Summary
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.
Old Rage by Sheila Hancock is out now. The Last Days of Roger Federer by Geoff Dyer is out now. Rachel Stott is a composer and plays viola with the Revolutionary Drawing Room, the Bach Players and Sopriola.
Producer: Torquil MacLeod
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| 0:00.0 | Can I just say? |
| 0:01.5 | You're about to listen to a BBC podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | It's such a wonderful listen. |
| 0:05.6 | So nice. |
| 0:06.5 | There are loads more like it on BBC sounds. |
| 0:08.8 | Different paces, different heights. |
| 0:10.6 | The roof is buckling. |
| 0:11.9 | Where you can also listen to live sports commentary. |
| 0:14.2 | It's right foot goes for goal. |
| 0:16.7 | And then enjoy even more podcasts full of analysis and reaction to the big stories. |
| 0:21.7 | The stat that is astonishing is they ended with the lowest amount of possession. |
| 0:25.2 | And she's had to live with that. |
| 0:26.8 | So if you love sport, a passion, it's almost like a religion. |
| 0:29.7 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:31.7 | Sort of expecting that every week now. |
| 0:34.6 | Hello, I'm Matthew Sweet. |
| 0:36.2 | This is the Arts and Ideas podcast, and it's later than you think. |
| 0:40.2 | But before you go and before you hear from the actor Sheila Hancock, the writer Jeff Dyer, |
| 0:45.4 | and the musician Rachel Stott, you've probably got time to listen to this message. |
| 0:50.2 | Hello, Donald McLeod here, and I'm interrupting your podcast listening to tell you about something else I think you might enjoy. |
| 0:56.9 | Ray Fulm Williams can claim to be Britain's favourite classical composer, |
| 1:01.0 | but what keeps us coming back to his music 150 years after his birth? |
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