Whilst there are a lot of books that cover the topic of ‘how to have a good death’, there is little that offers us advice on the period that comes before that. How do we learn to actually be old? How do we spend our later years in a meaningful way that makes sense of who we’ve been and who we are now?

Roger Clough, former Professor of Social Care, lifelong hill walker, and current resident of ‘Oldenland‘ advises us on how to navigate it. Where he used to study the terrain of ageing like a scientist, now he understands it as a farmer might, walking its contours every day from his retirement village in the Peak District, while still negotiating the physical peaks and troughs of the area.  Oldenland is a unique and moving companion to the experiences of old age, and how to make it count.