Now, its time for welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. There are writers of world renown whose reputation rests on one great book. There are others who write more prolifically, but always in the same territory. And then theres my guest today. Margaret atwoods Output Fizzes with energy, diversity and experimentation. Shes best known for her novels, the handmaids tale, the blind assassin, oryx and crake. But shes written poetry, blog fiction and, this year, a Superhero Comic Book, too. She has a worldwide legion of fans. So what keeps her creative juices flowing . Margaret atwood, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Ijust referred to your prolific and diverse output over many years. But youve just done something youve never done before. Youve taken on adapting shakespeare. And youve always said shakespeare is pretty much your favourite author. So how daunting was that . Very, very daunting. First of all you knew that you were going to get a lot of people saying that you shouldnt do it, an
Now, its time for welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. There are writers of world renown whose reputation rests on one great book. There are others who write more prolifically, but always in the same territory. And then theres my guest today. Margaret atwoods Output Fizzes with energy, diversity and experimentation. Shes best known for her novels, the handmaids tale, the blind assassin, oryx and crake. But shes written poetry, blog fiction and, this year, a Superhero Comic Book, too. She has a worldwide legion of fans. So what keeps her creative juices flowing . Margaret atwood, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Ijust referred to your prolific and diverse output over many years. But youve just done something youve never done before. Youve taken on adapting shakespeare. And youve always said shakespeare is pretty much your favourite author. So how daunting was that . Very, very daunting. First of all you knew that you were going to get a lot of people saying that you shouldnt do it, an
Fires to take your breath away. And chris are aliased mr plant and graces the Natural World in his arms like in this latest installation. In in france. Back when it was published in 1985 Margaret Atwoods novel The Handmaids Tale was critically acclaimed but considered by many to be a bit farfetched the main character offered is one of a cast of scarlet clad handmaids forced to be breeding machines in the patriarchal dystopia of gilliatt will fast forward to 2017 and the novel had a veritable 2nd coming as a t. V. Series but also as a symbol of resistance to my sergeants trompe and politics and thats one reason the long awaited sequel has finally arrived. My swearing the
iconic red cloaks and white headpieces familiar from the t. V. Series and subsequent political protests appeared in The Streets Of London ahead of margaret and puts knight his Book Launch Fire and say the book is more relevant than ever in some ways its becoming a worse place with them particularly in the night sky. And
With the winner this is of germany talent show a recent immigrant from indonesia. And the brand new documentary about The Handmaids Tale All Thought Margaret Atwood. Never. The king singing as a vocal ensemble with a history going back over hoff a century the original members were choral scholars at Kings College Cambridge University back in the 960. 00 s. Now the group in their latest incarnation are launching a new project trying to heal divisions in society through the prime news it its called finding harmony lets have a listen. Yeah. Yeah there are. Are. No no. No no. And jonathan how is the current Senior Member you know lets your also young joins me now theres been lots of changes in the membership of the group over the years now what hasnt changed in 50 years though is the line up to. Attend to baritones of bass why has that remained the ideal mix for you i know its pretty unusual but i think thats because thats what the originals were to altos they tended to baritones in a basi
dream which could easily turn into a nightmare. israeli protesters pressed ahead thursday with demonstrations against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary, pushing back against prime minister benjamin netanyahu after he rejected a compromise proposal that was meant to defuse the crisis. the prime minister has warned of bloodshed. this is part of the demonstration in tel aviv. hundreds of women are dressed as handmaids from the novel the handmaid s tale. this is their expression of what they fear is a patriarchal, totalitarian, theocratic society. this is all a warning as these protests now enter their 11th week. what some of the organisers of the event are saying