At 92, Liz Hicklin embarked on a standup career: ‘I didn’t think about ageing until I was over 90’

95 year old comedian Liz Hicklin wearing the Harry Styles-inspired cardigan that she wore to her first gigs. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

Liz Hicklin is sitting in her retirement village on Victoria’s Mornington peninsula when she answers the phone, the sea visible through the window behind her. She is dressed impeccably in a pink jacket with pearl buttons and magenta-framed glasses, her white hair swept into a neat bob.

“Do you want to see my Harry Styles cardigan?” she asks.