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Margaret atwood. One of the worlds best selling critically acclaimed authors, shes published more than 60 books, and has won the booker prize twice. Margaret atwood. The winner of the first booker prize of the 21st century, Margaret Atwood. Cheering and applause. Her stories often centre on oppression and brutality. Most famously, her 1985 novel, the handmaids tale, a dystopian vision of america, in which women are enslaved. Now an Emmy Award Winning television series. Theres an eye in your house. In this episode of this 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 feeljust like new pli ....
it s friday it s friday! that s all? you know what that means? let s welcome tonight s gasburg like his books people would love to see him leather bound. literary critic walter kerr. and win life gives you lemons, please squeeze it into his eyes. cohost of fox & friends , todd pyro. she defies conventions and wears extensions. best-selling author kat timpf. he has nightmares about chandeliers. new york times best-selling author comedian and former nwa wrestler titus. i need a break. before we get to some new stories let s do this. greg s leftovers. its leftovers where i read the jokes we didn t use this week. it s my first time reading them. if they suck, we will tied joe mackie s to the back of a truck and drive away. too bad he enjoys it. the first one. a diverse for in new hampshire is catering to adults where they role-play as babies in diapers. to show customers how it s done they brought in a professional. speaking of joe, he is finally headed to ohio and pla ....
at harvard a black plicatae cream of the crop had a 56% chance while whites and asians with the same qualifications had a 15%. a black applicant had a higher chance to get in than a top asian or white student t supreme court ruled 6-3 that s unconstitutional racial discrimination probed by the equal protection clause t14th amendment. chief justice john roberts who authored the majority says this, quote. eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it. the guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color. roberts is saying, basically, you can t unfairly discriminate against whites in order to help blacks. all discrimination s wrong. harvard university made race a factor in every single step of of the application process, from the second they accepted the application to the second they accepted or rejected it, race was used in their decisions. the court says harvar ....
the boss of british gas joins us to talk about that, and to answer your questions. jordan henderson cuts short his stay in saudi arabia. the england midfielder has arrived in amsterdam tojoin struggling dutch giants ajax afterjust 19 games in the middle east. cold today. could it change at the weekend? we are about to go from snow to storms. all the details in breakfast. the indian steel company, tata, will confirm plans today to cut up to 3,000 jobs in the uk. most are expected to be at britain s biggest steelworks in port talbot, at britain s biggest where two coal fired furnaces are set to be closed. unions called it a crushing blow and the worst case scenario. 0ur reporter, lucy vladev, has more. after years of questions about the future of steel making, the answers being provided for workers here are about as bad as they get. both blast furnaces in port talbot will close, as part of major changes to the way tata produces steel. jobs will go across the uk, but s ....
with judge jeanine, jessica and greg gutfeld. this is the five. co countdown is on. voters in iowa will get their say and it starts in three hours from right now. caucus is shattering records, maybe not for the reason we want. jessica is finding out it is freezing in u wa. record cold is hitting the hawkeye state and could impact turnout. candidates hope it won t voters showing up tonight. you can t sit home. if you are sick as a dog, even if you vote and pass away, it is worth it. we will lead this country in the same way. get excited, caucus opens at 7:00. we have an opportunity fo chart a new course for this country. take our nation back. you deserve to be proud of your president. you deserve to be proud of your country. you deserve to have your children know what it is like to love america. trump is running for his issues. haley is doing what donors want. i m running on your issues and your family s issues and to turn this country around. get them to ....