Author: Phoebe Hennell
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The History of Heartbreak: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes w/ Dr Sarah Corbett
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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…
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Love spells, cord cutting, and the magic of moving on
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When we get dumped, it’s tempting to plead to a higher power: please can they come back? Many pray to the heavens, even if they’ve never been to church before. Others visit a tarot reader, hoping to see a happy couple reunited in the cards. In a last desperate throw…
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Heartbreak in artwork
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If you’ve been spiralling on a drunken rebound rampage, plagued by nightmares, or fantasising about revenge, you’re in the right place. Feast your eyes on four of The Split’s favourite artworks that capture the messy breakup aftermath. The Nightmare (Henry Fuseli, 1781) Fuseli’s The Nightmare is a portrayal of love…
