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

Mary Beard & Bidisha at The Cheltenham Literature Festival

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Mary Beard and Bidisha talk about favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.  From 2011.

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Mary Beard and Bidisha on books by Margaret Atwood, Stella Gibbons and Homer. From 2011.

The classicist Mary Beard and writer Bidisha talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books, in an edition recorded in front of an audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.

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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
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Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
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The Odyssey by Homer
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Producer: Beth O'Dea

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011.

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