In episode 13, we talk about sex, drinking culture and art as therapy. Our three figures are Madonna, that doctor’s double the alcohol units patients claim they consume and ‘Water Lilies’ by Claude Monet (c.1915-1926).

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How to Fail, presented by Elizabeth Day

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-fail-with-elizabeth-day/id1407451189?mt=2

Podcast Radio Hour, presented by Amanda Litherland

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/podcast-radio-hour/id1334679524?mt=2

SAL, Mick Kitson (2018)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sal-Mick-Kitson/dp/1786891875

Figure 1: Madonna

Woman’s Hour: Women in politics, Madonna at 60, health inequality, favourite parent presented by Jenni Murray

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bd6y8p

Madonna at 60: How the ‘Queen of Pop’ continues to redefine stereotypes about older women, Sabrina Baar

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/madonna-60-older-women-stereotypes-sexuality-body-image-career-relationships-a8486636.html

Don’t be a moron, of course Madonna should headline Glastonbury 2019, Nick Levine

https://www.nme.com/blogs/festivals-blog/dont-moron-course-madonna-headline-glastonbury-2344394

Madonna Woman of the Year Speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Xgbh2E0NM

Madonna Opens Up About Life with 6 Kids and Her Emotional Adoption Journey: 'It's Complicated — But So Worth It', Jeff Nelson

https://people.com/babies/madonna-life-six-kids-adoption-journey-complicated-worth-it/

Madonna’s Spring Awakening, Roxanne Gay

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a19761/madonna-interview/

Madonna - I'm Going To Tell You a Secret (Documentary) (2005)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf6vNbthfBA

Figure 2: Doctor’s double the alcohol units patients claim they consume

How much do you drink? Whatever you say, your GP will double it

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/08/much-do-drink-whatever-say-gp-will-double/

Alcohol limits and unit guidelines

https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/alcohol-facts/alcoholic-drinks-units/alcohol-limits-unit-guidelines/

Since I sobered up, I’ve seen the ugly side of Britain’s drinking habit, Bryony Gordon

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/since-sobered-have-seen-ugly-side-britains-drinking-habit/

Figure 3: ‘Water Lilies’ by Claude Monet (c.1915-1926)

10 Facts You Might Not Know About Claude Monet's "Water Lilies"

https://www.claude-monet.com/waterlilies.jsp

Beyond the Stars: The Mystical Landscape from Monet to Kandinsky

http://www.musee-orsay.fr/index.php?id=649&L=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=44978&no_cache=1

Review of ‘Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse’ at the Royal Academy, Charlotte Lorimer

https://mapmemories.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/monet/

Art as Therapy, Alain de Botton (2013)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-as-Therapy-Alain-Botton/dp/0714865915

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