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Outlook: Frieda and George: A love story

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Frieda Hughes with magpie George

05/06/2023 GMT

Frieda and George: A love story

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Poet and artist Frieda Hughes found a baby magpie in her garden and adopted him

After a storm, poet and artist Frieda Hughes found a baby magpie in her garden and brought him up. But how would she cope when the time came for him to fly free?

After a storm, British poet and artist Frieda Hughes found a baby magpie in her garden. She brought him into her house and adopted him. George, as she called him, became firm friends with her dogs and captured Frieda's heart. But once he had learned to fly he was not always popular with the neighbours. How would Frieda cope when the time came for him to go free? 

Correction: in this interview Frieda Hughes states that Sylvia Plath died in 1962. She died in 1963, when Frieda was two years old. 

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Laura Thomas

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(Photo: Frieda Hughes with magpie George. Credit: Courtesy of Frieda Hughes.)

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