Laura Cumming investigates the life and writings of Lucy Hutchinson , on the publication of the first full edition of her epic poem Order and Disorder.
Hutchinson's poem and her Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, the vivid account of England at the outbreak of civil war that she wrote for her children, make her one of the most fascinating figures of the 17th century. Plus a review of Far and Away, the new play from Caryl Churchill , directed by Stephen Daldry.