Tom Payne

Praise for The Ancient Art of Growing Old

Payne teases out advice on mental decline, medicine, late love affairs, death and legacy from the classical world and presents it in a witty and readable way

Antonia Charlesworth, Big Issue

A meditative celebration and self-help book. It would make a wonderful gift for anyone hurtling, like me, towards 60

Sara Wheeler, Observer

A humorous guide to classical authors’ advice on the downhill catwalk of age

Sara Wheeler, Observer

Payne teases out advice on mental decline, medicine, late love affairs, death and legacy from the classical world and presents it in a witty and readable way

Antonia Charlesworth, Big Issue

A meditative celebration and self-help book. It would make a wonderful gift for anyone hurtling, like me, towards 60

Sara Wheeler, Observer

A humorous guide to classical authors’ advice on the downhill catwalk of age

Sara Wheeler, Observer

Payne teases out advice on mental decline, medicine, late love affairs, death and legacy from the classical world and presents it in a witty and readable way

Antonia Charlesworth, Big Issue

A meditative celebration and self-help book. It would make a wonderful gift for anyone hurtling, like me, towards 60

Sara Wheeler, Observer

A humorous guide to classical authors’ advice on the downhill catwalk of age

Sara Wheeler, Observer