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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

‘I was his surrogate mother who happened to double as a tree’ / How Frieda Hughes fell for a magpie chick

 

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The writer and artist always longed for stability, but after the death of her mother, Sylvia Plath, her father Ted Hughes found it hard to settle. When she finally bought a home, her world was turned upside down by a baby bird


Frieda Hughes

Sunday 16 April 2023

Imagine wanting something since you were old enough to be conscious of wanting it. Imagine longing for something all your early years, picturing it inside your head because, as my late father always said, if you truly want something you should visualise it and make a space for it in your life.