The Scottish Mail on Sunday

T.S. Eliot: Into ‘The Waste Land’ BBC2, 9pm

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T.S. Eliot (above) believed in the ‘impersonal theory' of poetry, where the writer's personal life had little bearing on their work. However, this documentar­y argues that his masterpiec­e

The Waste Land, which is celebratin­g its centenary, was shaped by Eliot's complex relationsh­ips with two women – his first wife Vivien and his first love, confidante and muse, Emily Hale.

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