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cheering and applause. her stories often centre on oppression and brutality. most famously, her 1985 novel, the handmaid's tale, a dystopian vision of america, in which women are enslaved, now an emmy award—winning television series. there's an eye in your house. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio a programme, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how, even in high school, her creativity was clear. i put on a home economics opera. it was about fabrics. can you remember how it goes? # fabrics need a swim in the suds. # it makes them feel just like n...

cultural life, the radio 4 programme, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how, even in high school, her creativity was clear. i put on a home economics opera. it was about fabrics. can you remember how it goes? # fabrics need a swim in the suds. # it makes them feel just like new. # plink—plink, plink—plink. laughter. i want to make sure the mics are recording us. margaret atwood, welcome to this cultural life. thank you very much. happy to be here. on this programme, i ask my guests to choose the most significant influences and experiences that have shaped ...

happy to be here. on this programme, i ask my guests to choose the most significant influences and experiences that have shaped their own creativity, and your first choice is your parents. yes. tell me about your parents. well, first of all, they, um, were very innovative and able to improvise, because, of course, if you live in the woods and there aren't any shops, you have to be, and they were both very outdoorsy. but they also allowed us to make messes in our rooms and didn't make us clean them up. by messes, i mean projects, which always begin as messes. just to set the scene, th...

Joining us are their royal highnesses, the Crown Princess victoria of sweden and prince daniel. Your royal highness, you want to say a few words of welcome and to tell us a little bit about where exactly we are in your palace . Well, thank you. So nobel laureates, ladies and gentlemen, viewers, id like to wish you a warm welcome to the royal palace here in stockholm and to the bernadotte library. This library holds over 100,000 books that used to belong to the Kings And Queens of the house of bernadotte. This is a very special library in that sense. But were not here to read, were here to list...

joining us are their royal highnesses, the crown princess victoria of sweden and prince daniel. your royal highness, you want to say a few words of welcome and to tell us a little bit about where exactly we are in your palace? well, thank you. so nobel laureates, ladies and gentlemen, viewers, i'd like to wish you a warm welcome to the royal palace here in stockholm and to the bernadotte library. this library holds over 100,000 books that used to belong to the kings and queens of the house of bernadotte. this is a very special library in that sense. but we're not here to read. we're ...