When it comes to offering tips for those growing old, apart from sitting on the sofa thinking smugly about all your great achievements, Cicero recommends taking up agriculture.
For The Spectator, Richard Ingrams reviews Tom Payne’s The Ancient Art of Growing Old and discusses how Cicero turns out to be “a humourless and self-satisfied bore.”
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