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and outlook on life.’ She goes on: ‘In the media world, over 35 is old. Apparently I woke up on my 35th birthday a cougar! With no libido. Grey, matted hair and lacking lust for life. I started going to the opera and feeling sad. On the day I turned 35 I stopped having periods, leaked while running for the bus and began dancing really badly. I became Conservative. Shunned high heels and sought comfy shoes (actually that last part is true). Target audience definitions are a joke.’ When I stopped laughing I felt a bit sick. It would be funny if it wasn’t so horribly, bleakly, infuriatingly true.

