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A Good Read: Mary Beard & Bidisha at the Cheltenham Literature Festival

Series 551, episode 0

Harriett Gilbert hosts a special edition of the show from the Cheltenham Literature Festival, where she discusses her appreciation for Stella Gibbons' novel Cold Comfort Farm. She also invites Mary Beard to talk about EV Rieu's translation of Homer's renowned Greek epic The Odyssey, and Bidisha to speak about Margaret Atwood's dystopian parable The Handmaid's Tale

Cast (unconfirmed)

Harriett Gilbert
Mary Beard
Bidisha