The Master, Margarita and the Artist

When an old cassette tape has the power to change your whole future.

Borimir Totev talks with artist Laura Footes, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at the age of 13 and told by doctors it was unlikely that she would ever be able to travel or be in regular employment. Mikhail Bulgakov’s ‘The Master and Margarita’ provided an alternative fantasy world and was formative for Laura as she lay in her hospital bed.

This podcast episode was edited and produced for Pushkin House by Borimir Totev.