and demons he created in his dark materials. it sees the return of lyra, who is now sheltering in a priory from her own father, in a story that pits liberals against totalitarian oppressors. i think the greatest menace to the world is the point of view that says one size fits all. there's one answer and we have it and if you don't believe it, we're going to kill you, or torture you, or imprison you, or burn you or whatever. the book is set in oxford — one of the world's great centres of education, a subject, as an ex—teacher, on which the author has some views. i think the way in which we educate children now discounts, greatly discounts the importance of the imagination, and overemphasises a culture of getting things right and getting the right answer and ticking the right box and rewarding it in a quantitative way. "yes, you got four out of five, you've got a bit of room for improvement there, but do better next time..." that discounts about 90%

of what the child is doing, or what anyone is doing. you can see when a child is actively and imaginatively engaged in the world, and you can see the sad results when they're not, when they haven't been. when all they've had to do is look at a screen, that's all the entertainment, the only way into the world they've had because they can't play outside, the traffic‘s too dangerous, there's a paedophile hiding in every bush... there's a terrible imaginative poverty that, i'm afraid, dominates the lives of so many people. are you watching what's going on? oh, yes. and adjusting your writing and your story along with what's happening? well, i'm not describing our world, so there's no direct commentary on brexit, for example. no, but it's not a million miles away, the sort of themes and outcomes. the world is in the most extraordinary state. i've never known things so desperately confused, people so bitterly angry, solutions so far away. and naturally, if you're a thinking person at all,

if you reflect on what you see in the news and read in the paper, that's going to colour your understanding of things. la belle sauvage might be set in an alternative reality, but the themes and conflicts played out in its 500 plus pages reveal an author deeply concerned with and very connected to the here and now. will gompertz, bbc news. that's it from us. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. have a good night. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm john watson. on the way tonight: a thriller at the bridge as roma hold chelsea in the champions league. could celtic contain bayern‘s brilliance in munich? and the fa apologises to eniola aluko after finding mark sampson did use discriminatory language. good evening.

another busy night in europe with three british sides in action. we start at stamford bridge where chelsea faced italian opponents with spanish striker alvaro morata back in the side. two wins from two so far in the group, could conte‘s side cruise to a routine third agaisnt roma. nick parrot reports. for some familiarity can breed contempt, but not chelsea boss antonio conte, the italian new greeting roma would be the only easy thing at stamford bridge. david luiz‘s early strike should have calmed any nerves. roma goalkeeper could do nothing to stop the brazilian team—mate. when eden hazard finally claimed his first goal of the season, some might have thought this over as a contest. but despite the scoreline, chelsea were farfrom despite the scoreline, chelsea were far from comfortable. roma despite the scoreline, chelsea were farfrom comfortable. roma enjoyed more possession and spurned several

good chances. until the all—night manchester city defender rob seized his chance. thibaut courtois kept chelsea in this tie at times, but there was nothing the belgian could do to stop the former manchester city striker, who looked world—class as equalise, then but the italians in front. a third defeat in a row would have seen the pressure mounts on conte, but fortunately for him and chelsea, hazard came to the rescue. celtic were in munich to face the five time european champions bayern. defeat to paris saint germain last time out, and the departure of manager carlo ancellotti. could this have been a good time to face the german champions. alisdair lamont is there. most of the 70,000 spectators streaming out of the arena are heading happy after a resounding victory for home side. much like the opening day defeat by paris st germain, celtic werejust opening day defeat by paris st

germain, celtic were just out masked ear. by and had already had a go chopped off, and the penalty claim waved away by the time they took the lead, craig gordon keeping ii dusky, but not thomas mueller. the german champions were engineering a lead by half—time. the coolest finishes for kimmich. if celtic came up with a master plan of how to turn the game around at half—time, it was quickly undone. celtic searched in vain for a late consolation, but even that was beyond them on a top night in munich. no one associated with celtic would have expected anything other than that, but they may feel they did not really do themselves justice here tonight. they will have a chance to avenge the result in two weeks‘ time when the

six goals in chelsea's game. three in munich. would the goals flow in lisbon where manchester united were playing benfica. ben croucher watched the action. being the youngest goalkeeper in manchester united history, he truly was tested. what was the message? estimate it more. shoot on sight, see what you can stop. initially, everything, even when shooting did not necessarily seem the obvious option. he could catch, punch, and he could catch... except, he probably should have punched. carrying the innocuous free kick over his own mind. don't believe me, watch the watch. goal. three wins from briefly united, their sympathy will only stretch so far. benfica travelled to old trafford in two weeks. the chelsea forward eniola aluko

says the english fa made her an offer that bordered on blackmail having agreed a settlement with the fa following claims of discrimination. speaking at a parlimentary committee hearing she said chief executive martin glenn told her he would only release part of the settlement, if she signed a statement saying the fa was not institutionally racist, a claim the fa denies. i'm really happy the truth has finally come out. i'm happy for myself, andrew spence, lianne sanderson, everyone that really wa nted sanderson, everyone that really wanted this process to reflect some of the things that have happened to me and for positive change in the future. britain'sjohanna konta has split with her coach wim fisette. having teamed up together ahead of the 2017 season, their partnership took her to the wimbledon semi finals. but she's won only two of her matches since, losing her last five.

