Well would you Adam ‘n Eve it! Just when you think things can’t get any more uncertain than they are right now, I go and complicate things further over an innocent little dinner beneath some dreaming spires… I’ve been continuing to stall Gina about heading Essexwards. It’s amazing how easy it is to use the […]
Read more

Although women the world over have been doing it for centuries, we can’t really blame a guy for being a guy. And this is especially true now that we know that the male and female brains have some profound differences. Our brains are mostly alike. We are the same species, after all. But the differences […]
Read more

I’ve just hit fifty and am divorced, happy and single, while most of my friends are still married, more or less unhappily. I love sex and have recently made several attempts to have relationships with men to enjoy it without too many complications. Interestingly, it turns out to be much harder than I anticipated, judging […]
Read more

it has a very short shelf life and goes off once you expose it to the light! If you ask a long-married couple whether they’re happy or not, they may look at you rather quizzically as if they haven’t quite understood the question. It’s probably not something they care to ponder over, for if they […]
Read more

Here’s another thing about lawyers. They’re very difficult to shake once they get their teeth into a case. Mind you, in this instance it’s not necessarily just my case that this particular lawyer is getting her teeth into, but you get my drift… Don’t get me wrong. I/we’re not ‘involved’. But this is a little […]
Read more

Drinking alcohol could help women stay slim. Women who drink a couple of glasses of red wine, beer or spirits a day are better at keeping the pounds off than women who do not drink at all, according to a study published Monday. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston asked more than 19,000, […]
Read more

TBW founder, Julia Macmillan was on The Culture Show last night on BBC2 talking about the older woman/ younger man dynamic. For anyone who’d like to watch it, it’ll be up on BBC iPlayer for 6 days – it’s about 26 mins into the show. We’d love your feedback.  
Read more

A long time ago, when I started appreciating the benefits of being with a younger man, a very interesting thing was said to me. “I’ve never been out with a woman where I’ve felt invisible”. This intrigued me and on further investigation he revealed what had caused that feeling. It was to do with the […]
Read more

To celebrate the republication of of the 60s cult classic In Praise of Older Women by Stephen Vizinczey on March 4th (and you can see Julia, TBW founder talking about the older woman/yonger man dynamic on The Culture Show on BBC2 that night) we are holding a competition. The competition is to see who can […]
Read more