yes, the ridiculous 'little girl' picture of Paltrow in a punt was particularly obscene. I saw it too, because my local coffee shop keeps a copy of that filthy rag, THE SUN.

>From: Ivy <[log in to unmask]>

>Reply-To: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and poetics <[log in to unmask]>

>To: [log in to unmask]

>Subject: Plath film (be afraid, be very afraid)

>Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:17:10 +0000

>Dear All,

>My husband brought home the Sun yesterday and while I was leafing

>through

>it I found a picture of Gwyneth Paltrow on the set of "the BBC film

>'Ted

>and Sylvia' - charting the romance of poet laureate Ted Hughes and

>Sylvia

>Plath". Paltrow wears a dark blonde curly wig, tweed skirt and plum

>jacket,

>and poses in a punt, smiling. The headline is "I'm Gwynning again."

>I'm not.

>Yours,

>Ivy