What the papers said in the week ending 27 May 2023
A well-tried approach toward housing for older people looks to add years to life: Almshouse residents may live up to two and a half years longer, study finds | Social housing | The Guardian
Living long can be a happy experience: Ireland’s oldest woman shares her secrets to enjoying life on her 109th birthday | Ireland | The Guardian
- But the use of modern technology may disadvantage us: Postal ballot ID may lead some voters to ‘give up’, says Age UK | Postal voting | The Guardian
- The hazards are not confined to older people: Is No 10 waking up to dangers of artificial intelligence? | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
- The future of AI is chilling – humans have to act together to overcome this threat to civilisation | Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian
Hands on, personal caring remains the basis of what we need. It has value which goes beyond £ s d: priceless The Guardian view on carers: those who do the caring deserve care themselves | Editorial | The Guardian
We are sorry to know:
About the continued detention of people for life: Indefinite jail terms are state-sanctioned cruelty | Prisons and probation | The Guardian
That people renting accommodation have the hardest time: Private renters ‘almost twice as likely to struggle with debt as UK general population’ | Renting property | The Guardian
That circumstances have driven a rise in the misuse of alcohol – and subsequent rise in preventable ill-health and early deaths: Tories’ failure to tackle alcohol harm is causing public health crisis, say MPs | Alcohol | The Guardian
That our favourite radio programmes are seen as cash monkeys: Desert Island Discs to move to BBC’s for-profit division in bid to make money | Desert Island Discs | The Guardian
That authorities sometimes put uniformity and their own vision of tidiness ahead of individual choice and pleasure: The council has come for our gnomes and pot plants. Your hanging basket might be next | Phineas Harper | The Guardian
That politics has made life more difficult for ordinary people: Brexit food trade barriers have cost UK households £7bn, report finds | Brexit | The Guardian
That the neglect of the NHS is leading more of those with money to seek private health care: Record rise in people using private healthcare amid NHS frustration | Private healthcare | The Guardian
That we are seen to be careless of the value and dignity of the lives of others: Braverman bill could lead to 3,000 asylum seekers being deported a month | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian
That Esther Rantzen has a terminal illness, though it is wonderful that she is sharing knowledge of this widely: Esther Rantzen reveals her lung cancer has progressed to stage 4 | Esther Rantzen | The Guardian
That icons of our youth and beyond have passed, some tarnished, others golden for ever:
- Rolf Harris obituary | Television & radio | The Guardian
- Singer, diva, fashion icon, trailblazer, dancer: the five sides of Tina Turner | Tina Turner | The Guardian
We are glad to read:
Of the gratitude for good teachers: Saved from a life of shame by teachers | Poverty | The Guardian
And for youth organisations which have set us up for life: Labour peer Jan Royall: ‘Girlguiding taught me girls can do anything’ | Guides | The Guardian
That new advances can help overcome disability: Paralysed man walks using device that reconnects brain with muscles | Neuroscience | The Guardian
That people who had become alone are not all forgotten Hundreds attend London funeral for second world war veteran Peter Brown | Second world war | The Guardian
More politics:
The future of our economy is uncertain: Rishi Sunak warned over possible UK recession in 2024 | Recession | The Guardian
But whatever happens we must look after each other by disciplined sharing of what we have: Ensuring people are fed is a job for the government, not charities | Poverty | The Guardian
David Jolley. Chair of Christians on Ageing, in a personal capacity
