What happened when I stopped hurrying - and discovered the joy of slowing down? | Joan Bakewell

After a lifetime of rushing about, I came up with some rules to get a taste of life in the slow lane In our new series, Why I Quit, writers, activists and celebrities talk about something they have swept from their lives, for the better - or worse I blame the White Rabbit: "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" Pocket watch in hand, glasses perched on nose, the furry figure's anxiety reinforced the authority figures in my daily life - parents, teachers - whose control over my tender years conv...