that run has seen her miss out on the end of season wta rankings for the second season in a row. nfl commissioner roger goodell said he believes all players should stand for the national anthem before games, but has stopped short of imposing a rule making them do so. several players have gone down on one knee during the anthem to protest racial injustice and social inequality across the country. president trump has criticised the nfl for not forcing players to stand. goodell was speaking after the second day of an annual meeting of nfl club owners... we believe everyone should stand for the national anthem. that's an important part of our policy. it is also an important part of our game. we all take great pride in that. it's also important for us to honour the fly, and our country. we think oui’ the fly, and our country. we think ourfans the fly, and our country. we think our fans expect us to do that. so thatis our fans expect us to do that. so that is something we continue to focus on this morning, but really talking a lot about the

opportunities that exist with our players to try to go and really make a difference in our communities in a positive way. the countdown is on to anthony joshua's world title defence. he says he never thought about pulling out when kubrat pulev withdrew from there upcoming world title fight because of injury as he now prepares to defend his titles against carlos ta kam in cardiff later this month. he's been speaking with the bbc‘s boxing correspondent mike costello. behind the scenes, that is where you need a good team. eddie looked down the list and saw takam was next in the list, ten weeks ago or eight weeks ago, and said to get ready, if anything happens we want you in line. that is what he did. apparently pulev has torn his bicep or hurt his shoulder, so the question is does show get cancelled or go on? i am like, what are we doing? pulev can't fight. we found out that takam is ready. i have known him for a long time and i assumed he would not turn down the opportunity. any chance you would decide

you did not want to go ahead? because i'm not fighting pulev? no! because the issue i am way too long out of the ring and i need to keep active, i need to keep up what i have learned in the klitschko fight. even after the klitschko fight, takam is a good title defence, so i have been fighting guys a lot taller than me, preparing for a 6—foot something guy, now i am fighting a mini mike tyson — boom, boom, hooking. i will have to revert back to different training techniques and get ready to dig deep, stand in the trenches, slow down a bit. if not, i will be jabbing and getting caught with silly left hooks and overhand rights because he is a lot shorter, that will be his game, to take me out of my rhythm, i will have to deal with that. the former world champion jenson button says lewis hamilton is capable of breaking

michael schumacher‘s record of seven formula one world titles. button was previously team mates with hamilton at mcclaren, and describes him in his autobiogrophy as an "unpredictable" but "brilliant" driver. hamilton currently leads the championship by 59 points. i think he will clinch over the next couple of races. four world championships, that's just crazy. that's more than senna, that is next level, three of michael schumacher. if he stays around in the sport, there's a chance he could beat michael schumacher‘s record. there's a chance he could beat michael schumacher's record. we have witnessed the maximum 147 break in the english open snooker. liang wenbo, who is the defending champion, did it against tom ford in his second round match at the tournament in barnsley. if nobody equals that this week, it could be worth 42 thousand pounds to him. that's all from sportsday.

coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are steve hawkes, deputy political editor at the sun and pippa crerar, political correspondent at the london evening standard. let's start with tomorrow's front pages... the financial times — which leads with a warning that half

of adults in the uk are financially vulnerable, with a growing wealth gap between young and old. while the i says that up to 15 million british adults aren't paying into a pension pot the metro claims the prime minister has promised the three million eu nationals that they can remain living in britain whether or not a brexit deal is reached. the telegraph leads with an open letterfrom pro—leave mps —including former cabinet ministers — urging theresa may to walk away from the eu if leaders do not agree to trade talks at a crucial summit tomorrow evening. 0n the front page of the times — the government's new higher education regulator is to force universities to do more to uphold free speech on campus or face being blacklisted, it says. the guardian leads with calls for fa chiefs to resign, after the chief exec was accused of behaviour "bordering on blackmail" by a former england player who complained about racist remarks made by the former england women's captain. and the express says britain can expect to be battered by 80 mph winds as another storm heads towards the uk, just days after the remnants of hurricane 0phelia. let's start then. there is this

crucial summit coming up, let's start with the metro. an open letter from the prime minister with good news, potentially? you cannot understate how pivotal this is for the prime minister tomorrow, going to the eu council, meeting other leaders to talk about trying to get them to talk about trade talks. we've heard all the discussion so far, about phase one, the divorce bill, eu citizens, and northern ireland. now we need phase two. this is her biggest forget, yes, eu citizens can stay. it shows how far he she has come. before the election, there was talk about what she was doing expats. —— it shows how far she has come. this is her final big way, of course they can

say, just give me something. so interesting that she's done this in a message sent directly to eu nationals via facebook. there are 3 million eu nationals living in the uk, about one third in london. they are crucial to the british economy, let alone culturally and in many peoples families. there are many skilled eu workers already working all sorts of sectors.