Andrew Motion has written a poem for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s new website, A Better Life, part of a five-year project to promote a positive agenda for older people. The poem distils fragments of lives past: red varnished toenails on a Llandudno honeymoon; “defending the realm” as a soldier then slaking its thirst as a brewer; Rowena who likes “a slice of sponge cake”. Well intentioned, the poem comes over with as much bounce as a mattress with its springs taken out.
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Published on Monday 20 February 2012 14:07
MOST of us wouldn’t know David Richardson if we bumped into him on the streets.
That’s the way he likes it. The man behind the camera, directing action others watch.
Many will be familiar with his work as a TV director. Emmerdale last year. Shameless back in 2009. Five years or so on Hollyoaks. Grange Hill. EastEnders. Brookside. And more.
Throw in The Celts for good measure and some short films and work with some of the biggest names in British cinema, and David’s on the roll call of honour when it comes to directors of clout and kudos.
So – with the greatest respect – what brings him to Claremont Community Centre, North Shore, on a bleak midwinter evening to help children with their film project?
Older people give so much more than they take from us
While we treat the elderly as a set of symptoms and problems, we ignore what we will be one day
“Older people are not that much different from their younger selves: they want to feel valued; have contact with others; give something back and have control over their lives.” Photograph: George Shelley/ Corbis
