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Francis Pott—The Age of Creativity
5/5 Composer Francis Pott explores the effect of the ageing process on creative artists.

Maureen Duffy—The Age of Creativity
4/5 Writer Maureen Duffy explores the effect the ageing process has had on her creativity.

Frances Fyfield—The Age of Creativity
3/5 Crime writer Frances Fyfield explores the way the ageing process affects creative artists.

Tess Jaray—The Age of Creativity
2/5 Abstract painter Tess Jaray explores the effect of the ageing process on her creativity.

Colin Shindler—The Age of Creativity
1/5 Screenwriter Colin Shindler explores the effect of ageing on his creativity.

Death—The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel
5/5 Critic James Wood explores how the novel deals with death.

The Self—The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel
4/5 James Wood explores the meaning of self in fiction.

Speech—The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel
3/5 Critic James Wood explores what writers do with dialogue in novels.

Thought—The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel
2/5 James Wood explores how thought has been represented on the printed page over the years.

The World—The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel
1/5 James Wood on the novelistic technique of having characters walking along city streets.