Ripeness is All
LMOST every great writer in his time has had something to say about age. Among them are Shakespeare, who described it as "a lusty winter, frosty, but kindly," and Pope; who -remarked, characteristically, that "When men grow virtuous in age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil’s leavings," Four latter-day writers whose views should also prove interesting are to be heard éhortly in a BBC
programme entitled The Experience of Age. They are Bertrand Russell, Laurence Housman, Gilbert Murray and. Walter | de la Mare. Their ages at the time they recorded the programme for the Home Service | ranged from 87 for the | dramatist, Laurence | Housman, to 79 for the | poet, Walter de la Mare. The creator and narrator of the programme is a British-born Canadian, Ronald Hambleton, who will be heard linking together the talks he had with his eminent "subjects." Bertrand Russell regards old age ag a time
---$----- of serenity, but is aware of the risk of getting into a rut. Laurence Housman finds old age stimulating, but calmly awaits its close. Dr. Murray and Walter de la Mare both insist that it is important to old people to feel useful. The Experience of Age will be broadcast by 1YC at 8.0 p.m. om Monday, March 1, 2YC at 9.30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3, 3YC at 8.26 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3, 4YC at 9.30 p.m. on Monday, March 1, and 4YA at 9.30 p.m. on Saturday, March 6.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 762, 26 February 1954, Page 14
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247Ripeness is All New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 762, 26 February 1954, Page 14
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