The Sunday Telegraph - 01.09.2019

STELLA|1SEPTEMBER 2019 27

As new researchsuggests many

of us don’t peak creatively

until our 50s, Clare Thorptalks to

fiveentrepreneurswho reached

their career nirvana when

theywere least expecting it

LeftLiz Wilsoninher

kitchen.BelowJournalist

turnedgard en designer

Carolyn Dunster

Generationreboot

SIXYEARSAGO,at theageof 53,Liz Wilson

was feeling adrift.Recentlyseparatedfrom

thefather of herthreechildren, she was on

herownforthefirsttime in 25years, living in

anew houseandworking asaprimaryschool

teacher.‘The kidswere gettingolder andIwas

thinking,there’sgot tobemorethanthis,’ she

says.‘I likedmyjob butIknewtherewas

something moreinme. Ididn’t want tobe

doingthesamething infive years’time.’

Totake her mind offthings,thekeenhome

cooksignedupforathree-daybread-making

course.‘Ihadalot of energyandIdidn’twant

to sit inthecorner feeling miserable,’ she

says.‘Making breadprovidedthemostthera-

peutic distraction.Ibecame obsessedover-

night:Ibakedand bakedandvolunteeredin

bakeriesandcookeryschools, went on more

coursesandreadbooks about baking.’

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