We do not get to this age to be written off. Older people can act as a support system, which is what happens more in Mediterranean countries. People become much wiser as they get older and we should value that.

She was not diagnosed as dyslexic until Susan Hampshire was 30 years old. In 2007 Susan Hampshire was in a ground-breaking play The Bargain based on a meeting between Robert Maxwell and Mother Teresa. Hampshire is a patron of Dignity in Dying; a campaign group for an assisted dying law and Population Matters (formerly known as the Optimum Population Trust).

Susan Hampshire Lady Kulukundis OBE (born 12 May 1937) is a three-time Emmy award winning English actress best known for her many television and film roles.