Sunday Feature: Chasing the Dream

Hetta Howes investigates why artists from Chaucer to Taylor Swift have found creative inspiration in restless nights and interrupted dreams. Using the structure of a medieval dream poem, this programme takes listeners on a journey through the twilight realm between sleeping and waking, exploring the relationship between sleeplessness and creativity. Hetta hears from Professor Mark Blagrove about why restless sleep can prompt people to remember their dreams more vividly, and talks to award-winning poet David Harsent, who keeps a pad and pen by the bed to record dream fragments on waking