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Taking up a hobby later in life: 'It's a way of keeping your brain active'

Have you taken up a hobby in later life? Or at any stage? Where do people find enough time to take up hobbies? Comedian Bernard O’Shea says he has recently started writing poetry. Terrible poetry by his own admission, but poetry none the less.  It’s known that they’re supposed to reduce stress, and help us flex our creative muscles, but how many of us really give them any priority?  Adrian was joined by listeners to discuss...

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12.25 26 Oct 2023


Taking up a hobby later in life: 'It's a way of keeping your brain active'


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12.25 26 Oct 2023


Have you taken up a hobby in later life? Or at any stage? Where do people find enough time to take up hobbies?

Comedian Bernard O’Shea says he has recently started writing poetry. Terrible poetry by his own admission, but poetry none the less. 

It’s known that they’re supposed to reduce stress, and help us flex our creative muscles, but how many of us really give them any priority? 

Adrian was joined by listeners to discuss...


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