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Emma Soames

March 2012

  • white heat

    Has White Heat got the 1960s right?

    White Heat, Paula Milne's 1960s-set drama has premiered on BBC2. But does it offer anything more than a stylised, nostalgic image of the decade? Fay Weldon, Roger McGough, Darcus Howe, Yvonne Roberts, Katharine Whitehorn and Emma Soames look back to their experiences of the era

May 2011

  • victoria beckham pregnant

    Pregnancy: Does my bump look big in this?

    Not long ago, pregnant women were confined to tent dresses. Now expectant mothers appear on magazine covers, tweet the happy news and flaunt their bellies in figure‑hugging couture. Veteran magazine editor Emma Soames wonders if it's a good thing

July 2010

  • Marital fidelity? What a terribly common idea

    Emma Soames
    Emma Soames: The wives of wealthy men know better than to quibble when their husbands take a mistress

May 2010

  • Britain's cult of youth is out of control

    Emma Soames
    Emma Soames: We celebrate the fortysomethings, but forget the sagacity of older generations

June 2009

  • Advanced Style

    Ageing Britain
    Red lipstick and flat caps - it's street style for older folk

    Emma Soames: Advanced Style chronicles the style of the chicest, wackiest and best dressed of America's older generation

May 2009

  • I'm not invisible, I'm only in my fifties

    Emma Soames

    Emma Soames: Ageism begins ever earlier, but baby boomers have the power to counter its pernicious effects

February 2008

  • How can over-70s keep fit?

    Emma Soames: Research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that taking up exercise after retirement can prolong your life, greatly increasing your chances of living until 90

April 2007

  • Age-old rules

    Can you wear a short skirt? Is lacy appropriate? As women get older, their instinct for knowing what suits them all too often gets lost, says Emma Soames, editor of Saga magazine, who offers 10 tips for growing old in style.

July 2004

  • Why 60 is the new middle age... and 50 is positively youthful

    The current BBC season, The Time Of Your Life, promises to peel away the myth that the middle aged are among the meek and invisible and to correct received images of ageing.

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