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Anne Ring

Anne Ring

Dr Anne Ring is a health sociologist, freelance writer, and the author of Engaging with Ageing: What matters as we grow older.

Heather Cooper, who discovered the language of music after her dementia diagnosis, performed on the ABC’s The Piano.

Let’s stop stigmatising dementia – and give it a new name

People who live with the condition needn’t endure the indignity of the label.

  • Anne Ring

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Are we there yet? When it comes to EVs, we’re not even close

Our EV is fantastic around the city, but heading further afield can create range anxiety.

  • Anne Ring

I’m 82. Sydney’s domestic airport seems to hate me

I had to take a short flight from Wagga to Sydney. From the time of disembarking at the domestic terminal, however, things went downhill, metaphorically and physically.

  • Anne Ring

Elle’s cancer comments caused a stir. What she said about ageing needs scrutiny too

Mixed messages about getting on can undermine the empowerment of oldies to be their authentic selves.

  • Anne Ring
Dr Heather Greenfield with a group of New Guineans.

Formidable nutritionist and feminist took healthcare to remote regions

Greenfield showed that it was possible for women to survive and thrive in what was then a male-dominated field.

  • Anne Ring
Paul McCartney in concert at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium on October 27.

Eighty is not the new 60. We’re just getting better at being 80

There’s no way I’ll airbrush 20 years of great experience from my life.

  • Anne Ring
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Injured people were taken to Al-Shifa Hospital following an explosion at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.

If women were in charge, the world would be a better place

Women and children are collateral damage. It’s crazy that half the population of the world still have virtually no say in how it’s run.

  • Anne Ring
Tom Cruise Harrison Ford

Act your age: Why Harrison Ford, not Tom Cruise, is the real silver screen hero

Two cinematic titans are facing off through their respective blockbuster movies. For me, there’s only one winner.

  • Anne Ring
Anne Ring, aged about seven, with younger sister Susette.

The Queen and I: why she made this republican’s wish list of dinner party guests

We go back a ways, QEII and I.

  • Anne Ring
Ita Buttrose is part of the so-called “silent” generation.

So this is the Silent Generation? Let me give you an earful

Spare us the ageist labels. Why not Generation V, for vital?

  • Anne Ring