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Off the Page: Middle Age

Middle Age

BBC Radio 4 - Off the Page, Middle Age

Carol Clewlow, David Nicholls and Tony Cassidy face up to not being as young as they were.

Matthew Parris invites Carol Clewlow, David Nicholls and Tony Cassidy to face up to not being as young as they were. From 2004.

Novelist Carol Clewlow, TV writer and novelist David Nicholls and veteran soul singer Tony Cassidy discuss 'middle age'.
 
In each programme, Matthew Parris introduces a group of writers of fact and fiction: new talent and established names. In the context of a discussion of one of the ideas and pre-occupations of our times, each presents a piece on this week's topic.
 
The best new writing and the freshest conversation from 2004.

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