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<\/p>\nEamonn Holmes has slammed Britain for what he described as its \u201cageist\u201d attitudes on GB News. <\/p>\n
Speaking during a discussion about creativity in later life, Eamonn fumed people are often written off once they hit 60 or 65, despite evidence many reach their creative peak well into their 60s.<\/p>\n
A survey of 2,000 UK adults over 60 found that two-thirds believe they are more creative now than they were in their 30s, while 94 per cent say they are more inventive and adventurous than previous generations.<\/p>\n
Speaking about this on the People’s Channel, Eamonn said: “I think we\u2019ve all got a little way to go yet, but apparently the super 60s, we reach our creative peak at the age of 67 .\u201d<\/p>\n
Commentator Tim Vincent said: \u201cApparently the super 60s, we reach our creative peak at the age of 67, so we\u2019ve all got ages to go. <\/p>\n
“But what\u2019s surprising in this report is who\u2019s already 67: Madonna, Kevin Bacon, Tim Burton I could understand, Gary Oldman maybe but there\u2019s loads of people out there that are already in their creative zenith. <\/p>\n
“They\u2019re already putting out more than they ever done before. Sixty-three per cent feel more creative than when they were in their younger years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eamonn Holmes said: \u201cI think it\u2019s very true because I do think speaking from experience, I think that this country is just ageist and our industry especially.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eamonn Holmes claimed that Britain is ageist <\/p>\n
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Mr Vincent said: \u201cWhich is ironic because we do have money to spend. <\/p>\n
“We\u2019re actually well, a little bit more than somebody that\u2019s Generation Z, Generation X and Z that only 25 per cent haven\u2019t had a drink in the last 12 months. At least our 56-year-olds still drink.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dawn Neesom said: \u201cI think the names mentioned in that story, Tim, are knocking the ageism out of society. They\u2019re still iconic. They still look good. They\u2019re still producing great work. So I think being in your 60s now is a brilliant thing, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Eamonn Holmes said: \u201cI think it should be. I think people should be encouraged and there shouldn\u2019t be written off at 60 or 65 or whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Eamonn said that people get written off in their 60s <\/p>\n
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With 67 marking the age of stars like Madonna, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, and Tim Burton, 69 per cent of over-60s report feeling more capable of achieving their creative goals than when they were younger. <\/p>\n
Their top creative activities include writing, painting, learning languages, developing coding and AI skills, and learning piano.<\/p>\n
Nearly seven in 10 over-60s feel more likely to reach their creative ambitions than in earlier years. <\/p>\n
Popular outlets for their creativity include writing novels, painting, picking up new languages, mastering coding and AI, and learning to play the piano.<\/p>\n
Other creative pursuits among over-60s include making jewellery, and even hosting a podcast, while 11 per cent are learning to master a potter\u2019s wheel, according to a study by Art-K, which operates more than 60 studios across the UK.<\/p>\n
The research also highlights the role of creativity in tackling isolation, with 88 per cent agreeing that engaging in creative hobbies helps combat loneliness in later life.<\/p>\n
The benefits are wide-ranging: 44 per cent say it gives them a sense of achievement, 34 per cent report it boosts their mood and happiness, and 31 per cent find it reduces stress and anxiety.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 79 per cent feel creative activities help them stay \u201cmentally younger,\u201d and 81 per cent believe that hobbies like art, writing, and music are essential for wellbeing in later life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eamonn Holmes has slammed Britain for what he described as its \u201cageist\u201d attitudes on GB News. Speaking during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,3623,156,111,43,139,69,35078],"class_list":{"0":"post-256108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-video-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}