Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; M.Leontowitsch PART I: RESEARCH AGENDAS Later Life as an Arena of Change; P.Higgs Researching the Body and Embodiment in Later Life; L.Hurd Clarke Reconceptualising Later Life: Using Qualitative Methods to Refine Understanding of New Ageing Populations; K.Lowton PART II: UNDER-RESEARCHED AGEING POPULATIONS Learning to be Pakistani the Female Way: Issues of Identity, Trust and Recruitment when Researching Older Pakistani Muslims in the UK; M.Zubair , W.Martin & C.Victor Piecing Together Experiences of Older People with Intellectual Disability; C.Bigby Interviewing Older Men; M.Leontowitsch PART III: OLD AND NEW QUALITATIVE METHODS Using Focus Groups for Researching End of Life Care Issues with Older People; J.Seymour Using Online Methods to Interview Older Adults about their Romantic and Sexual Relationships; S.Malta Growing Old for Real: Women, Image and Identity; M.McMaster Afterword: Issues, Agendas and Modes of Engagement; B.Marshall Index