After 35 years as a top executive in TV, I recently found myself standing in the chilled aisle at Waitrose stacking yogurts.
Now, four days a week, I tie my green pinny around my waist to start my shift manning the checkout, processing the Deliveroo orders or restocking the shelves at my local store in Brighton.
I earn in a week what I used to earn in a day and it’s exhausting.
This, apparently, is my ‘third quarter’. But it’s not about retirement or winding down. I am doing very little gardening and I haven’t taken a single cruise. In fact, having just
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