Learning a language can be expensive, dull and lacking in cultural context, while living in a retirement home can be lonely. But now, a Brazilian language school's 'Speaking Exchange' project is mutually helping kids and grannies from US care homes through one intuitive campaign.

Providing employment for older women while offering simple, wholesome food for locals, comfort-food café NANA is part of a growing trend of social enterprises that are reclaiming the feel-good collaborative ethic of past generations.

More than 25% of the Japanese population is over the age of 65. With a low birthrate and increasing life expectancy, that figure is only set to increase. Japan is renowned for its respectful and traditionally regimented attitudes towards seniors, but what does it really mean to be ageing now, in the world’s oldest population?

What does it feel like to grow old? Professor Philip Tew and Nick Hubble asked over 300 seniors to document their experiences. The findings shed new light on this untapped, misunderstood demographic, overturning assumptions about who seniors really are.