DAME JOAN BAKEWELL: life at 90 and the joy of being freelance

Dame Joan Bakewell is a broadcaster, journalist, author and Labour Party peer. Her broadcasting career spans six decades and she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Royal Television Society in 2016, and a BAFTA fellowship in 2019.

At the age of 90, she is still presenting TV programmes (most recently Landscape Artist Of The Year), sitting in the House Of Lords and is the President of Birkbeck College, London.

Joan has written for various national newspapers including The Guardian and The Independent, and has also published many books. Her latest - The Ticking Of Two Clocks - is about her recent experience of downsizing her home.

She has been very open about her recent cancer diagnosis, and talks to Jon about how that has affected her outlook on life. Whilst reflecting on her incredible career and achievements, she also looks to the future, and discusses politics, peers and what pleasures are still to come.

Related links:

Joan's website

House Of Lords website

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