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Geoff Dyer, Dame Sheila Hancock and Rachel Stott join Matthew Sweet to discuss the work and performance of writers, artists, athletes and musicians near the end of their careers.

Dame Sheila Hancock, Geoff Dyer and Rachel Stott joined Matthew Sweet to discuss the work and performance of writers, artists, athletes and musicians near the end of their careers.

Old Rage by Sheila Hancock is out now in paperback and you can see her in the TV drama The Sixth Commandment available on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer
The Last Days of Roger Federer by Geoff Dyer is out now in paperback
Rachel Stott is a composer and plays viola with the Revolutionary Drawing Room, the Bach Players and Sopriola.

Producer: Torquil MacLeod

On Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3's Free Thinking programme website you can find a collection of programmes called The Way We Live Now exploring a range of topics from gloves, to hitchhiking, agoraphobia to Essex.

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44 minutes

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Tue 22 Aug 2023 22:00

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  • Thu 23 Jun 2022 22:00
  • Tue 22 Aug 2023 22:00

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