What's got my attention this week

Things to read, watch and listen to this weekend

Helen Mirren #hairgoals at the Berlin Film Festival.

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• Is middle age the disappearing lifestage (Opens in a new window) – or is that wishful thinking?
• More on microjoys (Opens in a new window).
• Yoko Ono is 90 (Opens in a new window). Nine-oh.
• "I love my body more at 51 than 21. (Opens in a new window)" (£)
• A bath bomb will not change your life. (Opens in a new window) It probably won't even make you feel a bit better.
• The puzzling gap between how old you are and how old you think you are. (Opens in a new window)
• Will we ever see a woman in The White House (Opens in a new window)?
• Menopausal women in England will now be able to get a year's worth of HRT for under £20 on the NHS (Opens in a new window), from 1 April.
• And more on HRT: Dr Jen Gunter digs deep on the new study about HRT and alzheimers disease (Opens in a new window).