Front Row Late: When Mary Beard Met Margaret Atwood

Mary Beard talks to novelist Margaret Atwood as her sequel to The Handmaid's Tale - The Testaments - is published, Their far-reaching conversation touches upon how Gilead has changed almost 35 years on from the original book and how the cloak featured in the TV adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale has become a symbol of protest around the world. Plus, Atwood shares her responses to the current political climate, about the accusation that she is a `bad feminist"; and the hype surrounding the release of this new book