In conversation with Susannah Simons.

Sheila Hancock sat down to write a book about a serene and fulfilled old age – but Old Rage is not that book! Instead, she has written a gloriously irreverent memoir from the frontline of declining years. Having weathered widowhood, she has stormed through acting roles with an energy to confound the milestone birthdays. Dame Sheila shares her life as a daughter, a sister, a mother, an actor and a friend. She confronts bereavement, Brexit and lockdown without faltering and, despite age and despite rage, she always finds reasons for laughter.