Ethel Caterham is 117 and the world’s oldest living person. From travelling alone to India at 18 to driving until 97 and surviving COVID-19 at 110, her extraordinary life offers fascinating clues about how she approaches ageing, loss and longevity.
Ethel Caterham, Britain’s oldest person at 115, sitting in a coral armchair wearing a blue and white patterned dress.
A vintage photograph of a young Ethel Caterham enjoying a day by the sea.
A young Ethel Caterham smiles with her two daughters in a family portrait from 1943.
Ethel’s Garden
Former World Oldest Person, Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas at 116
Ethel Caterham celebrates her 117th birthday alongside her official Guinness World Records certificate.
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King Charles III meets Ethel Caterham, the world’s oldest living person, to celebrate her extraordinary longevity.
Şemsi Kılıç, the 110-year-old woman who credited Yoghurt as the secret to longevity.