Andy Miller

The horror of finding oneself ‘young-old’

‘I used to run upstairs all the time,’ sixtysomething Marcus Berkmann recalls wistfully, as, midway through life’s journey, he wakes to find himself in a dark wood

Marcus Berkmann [Getty Images] 
issue 11 November 2023
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