WHYS goes to Italy

Italy is never short of a good story, which is why on Wednesday and Thursday WHYS is decamping to the northern Italian city of Milan, where there are three hot talking points at the moment all jostling to make into into two programmes. Tell us which you’d like to talk about.

On air: Is it time to re-evaluate what ‘old’ means?

Fifty-nine year old Tom Watson became the hero of many fifty- and nearly sixty-year olds on the weekend when, at just a whisker away from retirement age, he nearly took one of the most prestigious titles in the sporting calendar – the British Golf Open.

The age of age

“ i want to be forgotten – remember the others “

This is a picture of the late Henry Allingham, who passed away this weekend at the age of 113.

His life spanned three centuries, he fought bravely in the First World War and educated children about the horrors of war.

As this  article points out, “it’s getting crowded in the 100 year old’s club”. – 6 million worldwide by the middle of the century.