Intelligence Squared Hungry for Life! An Evening with Prue Leith (Part One)
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Mar 30, 2026 
Prue Leith, Michelin-starred restaurateur, broadcaster and author, reflects on ageing, love, grief and reinvention. She talks about what keeps her energised in later life. She explains why she wrote her memoir and how food and Paris shaped her career. She recalls finding love again at seventy and the joys and losses that come with getting older.
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Break Ageing Into Manageable Topics
- Face ageing practically by writing about its parts: health, fashion, love, grief and more.
- Prue structured her memoir as short essays on specific aspects, using anecdotes to make them vivid.
My Mother Gave Us Belly Laughs In Senility
- Prue recounts her mother's senility as simultaneously painful for family and a source of unexpected humour.
- She notes senile relatives don't realise their condition, so the suffering falls on those around them.
Age Lets You Stop Caring About Small Things
- Old age can bring freedom from petty worries and permission to prioritise rest, like instituting a daily siesta.
- Prue now requests a 'crew's nap' on call sheets when filming to recharge mid-day.
