The faculty at brown in 1969. A prolific author, professor wood has won numeral russ awaou. In 1970 his book won the ban cost prize. In 1993, his radicalism of the American Revolution won the pulitzer price for history. The americanzation of Benjamin Franklin was awarded a prize by the Boston Authors Club in 2005. His volume in the oxford history of the United States entitled empire of liberty a history of the early republic was given the association of american publishers award for history and biography in 2009. The American History book prize by the New York Historical society and the society of the cincinnati history prize in 2010. Incidentally, proefessor wood, e heard from someone else from the society last week. He was awarded a medal by president obama. He is a fellow of the American Academy of arts and sciences and the american philosophical society, the countrys oldest learned society. He and his wife louise have three children, two of whom are professors and all of whom are i
For germanys die welt. The canadian broadcaster jeffrey kofman, suzanne lynch, who writes from washington for the irish times, and catherine pepinster, a commentator on religious affairs, and former editor of the tablet. The amazon, the lung of our planet, is burning. So tweeted emmanuel macron, the president of france, late thursday. Hes the host of the g7 summit, in biarritz this weekend, and proposed putting it on the agenda. Which, to jair bolsonaro, brazils president , is just so much hot air. After all, burning forest to clear land for cattle and the growing of soya is to meet a global demand, not least from western nations. Brazil exports more soya than any other country. Still, on friday, he bowed to the pressure and sent in the military to tackle the fires. Brazil isnt one of the self described advanced economies that make up the g7. China isnt either, but it lobbed an economic hand grenade on the eve of the summit, announcing fresh tariffs on american goods. Its all very well
This is the reason for the protests taking place in the large cities of brazil, in sao paulo, brasilia, and rio. This has also caused the international outcry. This is a global crisis, because these are considered the lungs of the world. And just on a human level, and an emotional level almost, it is extremely upsetting, extremely disturbing, to see this kind of devastation unfolding in front of you. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. Plenty of hazy sunshine to be had. A lot of sunshine compared to yesterday. Cloud for the Channel Islands, west wales and may be edging towards the coast of north west england to the afternoon. It is going to feel a bit hotter than yesterday. Where you have cloud temperatures may be a couple of degrees lower but for many of us adding a few degrees to these temperatures. More of us creeping to 30 or even 32 in parts of south east england. Into tonight and some areas of cloud across western parts and fog patches so there could be some
A prolific author, professor wood has won numerous awards. In 1970, his book creation of the american republic, 17761787 won the bancroft prize. In 1993, his radicalism of the American Revolution won the Pulitzer Prize for history. The americanization of Benjamin Franklin was awarded the Julia Ward Howe prize by the Boston Authors Club in 2005. His volume in the oxford history of the United States entitled empire of liberty a history of the early republic, 17891815 was given the association of american publishers award for history and biography in 2009, the American History book prize by the New York Historical society, and the society of the cincinnati history prize in 2010. Incidentally, professor wood, we heard from your former student jack warren, the executive director of the society, last week. That same year, 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities medal by president obama. He is a fellow of the American Academy of arts and sciences and the american philosophical society, t
This week borisjohnsons brexit diplomacy appears to pay off in berlin. No bromance for bojo in paris, though. Well be discussing which matters more. Plus with the amazon on fire, brazil accuses the g7 nations of colonial meddling. But is the g7 fiddling whilst the Global Economy burns . Around the table with me are thomas kielinger, a biographer, and for many years london correspondent for germanys die welt. The canadian broadcaster Jeffrey Kofman suzanne lynch, who writes from washington for the irish times, and catherine pepinster, a commentator on religious affairs, and former editor of the tablet. The amazon, the lung of our planet, is burning. So tweeted emmanuel macron, the president of france, late thursday. Hes the host of the g7 summit, in biarritz this weekend, and proposed putting it on the agenda. Which, to jair bolsonaro, brazils president , is just so much hot air. After all, burning forest to clear land for cattle and the growing of soya is to meet a global demand, not l