Carol Tavris considers new approaches to the old problem of old age (and the newer problem of old old age); as secularism wanes on the global scale, Rupert Shortt considers whether religion does more harm than good
Books
Bolder: Making the most of our longer lives by Carl Honoré
Borrowed Time: The science of how and why we age by Sue Armstrong
Retirement and Its Discontents: Why we won’t stop working, even if we can by Michelle Pannor Silver
Women Rowing North: Navigating life’s currents and flourishing as we age by Mary Pipher
On the Brink of Everything: Grace, gravity and getting old by Parker J. Palmer
This Chair Rocks: A manifesto against ageism by Ashton Applewhite
Does Religion do More Harm than Good? by Rupert Shortt
Mexico's great disgrace
Henry James in LA
On booze and art
Philip Larkin, beyond the grave
Too smart for our own good
Same old gags
Turn on, tune in, drop out?
Mind and memory
Emily Brontë's wuthering wilds
Women, in and out of control
Ode to Lee Child – a bonus episode
Summer Books 2018
Notes on 50 years of the Man Booker Prize
An interview with Tim Winton – a bonus episode
The wildness of Muriel Spark
Russia's blood games
Changing your mind and opening the doors
Rules of law
Jesmyn Ward’s lyrical fiction - a bonus episode
Those are pearls . . . and Michael Jackson's performative drama
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