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Inside Culture: The Art of Crying

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The Art of Crying

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Mary Beard explores crying. She is joined by guests including Emma Thompson to talk tears


Mary Beard explores crying. She is joined by various guests, including the Oscar winning actor and screenwriter Emma Thompson to talk tears.

Mary Beard is joined by the Oscar winning actor and screenwriter Emma Thompson to talk tears. Together they dissect some of Emma's most famous on-screen weeps and explore the role that crying plays both in art and in real life. Mary also receives a lesson from Emma in how to turn on the waterworks herself. In Cardiff, artist Casper White reveals how two apparently different portrayals of crying - sacred paintings and selfies on Tik Tok-have come together to inspire his latest set of portraits, while classical musician and composer Alexis Ffrench plays a track from his new album which explores feelings of grief. To make sense of all this sadness, Mary discusses the history and cultural importance of crying with historian Thomas Dixon, novelist Caleb Azumah Nelson, and comedian and podcaster Cariad Lloyd.

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