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Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: The Age of Creativity

The Essay: The Age of Creativity: Episode 3: Frances Fyfield

The Age of Creativity

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Episode 3: Frances Fyfield

Frances Fyfield

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Crime writer Frances Fyfield explores the way the ageing process affects creative artists.

For all the wisdom, self-awareness, caution and craft that comes with many years as a writer, Silver Dagger award winner Frances Fyfield finds it is another quality altogether that has matured with her; procrastination. Where once she was quick off the mark, keen to hunch over the typewriter or writing pad, now she finds a thousand natural excuses for not getting on with it. A story that once had to be told can now wait until deadline doomsday's clock reaches a minute before midnight. 
Frances struggles for the positives as she looks back contemplatively at her creativity.

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Series in which writers, composers and poets explore how ageing affects creative artists

Series exploring the way ageing affects creative artists. Five writers, composers and poets, look back at their creative lives and measure the benefits of wisdom against the grim reality of mortality

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