Hay 2017: Women's Voices in the Classical World
Colm Toibin, Bettany Hughes and Paul Cartledge join New Generation Thinker Catherine Fletcher for a discussion recorded at 2017's Hay Festival.
Colm Toibin, Bettany Hughes and Paul Cartledge join New Generation Thinker Catherine Fletcher for a discussion recorded at Hay.
Colm Toibin's new novel House of Names explores the story of Clytemnestra and the murder of her husband Agamemnon. His other novels include The Testament of Mary, Brooklyn and Nora Webster.
Paul Cartledge is A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture Emeritus at the University of Cambridge and the author of many books which look at the classical world including Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction, Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities and Democracy: A Life
Bettany Hughes has presented many TV and Radio programmes exploring the classical world including Divine Women, Genius of the Ancient World, Banishing Eve and The Ideas That Make Us. Her books include Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore, The Hemlock Cup and Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
Catherine Fletcher is a New Generation Thinker who has presented Essays and documentaries for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3. She is the author of The Black Prince of Florence The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de' Medici
Producer: Zahid Warley
Part of Radio 3's week-long residency at Hay Festival, with Lunchtime Concert, In Tune, Free Thinking, The Verb and The Listening Service all broadcasting from the festival.
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Free Thinking: Hay 2017: Women's Voices in the Classical World.
Writers and historians join Catherine Fletcher for a discussion recorded at Hay.
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'The female voice was such an issue for the classical period'
Duration: 00:30
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Interviewed Guest | Colm Toibin |
Interviewed Guest | Bettany Hughes |
Interviewed Guest | Paul Cartledge |
Presenter | Catherine Fletcher |
Producer | Zahid Warley |
Broadcast
- Tue 30 May 2017 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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