Late works

Dame Sheila Hancock, Geoff Dyer 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 in paperback and she can be seen on BBC i-player in the drama The Sixth Commandment
The Last Days of Roger Federer by Geoff Dyer is out now in paperback.
Rachel Stott is a composer and plays viola with the Revolutionary Drawing Room, the Bach Players and Sopriola.

Producer: Torquil MacLeod

You can hear music composed by Beethoven as part of this BBC Proms season available on BBC Sounds.