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there aren't many new films being released at the moment but there is one that has caught the eye of the critics. it's called st maud — a psychological horrorfilm — written and directed by the up and coming british director rose glass. her debut stars morfydd clark, a welsh actress in her first lead role, who's also been singled out for praise. our arts editor will gompertz has been speaking to them both. maud, as she likes to be called, is a nurse, a carer who perhaps cares just a little bit too much. it takes nothing special to mop up after the decrepit and the dying. she doesn't want to simply save lives, anyone can do that, she wants to save a soul. bless amanda's body. and bless her mind. it stars the 30—year—old welsh actress, morfydd clark, in herfirst major lead role. the challenges for me was dealing with a lot of subject matter that i feel quite passionately about, which is the nhs and how we treat workers there.

and also, kind of, just struggling in loneliness and it was kind of thinking about that every day with trying not to obsess about that every day. the film was written and directed by 31—year—old bafta rising star, rose glass. we kind of saw this film as a weird, messed up, fun character study that naturallyjust ended up veering into horror and i think it's a territory where you can sort of talk about quite interesting themes, but dressed up in quite a fun, crazy way. i've got more important things on my mind. i didn't have the characters on social media a lot. the relationship that she has with god, and in a way the audience of the film, is, in my mind anyway, quite similar to the relationship i see some people have with social media and the constant feeling that somebody else is watching and sort of wanting approval. and the sort of ability to be, on the one hand, incredibly lonely, like by herself in a room, as a lot of us have been particularly recently. but then to also feel incredibly connected to the rest of the world.

a lot of those things are quite anxiety inducing. gender‘s obviously a big issue, it's a big issue in the movies, how did you find the experience as a first—time female director? i mean, i'm very aware that i'm coming up right at a time when the industry and audiences are wanting more diverse voices in their storytellers. and i'm definitely benefiting from people who have done a lot of important work before me to make that the case. but now that i'm here, i'm only interested in making films and telling stories just like as a person, not sort of as a woman. am i indecent? no, you're lost. it's a little too early to talk about oscars and red carpets, but saint maud is a notable autumn cinema release, arriving at a very difficult time for the industry, but boasting a lead and a director with a big future. will gompertz, bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show: great big steins of beer... laughs

..the jazziest pensioner in harlem... ..and how much will i get for this truffle i found 7 oof, that's got a whiff. hi and welcome to the show, this week from italy where it's coming up to truffle season and later on in the programme, i'll be heading off into the woods to make my fortune, foraging for what they call diamonds in the dirt. first, though, we're heading across europe to the city of munich in southern germany. the oktoberfest beer festival is the biggest folk festival in the world. more than 6 million people arrived to celebrate last year but in 2020, like so many other

things, it's been called off. so we sent christa to see if german drinkers are drowning their sorrows... or raising a glass to a quieter autumn than usual. for many locals here in munich, oktoberfest is the highlight of the year. so when the decision was made in april to cancel the event, locals decided to find a way to honour the festival. festivities aren't officially supposed to start for another hour and the crowd is building. i have come to the hofbrauhaus, of the oldest beer halls in munich. it's one of 50 local businesses throwing a quieter party this year. oktoberfest has been taking place for more than 200 years. some of its early rituals are still part of today's celebrations, like wearing lederhosen and dress called the dirndl. and of course, this.

the first keg has been tapped, the first steins of beer poured. now let the drinking and singing begin. although there are social distancing rules in place, it does seem pretty busy to me. tobias ra ntzinger is one of the organisers. tell me what decisions have you have taken to protect your guests from covid? we started to take the tables and chairs apart so people do not sit as close and that means we cannot have as many visitors as we would like to have. of course we keep the distance, we have all kinds of hygienes and measures and what is a big difference right now, it's more quiet. we have the expression gemutlichkeit, it's a little bit like cosy, quiet, you feel good but it's not the wild party. we went back to the roots of the oktoberfest. the oktoberfest started,

