"I’m running in the last lap of life. But instead of relegating myself to deterioration, I try to regard myself as simply fraying at the edges". - Eve Pollard

"Loneliness is the scourge of old age, which means there has never been a better time to enjoy those water-cooler moments".

When you have 50 per cent of women filling the top jobs, it becomes just uninteresting. Now, a few stand out – a few run companies, a few are famous. People have a go at them.

"There’s no right way of doing it. Nobody looks at blokes in boring suits and criticises them".