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Concluding his book charting attitudes to ageing, Carl Honoré explores love and sex in later life. Read by Darren Boyd.

How do we make the most of our longer lives?

Journalist Carl Honoré brought the Slow Movement to wider attention with his book In Praise of Slow.

Now he charts a major shift in our approach to ageing as he meets the revolutionaries who are inspiring us to live better for longer.

As his journey concludes, Carl makes some unexpected discoveries about love and sex after the first flush of youth.

Read by Darren Boyd.

Abridged by Eileen Horne.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.

14 minutes

Last on

Sat 25 Nov 202303:00

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