Lily Cole: The Pram in the Hall

Model, actress and digital entrepreneur Lily Cole takes over editorial control of this episode of Artsnight.The critic Cyril Connolly isn't much read these days, but he is still famous for one infamous phrase - 'There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall'. Was Connolly wrong - can children in fact be a great spur to creativity? Or can children, with their all-consuming demands, inhibit an artistic life? Lily is eight months pregnant and explores this topic by talking to people with views on both sides of the argument. The programme also looks at the life and work of Barbara Hepworth, who juggled bringing up four children with her artistic career. Lionel Shriver delivers an essay on the joys of childlessness, while Lily meets artist Gavin Turk and his wife Deborah Curtis's project, The House of Fairy Tales, which has been delighting young people for almost a decade.