David Stewart

Andrew Macpherson, international Vogue photographer and AGEIST collaborator, is having his first exhibition and it’s a stunner.  The theme is landscape, specifically the genre of the master of the black and white print, Ansel Adams. We have had a chance to get hold of some of the exhibition prints, and...

some new numbers on loneliness The health care insurer Cigna released a study last week stating that the vast majority of us in America are considered lonely. How did they arrive at that? Well, the UCLA Loneliness Study Scale classifies "lonely" as anyone who scores above a 43 on a...

This fascinating article in the NYTimes recently caught my eye. “The better we get at something, the likelier we are to see how much more we can improve, which can sometimes lead us to underestimate ourselves” and conversely, “the less skilled you are at something, the less likely you are...

We hear a lot about the lack of natural, well-crafted beauty products available in the US. This may be worth investigating. Gucci Westman, whose makeup work is seen on a number of big name Hollywood women, has a new, meticulously-crafted makeup line due to launch this summer. Her personal no-makeup...

The Ageist Summer Read These are our books for reading in the summer of 2018. One of the hallmarks of getting a bit older is that we value our time more, and we tend to avoid bringing objects into our lives that we may need to discard. Thus the quest for...

In a flat world of shopping options, this caught our eye. What do you do after you’ve created an amazingly successful clothing line and it blows up in a not-so-good way? If you are Scott Sternberg, who did Band of Outsiders, you pause, you think big and you think...

Up at 5am. Take the dog out for a quick walk. He’s not thrilled with the brisk temperature, but I am. I love the cold, crisp air and silence to transition into consciousness. Prepare the breakfast tray for my husband and I — we start every day with a light breakfast together...

ruaha national park, tanzania One of the most intensely alive experiences I have ever had was walking in the bush in Africa. There is something about being way down on the food chain in a place filled with massive animals that focuses the mind in a way I haven't...

This is my night-time skin care routine. But, basically, I keep it simple and don’t use American products: they have too many nasty ingredients which are banned in Europe. Bioderma micellar makeup remover on eyes. Cleanse with Chanel Le Blanc foaming cleanser. Tone with Chanel Le Blanc moisturizing lotion. Apply Chanel...

We've got our eye on the John Chamberlain show in London April 17-May 26 at the Gagosian Gallery in London. It'll be the first show of the great, and recently passed, American sculptor in the UK since 2011. Re-purposing is something that’s in fashion these days, but Chamberlain wasn’t really...