Deanna Rodger

Cocteau spends her days isolated in her flat observing other lives, trying to combat her writer's block. On the day her estranged father dies, she meets young and wild neighbour Alicia, who just might be the inspiration she needs.

An alternative history of the British Isles, told through art. Looking at 1,500 years and eight dramatic turning points, acclaimed artists and thinkers encounter key historic art works from across the UK that have shaped the history of the British Isles and inspired their own work.