“It seems to me we have got into a habit of using ageing as a proxy term for combinatorial disability, its inaccurate and we should stop it.” So a few weeks ago I listened to this book, ‘The Warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body from Rusting’, being read as ‘Book of the Week’ on BBC Radio 4. In brief, A psychotherapist, de Hennezel came to her subject - ageing- largely through her own resentment at feeling washed up at 60.