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3. Beyond Depression: What We Get Wrong About Sylvia Plath—The Writing Life of Sylvia Plath
3/3A major three-part series on Sylvia Plath, presented by Mariella Frostrup.
Girl with a Pearl Earring—Art That Conquered the World
James Fox asks how Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring became so famous.
2. Wifehood, Womanhood and Friendship—The Writing Life of Sylvia Plath
2/3A major three-part series on Sylvia Plath presented by Mariella Frostrup.
Guernica—Art That Conquered the World
James Fox asks how Picasso's Guernica became so famous.
3. The Festival of Britain 1951 and the Coronation 1953—Who Did We Think We Were?
3/3Neil MacGregor on past expressions of British identity and how they shape our identity now
1. Childhood, Youth and Motherhood—The Writing Life of Sylvia Plath
1/3A major three-part series on Sylvia Plath, presented by Mariella Frostrup.
2. The 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow—Who Did We Think We Were?
2/3Neil MacGregor on past expressions of British identity and how they shape our identity now
David—Art That Conquered the World
James Fox asks how Michelangelo's David became so famous.
Where’s Michael Clark?
Nick Grimshaw speaks to innovative dancer and choreographer Michael Clark.
Ophelia—Art That Conquered the World
James Fox asks how John Everett Millais's Ophelia became so famous.
