Older and Bolder: My A-Z of surviving almost everything

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Rantzen is best known for being the presenter of the BBC’s That’s Life, a topical entertainment show, from 1973 to 1994. Joel Gotler is CEO of Intellectual Property Group, a literary management company representing some of the world’s best-selling authors.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.On my wedding morning, I said, ‘Desmond, we’ve only known each other ten years, I’m only 37 and I’m only 8 months pregnant, we’re rushing this. I started when I was 13 or 14 and it slowly became more structured, culminating in me starting Childline in 1986. I was bought up on a farm in Chester and even though my degree was in agriculture, I could see that was not going to be for me so I changed my tack completely and went on to instructing because I love motoring. This energising book charts her time travels through her most significant memories, from meeting Princess Diana to creating a national outrage with a mischievous short film about a driving dog and reflects with candour and humour on the life lessons she has learned, revealing the hints, hacks and personal philosophies that have been her secrets to surviving almost everything. Probably that’s what it’s for, because if you think about it, if you were sane, would you do such an inelegant, unhygienic thing?

There’s a terrific definition of it, which definitely applied to me after I lost my husband Desmond. in this life-affirming book, she looks back from her ninth decade, and shares her most significant memories, from meeting Princess Diana to creating a national outrage with a short film about a driving dog, and reflects with candour and humour on the lessons she's learnt, revealing the hints, hacks and personal philosophies that have been her secrets of surviving almost everything.

Ben is the co-founder of the Fundación Yannick y Ben Jakober, a gallery and sculpture park in northern Mallorca.

At their age, I was so very fortunate to shadow Esther Rantzen from her green room to live broadcast on BBC That’s Life and Hearts of Gold. Staying active helps you meet people I’ve skated for my whole life, but when my husband died back in 2009, I decided to start synchronised skating as a way to meet people.

Yesterday, I was at a conference and two people who had used the service as children explained why they owe their lives to it.