Episode 4: Staying Alive with Ethel Smyth

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Feb 6, 201918:12Kids & family

We journey back a hundred years to explore the life of Ethel Smyth: composer, suffragette and all-round legend. Also, there are pirates. Each episode is also accompanied by a playlist in Apple Music – you can find those...

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