Internationalist
Need help?
Regular columns
On the go?
New Internationalist (NI) workers' co-operative exists to report on issues of world poverty and inequality; to focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide; to debate and campaign for the radical changes necessary to meet the basic needs of all; and to bring to life the people, the ideas and the action in the fight for global justice.
Except where otherwise noted, images on this site are copyright of the photographer/illustrator or representative agency.Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 License.
