Michael Morpurgo reflects on growing old.
"You find you are now amongst the last old trees in the park", he writes, "wary of wild winds of fortune that might weaken you or uproot you".
But he finds his mentors - the young and the very old.
Producer: Adele Armstrong
Published on Friday, 27th September 2019.
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