Vincent Kane

The Old Sex Symphony Vincent Kane

People in their forties and fifties sometimes wonder what sex will be like after 60.

People between the ages of twenty-five and forty wonder if sex is possible after 60.

People under twenty-five think that sex is against the law after 60.

All are agreed that old age does not come alone. It brings with it aches, pains and illnesses - which are either peculiar to old age or more deadly, even fatal, than at other times of life.

But libido remains. It never goes away. Can I still? Should we really? Might she, perhaps?

The answers to these questions make for a symphony of differing moods, tempos and movements. Bawdy, Pathétique, Mock Heroic, Tristesse, Farce. These are the movements of The Old Sex Symphony.

The auditorium is hushed. The conductor raises his baton...