Alex Cann's Weekly Blog from Thursday, June 18th, 2026

Age campaigners are urging people to stop using phrases like "over the hill" and "stuck in their ways", claiming that their use helps to "entrench ageism" in society. Boffins from the Centre for Ageing Better have quizzed 4,000 people and found that even folk in their 40s and 50s have experienced this type of language. This has taken me down a peg or two after I enjoyed an Elemis facial on my recent break in the Lake District and was told I have the skin of a 41-year-old. Weirdly specific, but I'll take the compliment.