I dont care if. We met the irish writer colm toibin while he was in berlin the world renowned author is extremely versatile she writes novels short stories essays planes and poetry we spoke with him about his books in his life as well as about ireland and how its changing. Tobin is particularly known for his skill at writing compelling female characters. His bestselling novel brooklyn was adapted for the screen it tells the story of elisha a young woman who cannot find work in ireland and so makes the difficult decision to emigrate. Like so many before and after her ailing boards a ship in the hope of finding a better future. She heads to new jersey. There she settles in the boring old brooklyn which is home to a Large Community of irish immigrants. At 1st and shes torn between the 2 cultures and then between to meet tony in new york. And who she meets in ireland on a trip. Compassionate depiction of her heartache for torment and her agonizing decision consolidated his reputation as a
Exploration but all part of the giant leap toward manned missions to mars. Hannah meredith, bbc news, nottingham. Three days in bed and then three days of rehab from being in bed. Where do i sign up . Hello, a lot of crisp sunshine but also snow showers. You have been sending lots of beautiful pictures. This is a nice one from molly in antrim, northern ireland. Continuing snow showers this evening and into tomorrow. This moved over us last night, rattling windows in the north with severe gales. Look at the showers streaming off the atlantic. They will continue to night and into western areas, and northern areas, but the east and south will be clear and cold to night and the winds will drop out and temperatures will fall. 2 drop out and temperatures will fall. 2, 3 drop out and temperatures will fall. 2, 3 in city centres, elsewhere possibly as low as minus five. Monday morning cold and frosty. A lot of sunshine around a monday night, more bad weather on the way. This is bbc news. Our l
Mainly people who are over 65, and very sadly the loss for each customer has been about £1,150. And last week, we heard of an elderly gentlemen aged 81 who had fallen foul of this scam a couple of times and had lost £20,000 as a result. So if such a call comes through, hang up. The same applies to apple, they say you can only buy apple stuff on an itunes vouchers, you cannot pay a tax bill with it. And now the weather. Things are looking quieter before more wild weather pushes in. Low pressure will bring Gale Force Winds to england and wales. 45 mph inland. Plenty of snow showers or even longer spells of snow across Northern Ireland in central and southern scotland in particular. Further south, a bit drier, but very windy. A wild night to come. Sunday will be very windy in the east to start. Gaels will eventually clear and sunday looking better than saturday with central, southern and eastern parts will be dry with sunshine. Blustery showers across western areas. Falling as snow in p
Away here in iowa, and half a century ago. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff spending fights in states across the country are heating up over this long fourth of july holiday period, and none hotter than in new jersey. This was day three of a State Government shutdown with republican governor Chris Christie and democratic lawmakers at odds over a budget. Christie drew fire sunday for using the governors official residence at one of new jerseys public beaches that are now closed to the public. He has a place to go, so as long as h
This weekend, the cspans tour takes you to montgomery, alabama to explore the citys history and literary culture. We show you a house. That was the turning point. When they moved here, the idea was to regroup. This house was a landing pad. It was a regrouping stage and it was not the sort of place where you are going to find them engaging in domestic activities, if you will. It was the sort of place where they were going to be planning their next move. On American History tv what happened in the 1958 campaign, wallace really does try to reach this racial moderate and tries to campaign for the poor and working class in alabama. Naacps the support of the in his initial campaign but he loses by a significant margin to john patterson. He is clearly devastated. Wallace, all he wants to be is governor, and he was really upset by this loss. He considers it a feeling. So, when people ask him what the take away from the 1958 campaign is, he says i tried to talk about progressive improvement. I