Ep 317. The One with the funeral and the memorials
Older and Wider Podcast
Older and Wider Podcast
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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It's been a busy week for both Judith and Jenny! A funeral, memorials, a poorly Grandson and a tour! Judith has been out with the knicker bunting but has also managed to loose 2 pairs of glasses! The pair discuss their love of The House of Guinness and share some lovely emails from the Owls!
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| 0:00.0 | 12 years after his wife had an affair, Tom is driving west. |
| 0:05.4 | Read The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits, the moving story of a life at a crossroads. |
| 0:11.9 | Shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize, the observer says, an elegant, devastating book. |
| 0:18.3 | And the Guardian describes it as a triumphant twist on the great American |
| 0:21.7 | role novel. The rest of our lives, out now in paperback, e-book and audio. |
| 0:32.3 | This podcast is brought to you by Alzheimer's Society, the only charity tackling all aspects of dementia, |
| 0:39.2 | the UK's biggest killer. As well as providing vital support to people facing some of the |
| 0:44.3 | most frightening times of their lives, they fund groundbreaking research and campaign to make |
| 0:49.6 | dementia the priority it should be. Dementia affects us all one way or another and nobody asks for it. |
| 0:56.9 | Some of us will get ill, some of us will care for a loved one with dementia, |
| 1:01.0 | or we'll see how tough it can be for friends looking after parents who are living with it. |
| 1:05.5 | Well, as you know, Judith, my mother died with dementia. |
| 1:08.6 | And it was a terrible last year of her life. |
| 1:11.5 | It really was. |
| 1:12.3 | She was in a wonderful nursing home. |
| 1:15.1 | And I'm grateful to them, but it wasn't easy. |
| 1:18.9 | Well, just like it affects everyone, it will take a society to beat dementia. |
| 1:23.6 | Nobody asked to have a lifetime of memories slowly erased. |
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| 1:45.7 | by funding vital support, groundbreaking research and life-changing campaigns. |
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