Sylvia Plath Stole My Boyfriend: the 95-year-old who has turned her romance with Ted Hughes into a play

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The Yorkshire poet had a ‘magic touch’, Liz Hicklin recalls, felt by many women: ‘It was like I was blossoming’ Liz Hicklin had missed the ferry that could change her life.

Pelting rain had made the drive to the Sorrento terminal perilous.

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:00:36 UTC.

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