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‘GOING TO UNIVERSITY AT 55 LED TO MY FIRST NOVEL’

Anni Domingo, 72, an actor, writer, teacher and director, went back to university in her 50s and has recently written an award-winning debut novel. Anni has three grown-up children and lives in Cambridgeshire.

‘If there’s something you want to do, take that leap’

When I reached the age of 50, I decided I would start learning something new every year. Inspired by my son’s interest, I began learning how to build my own computer. Then, later on, I learned how to touch-type, before throwing myself into short Open University courses, such as The Nineteenth-Century Novel and Shakespeare: Text and Performance.

I thoroughly enjoyed getting my brain working, so much so that I then made the decision to pursue an English Literature degree when I was 55. A further degree in history followed and a masters in creative writing. I