The privilege and politics of ageing

“You don't look 34!?”

It was my birthday a few weeks ago and I got a hell of a lot of messages saying “You don’t look 34!?” or “You look amazing for 34!” in response to this photo, that I posted very consciously, posing under a banner that says “Older Hotter Wiser” that I bought and packed into my suitcase and sellotaped to the wall behind me for this very purpose. (Yes, I l…