Front Row Late

A live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music introduced by Mary Beard Mary Beard presents the cultural review show. As anticipation mounts around the publication of David Cameron's autobiography, a panel discusses the art of the memoir.

Mary Beard and her panel - Shahidha Bari, Scarlett Curtis and Ella Whelan - discuss how writers and artists are responding to anxiety in contemporary culture.

Mary Beard talks to novelist Margaret Atwood about her career and her sequel to The Handmaid's Tale.

Mary Beard and her panel discuss whether today's satirists are up to the job of lampooning contemporary politics and society. Are politicians fair game as targets for satirists?

Mary Beard and guests engage with topical cultural discussion. This week Front Row Late is in Belfast, discussing the complex relationship between adults and young people in our culture. As Greta Thunberg learns whether she has won the Nobel Peace Prize, why do Thunberg and her fellow activists incite so much negative attention from older critics? Are children represented fairly in our culture or are they all too often seen and not heard? And Mary talks to Charlotte Church about her own experience of growing up in the glare of publicity and about how she views the current generation of young activists.