Susanna Reid has forgotten the golden rule for midlife hair

Is short or long hair more flattering for women after 50? Who cares? The only rule ‘Queenagers’ like me is that there are no rules for midlife women – and we’ll do whatever we want argues Eleanor Mills

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“New Term, new Trim” trilled Susanna Reid on my Twitter timeline. The GMB presenter announced a picture of her new look with the caption: “The mid-life hair debate! At 52, I’ve had the CHOP” despite Cher saying older women should keep their hair long as they grow older. What do you think?”

Well frankly, Susanna, much as I love you (we were in the same year at school together a million years ago) I, like many mid-life women, am finished with being told what we should and shouldn’t do with our hair or wear.

And when it comes to hair the advice is relentless. One day we’re being told we need to get a LOB (long bob) the next only the BTB (below the boobs) will cut the mustard after 45. Why? Because Gwyneth has it, along with Sarah Jessica Parker from And Just Like That (keep up at the back, it’s the Sex and the City reboot) not to mention Beyonce, Amal Clooney and all those eighties supermodels who appeared on the cover of Vogue this month.