An Age-Old Question: What Does it Mean to Get Older?
An Age-Old Question: What Does it Mean to Get Older?
How are we thinking, talking, and learning about ageing?
Join the conversation at Warwick Arts Centre as we explore the topic of ageing. Following thoughts on ‘Embracing Ageing as an Adventure’ from our guest speaker, internationally best-selling author Carl Honoré, researchers from the University of Warwick will share how we are tackling questions about ageing across a range of fields.
This event will include a series of talks, as well as an interactive exhibition in the Warwick Arts Centre foyer.
Talks will include (with more to be announced):
Event Information
Date: Thursday 23rd October
Time: 6:00 - 9:30pm (Doors and interactive exhibition from 6:00pm, talks start at 7:00pm)
Location: Warwick Arts Centre (Theatre and Foyer)
This event is aimed at those 18+ but those aged 14+ are welcome to attend with an accompanying adult.
Please note:
Content Warnings: Talks and activities at this event may discuss topics such as ageing and ill-health. Some displays at the exhibition in the foyer, “timing out: creative responses on prison life” will share creative outputs which cover sensitive and potentially re-traumatising subjects including those of oppression, marginalisation, structural and interpersonal violence, crime and confinement
About our Guest Speaker
Carl Honoré is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and speaker. His bestselling books have been published in 36 languages and his online videos have more than 10 million views.
Carl’s latest book, Bolder, explores how we can age better and feel better about ageing. It’s a spirited takedown of ageism and a blueprint for harnessing the new longevity. Bolder was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and a Reader’s Digest Book of the Month. In 2024, Carl was named as an Advocate for Aging by the American Society for Aging and Next Avenue.
At the Exhibition (open from 6:00pm):
Timing Out: Creative Reflections on Prison Life
This exhibition presents visual art, music and poetry created by men serving long sentences in a high-security prison in England. Researchers from Warwick’s Department of Sociology and School of Law engaged with these men in the context of an education programme delivered at the prison. The exhibition’s theme, “Timing Out: Creative Reflections on Prison Life” considers how life unfolds within constrained horizons of time and within controlled spaces. What does it mean to move through major stages of life - youth, adulthood, and old age - while in custody, when imprisonment disrupts the typical markers of work, education, family, and community? How does growing up or growing older behind bars shape one’s identity, perception of time, and their sense of belonging and justice?
Work title: Allegory of Justice (2025)
Find out more about the project here.
Meet the Team from the Memory Lane Café
Memory Lane Café is a student led group offering a supportive and welcoming environment for members of the community living with dementia and their family/carers. They run weekly sessions, which give visitors the opportunity to have a chat and a cuppa, as well as an activity to encourage cognitive stimulation, communication and/or creativity.