Judith Hawley, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature, is taking part in a series called ‘The Art of Intimacy’. She will be discussing Samuel Richardson’s highly influential novel, Pamela (1741) in the light of the debate provoked by the #METOO movement.

The discussion is led by Eimear McBride, author of A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing (2013) and focuses on understanding sexual consent. McBride interviews artists and academics to shed light on these important conversations. Click here to listen to the episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00027xv