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BBC Radio 4

SU: Mother as Muse

25 April 2010
Presented by Sarah Cuddon
Produced by Alan Hall

Producer Alan Hall Writer Sarah Cuddon explores the recurring theme of the mother in art and considers the influence that mothers have over the creative output of their children.  With readings from Simone de Beauvoir, Virginia Woolf and Lorna Goodsion, music by Patti Smith, John Lennon and Pergolesi and an interview between the presenter and her own mother.  

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