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Stephen Grosz talks to Claudia Hammond

Love’s Labour: Why We Need to Do the Emotional Work

Hay Festival 2026, 

Why do we find love so difficult? Psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz sheds light on the universal experience of love and its ups and downs, in this enlightening conversation with author and psychologist Claudia Hammond. Grosz shares stories and insights about love gained from 40 years of conversations with his patients. He suggests that learning how to love is work well worth doing, and points us towards what we can do to be ready to truly love.

Grosz is a practising psychoanalyst and author of best-seller The Examined Life. Hammond is presenter of several podcasts and radio shows including All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4 which covers psychology, neuroscience and mental health.