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THE OLDER WOMAN’S BIBLE - MARCH 24 - 9.09am

60-plus and swish...

It felt very ‘super secret’, a conspiratorial conclave, shrouded in age old mystery and lore, obsessively guarding its confidences with secret handshakes and eye brow aberrations. And at the centre of it all was Janet Ellis, ex-Blue Peter presenter and mother of Sophie Ellis-Bextor (if the way she looked was anything to go by, the long-guarded formula used by these “sisters of Tricia” was proof enough of its all-powerful spell).
But before you start imagining unspeakable initiation rites and hill top gatherings at midnight, let me clarify. I was attending a talk last evening by Tricia Cusden, a highly successful beauty vlogger and businesswoman who was discussing her best selling book ‘Living the Life More Fabulous: Beauty, Style and Empowerment for Older Women’, ably assisted by company ‘ambassador’ Ms Ellis.
Not surprisingly, it proved very popular with…well, women (only I and other one man dared cross the threshold) and very entertaining it proved too.
Ms Cusden was/is living testament to her own miracle remedies and I have to say as a fiftysomething guy, it was a privilege to be so warmly embraced by both current and future disciples.
As for the secrets disclosed, I frankly fear too much for my life to even dream of breaking the ‘silence‘...

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FT Weekend Title partner University of Oxford BBC World Service International radio partner Bodleian Libraries Festival cultural partner Oxford Martin School Festival ideas partner Chêne Bleu Worcester College Worcester College: Festival college partner Italian Embassy Supporter of Italian programme Irish Embassy, London Supporters of the Irish programme MIT Press MIT Press. Sponsors of the programme of American literature and culture The Dorchester Hotels Collection Festival London hotel partner Blackwell’s Festival on-site and online bookseller Head of Zeus The Macdonald Randolph Hotel The festival hotel HM Government of Gibraltar Festival green room sponsor Gibunco Group Sponsor of Gibraltar Lecture British Academy BBC Four Television Broadcast media partner Earthwatch Europe Ian and Carol Sellars Emily Rose and James Marrow Jill Dunsmore Lady Hatch Patron donor for the programme of Irish literature and culture George Warren New College Lincoln College Lincoln College St Cross College St Cross College Jesus College St Hilda’s College 10th St Hilda's day at the festival St John’s College St John's College The Queen’s College The Queen's College Exeter College Exeter College Hertford College Keble College Keble College Oxford Brookes University The Feathers Hotel Said Business School University of Oxford Mathematical Institute Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies The Oxford Times Regional media partner BBC Radio Oxford Local radio partner Bear Ram Elk Festival Digital Strategy & Web Design The Royal Society of Literature Royal Literary Fund Princeton University Press Felicity Bryan Associates University of Oxford Alumni Office Alumni Office Conference Oxford Oxford University Images Oxford University Images The Sheldonian Theatre Oxford University Press Floris of London Critchleys City Audio Visual Eynsham Hall Macdonald Bear Hotel Sloane Club Ashmolean Museum British Humanist Association The Story Museum Oxford City Council The Litmus Partnership K T Bruce Photography K T Bruce Photography OX magazine Liaison Financial Services History of War All About History Steer Oxford Botanic Garden Wadham College Wadham College