Ageing
The Essay. Late Style: Paul Bailey. Audio, 13 minutes
The novelist Paul Bailey discusses writing in his ninth decade.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Late Style, Paul Bailey. Audio, 20 minutes
Novelist Paul Bailey discusses writing in his ninth decade - and having a 'late style'.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Late Style, Vicki Feaver. Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Vicki Feaver gives her thoughts on writing as one becomes older.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Documentary Podcast. Mirrored. Audio, 27 minutes
From childhood to old age, a journey through life reflected in the mirror
- AttributionBBC World Service
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- Posted10 April 2017
FutureProofing. Ageing. Audio, 43 minutes
How will our ideas about ageing change as life expectancy rises to 100 and beyond?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Thinking Allowed. The ways women age - Beauty politics. Audio, 27 minutes
The ways women age. Also beauty politics.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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- Attribution
- Posted23 March 2017
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- Posted8 March 2017
Discovery. Why do we get middle-aged spread? Audio, 27 minutes
Plus, what’s the strongest substance in the world?
- AttributionBBC World Service
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A Point of View. Act Your Age. Audio, 10 minutes
Will Self explains why he finds it hard to always act his age.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Inevitable. Audio, 28 minutes
Writer Patrick McGuinness asks what really is the inevitable. And must we accept it?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Essay. The Earl Grey Whistle Test, The Earl Grey Whistle Test: Hope I Die Before I Get Old. Audio, 15 minutes
David Hepworth reflects on what keeps rock stars playing into old age.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Suppose I Lose It: update. Audio, 28 minutes
Joan Bakewell asks what she might expect, and how she should prepare, if she had dementia.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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FutureProofing. Ageing. Audio, 43 minutes
How will our ideas about ageing change as life expectancy rises to 100 and beyond?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Desperately Seeking Eternity, Desperately Seeking Eternity: Anders Sandberg. Audio, 15 minutes
Anders Sandberg argues that ageing and mortality may be transformed by future technology.
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Glad to Be Grey. Audio, 30 minutes
Grey-haired Professor Mary Beard investigates why fewer people are now "Glad to be Grey".
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
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Thinking Allowed. Refusing adulthood, How young people feel about being poor. Audio, 28 minutes
Laurie Taylor asks if and why some people refuse to grow up.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Essay. Other People (Hell Is...) My Generation. Audio, 15 minutes
AL Kennedy contemplates the pitfalls of being old, young or something in between.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Rave: The Beat Goes On. Audio, 30 minutes
Jolyon Jenkins reports on "Spiral Tribe", the 90s free party sound system, still raving.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
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Overage Drinkers. Audio, 40 minutes
The growing problem of alcohol abuse among older people, told through personal stories.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Snow White and the Seven Signs of Ageing. Audio, 28 minutes
Cathy FitzGerald tries to rescue the Wicked Queen from the mirror's spell.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Design Dimension. Series 2, Ageing Gracefully. Audio, 28 minutes
Tom talks to Sir Kenneth Grange about his ideas on designing furniture for older people.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
