I’m 77 and consider myself middle-aged

• When I was 30, I wrote a piece for She magazine which began: “Well, it’s all down to personality, now the looks have gone…” Little did I know that 47 years later, I would truly believe that I still have a lot more living to do – and that I’ve also got the energy to enjoy it – so I completely relate to the recent survey which claims that the older we get, our perception of when ‘old age’ begins gets higher.