Eileen Jolly sued her company because she wanted to work to 90. Should we see her as heroine or hindrance?
For anyone the wrong side of 60, last week’s tributes to leading nonagenarians have made heartwarming reading. So much so that I’m tempted to ask my parents, aged 88 and 92, now they’ve enjoyed their gap decades, why they don’t go back to work. Yes, it would leave less time for gardening and the crossword, but wouldn’t it make a nice break from being cold-called by organised criminals pretending to be from BT?
The losses of Baroness Trumpington, 96, and of Harry Leslie Smith, 95, revealed an enthusiasm for contributions by old people or at least those with wisdom or witticisms to share, which is rarely reflected in either workforce composition or in coverage of a demographic usually portrayed as the cause of endless, bed-blocking trouble.
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