Helen Bain’s critically acclaimed debut The Daffodil Days depicts a pivotal year in the marriage of 20th-century literature’s most infamous couple, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. It’s a kaleidoscopic portrait of this enigmatic pair, witnessed by the people they lived amongst in a small Devonshire town, North Tawton. Join Helen, who spent a lot of time in North Tawton as part of her research, for fresh insights into the lives of these influential writers.

In conversation with Erica Wagner.