The closest I came to making life was the closest I came to death: Florence Welch on sexism, screaming and the lost pregnancy that nearly killed her

The Florence + the Machine singer talks about life after devastating loss, performing with Taylor Swift and the double standards for women in musicAfter Florence Welch came close to death, she felt strongly that, more than people, she wanted to be with plants and animals. It was a real need to be around things that couldnt speak, but had a life force or energy to them. Ifound that the most healing, she says. Since then, catshave kept coming to visit her garden. Not her cats - it is hard for her ...