Rich. She ended her days in paris alone. But her story is a really wonderful story and shes a great character. So i enjoyed doing that. As you can tell im a feminist to the heart. And so i did like writing about women like that who were being somehow denigrated or forgotten or misrepresented. And thats very important to me. Claire tomalin, whats your current project . Im having rest your i spent the whole of lester going around lecturing about dickens and i knew to regroup i think. Any ideas . I would like to go back to writing with a woman as the central character, but its a very crowded field now and its very difficult to find a subject that hasnt been written about so probably i have to find someone quite obscure. This is booktv on cspan2 and weve been talking with claire tomalin, author in london. For more information on these and other entities from london visit booktv. Org and watch booktv every sunday at 6 p. M. Eastern over the next several weeks for more. Next, christopher wol
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Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2 a week long state of emergency in australia with a warning that a heatwave forecast for the weekend could make the bushfires worse. There are fears of fuel shortages thousands take to their cars to flee the areas under threat. Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison cuts short a visit to one devastated community as people there heckle him. How come we only have four trucks to defend our time . We dont have much money. Delays and cancellations on the railways but most fares still go up an average of 2. 7 from today. Artificial intelligence outperforms doctors in diagnosing Breast Cancerfrom mammograms according to the latest study. Coming up on afternoon live
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Exploding in latin america, and Scientists Say a second spike of hospitalizations and deaths is not off the table. The president meet this hour with the new york governor. An droe cuomo is here in washington because he wants a promise to rejuice the opening and the jobs market with billions in new spending on road and rail and airport projects. The Big Questions many of you are asking, will i get my job back, when will schools reopen, how can i protect myself and my family, may all seem far from the president s mind today. He shares his priorities with us every morning, and today, his are once again very disconnected from fact and reality. A Smear Campaign against a Morning Television host, a convoluted Conspiracy Theory about spying, more baseless conjecture that mailin ballots, in the president s words, would be a freeforall on cheating in the next eleshz. The president is absolute in his reopening push. He said so far so good and he wants restrictions lifted faster, no matter what t
Police remain on the scene of a deadly accident that took the life of one person. Well tell you what we learned about what happened and why this accident scene is considered so large. Right now the eyes of the world on the courtroom in south africa. Were waiting for the big announcement involving the olympic track star charged with murder. There is a way area connection to a deadly shooting on the las vegas strip. Well hear from the victims family. Dozens of students are camped out. Why theyre angry with the chancellor. Good morning. Thank you for joining us on this friday morning. Lets check weather and traffic. Steve is here. Its a little too quite in the weather for you, isnt it. Here, locally, yes. We could sure use rain. A little on tuesday but doesnt look like theres anything coming across the highway next to us. Highs 50s, low to mid 60. Theres a bus accident from man jose. It happened less than an hour ago where a car ran a red light at the corner of east capital expressway. A