We unravel the literary love affair between these two poets who met at Cambridge University in the 1950s. What began as a romance between two grads ended with Hughes eloping with a married woman after six years. That heartbroken winter spurred a great creative spell, during which Plath wrote her seminal work Ariel.

Join Declan and Eliza as they explore this tumultuous relationship with Dr Sarah Corbett, a lecturer at Lancaster University.

Dr Sarah Corbett is an author and poet who directed the Sylvia Plath Festival 2022.