"If you've got a certain life expectancy, you want to make the best of it"

Anita van Rossum from Stroud has travelled across Europe and made a podcast in her 80s.

07 January 2026

6 minutes

This clip is from

Nicky Price—29/12/2025

"People say it's a good idea and they've never seen a sign like this before"
Duration: 03:40
"It was quite scary getting used to living on my own"
Duration: 06:10
"We're just the stewards of the bookshop. It's the town's bookshop"
Duration: 06:06
"There's a lot of hard work from volunteers behind the scenes"
Duration: 05:10