Golden Girls

What challenges do live-in grannies face? Or long-distance ones? Is spoiling okay? What if parents refuse to vaccinate? Should you charge for childcare? Is your house child-proof? These are just some of the questions tackled in this treasury of advice and stories. Here you’ll find a wealth of golden girls, with a galaxy of star grandmothers: Queen Camilla, who relishes spoiling the children; Prue Leith, who admits she’s “a rotten grandmother”; Joanna Lumley, who has decided to be less glamorous and more of a granny.

Discover what Dame Jenni Murray owes to her grandmother, what Oprah Winfrey and Elton John learned from theirs, and why the singer Raye brought hers to the Brit awards. Here you’ll encounter rebels and game-changers from across the world, and funny, unconventional and courageous characters featured in films, television and literature.

However different they may be, all grandmothers have a shared goal: to do what they can to make the world better for the next generation. By filling those children with love, strong values, goodness and a commitment to an ethical life.