Podcasts Culture Front Row When Mary Beard met Margaret Atwood

When Mary Beard met Margaret Atwood

Published: Oct. 11, 2019, 1:37 p.m.

Mary Beard meets the acclaimed Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood. As her sequel to The Handmaid\u2019s Tale \u2013 The Testaments \u2013 is published, in a wide-ranging encounter Mary talks to her about how Gilead has changed almost 35 years on from the original book; how the cloak which features in the TV adaptation of The Handmaid\u2019s Tale has become a symbol of protest around the world; about her responses to the current political climate; about the accusation that she is a \u2018bad feminist\u2019; and about the hype surrounding the release of this new book.