How to live well: Judith Kerr’s reasons to be cheerful

The children’s author on the delights of living to 94, walking along the river and not watching rubbish TV

I don’t have any secrets to living this long. I’m just lucky. Walking has helped - it cheers me up. After my husband Tom died, I had friends who were kind, but life was very empty. You can watch rubbish on the telly if there are two of you, but it’s so difficult to watch rubbish on your own.

Now I walk along the river, often after supper when I’ve finished my work. I’m not sure what age it happens but this feeling comes up on one: ‘I’m not going to see all this forever.’

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