they had a wedded, the king married therese, so at that time there was nothing there so the people went to celebrate the wedding of their king, but then they went back to the city, to munich, to drink beer, to have food and to celebrate in the restaurants. so what we do now since there's no oktoberfest, just like 1810, we celebrate in the restaurants. outside on the street, there's a definite party mood. these are the famous horses who come to bring the ceremonious kegs for oktoberfest. it's getting quite crowded. but for those who take part in the festival every year, the atmosphere this time around is very different. normally, there are millions of international guests which makes it buzzy, bustling and very cosmopolitan. it's left this tour guide feeling a bit bereft. what does oktoberfest mean to you and how did it feel to realise it wasn't going to happen this year? was the first time since i'm born that the oktoberfest never

happened. it's like christmas is not a running, your birthday is not running, you know, easter — the rabbit is not there. it's such deep in my heart and in my veins that you cannot compare it to anything else. this year, alex is offering the next best thing — a virtual experience of the oktoberfest. so what can we expect from this online escape? so, this should be a very interactive. so it's not only that i talk, talk, talk, talk, talk and you sleep. so, i'm starting with the history which is very important, really brilliant. a bit with that idea, then i show you some photos, some music. i would love to bring the spirit of the oktoberfest, even if it's not working, to your house, to you, ok? i have...now it's empty but it will be full later. so i can drink a beer with you and we'll eat sausages with you, you know?

i have a pretzel still in there. so all these things i want to have that you can actually enjoy it in these times, a little bit of the spirit and probably you learn more about the oktoberfest than you thought. but if we're looking for a silver lining here, this online event means that oktoberfest is truly accessible for everyone around the world. not everyone can make it to oktoberfest in person, yet now, they can have an experience of it. correct. and therefore, and you can actually take all the information, all the life events that i bring it to you, and you can do it with your family. now, you build a little tent in your garden, you buy some beers, some pretzels, some white sausage, a lot of things, you dress like this and you have your own oktoberfest. since filming, munich has further tightened its rules on mask wearing and social gatherings, but it seems even the pandemic can't dampen the locals' love for oktoberfest. so how do you feel about covid in this environment? is it something

you're worried about? it's quiet, not a normal a situation but it's right to keep distance to each other. i think we care but it's not about us, it's about our grandparents so if you wear your mask and you keep your distance and wash your hands, i think it's all right. but i don't want to go to my grandparents in the next week or two so they're safe. covid hasn't quite ruined oktoberfest yet. no, not at all, it'sjust different. and for some, this quieter celebration is a welcome return to the festival's origins. it is a really lovely atmosphere here and it makes me

wonder if local people mightn‘t rather like going back to the old traditions, rather than the kind of hectic oktoberfest we've come to know. we have 3,500 regular guests, local people, from munich, from the suburbs. and in the past years, some of these older people said, i will not go to the oktoberfest because it's just so much party, there are so many people and this year, these people come happily to the oktoberfest but we still hope very much, we expect, we need, we want, the oktoberfest next year, of course. in a normal year, oktoberfest goes through around 7 million litres of beer. it's served up by an army of waiters who can walk up to 20 kilometres a day. ahh! traditionally, it's poured into glasses called steins and you need a powerful arm to carry it around. so do you do weights at home or do you do training? no, we have training

every day here. laughs i start this work in 2003 and the first morning after my first day, i cannot brush my teeth because my arms don't do this. and seen ladies like you with these amazing stacks of beers and you make it look so easy. and ifeel like oh, ishould be able to do that but i'm also aware that... i think you can do this. you think i can do it? yep. all right. if i can get an inch of the table i'll be happy. put it to your... ok, have to put it— ..breast. .. oh, oh, ohh! laughs. i can't do it! just put it first to your breast and then you... ok, all right, one more try. i'm genuinely trying here, this is not... struggling ahhhh, yes!

i got it an inch off the table! come on! that's the best i'm going to do, i think. laughs perfect. you can start working here tomorrow. laughs. i think i would have to seriously pump some iron before i can considered that, but thank you so much. you're welcome. i mean, that's it for my career as a waitress here at the hofbrauhaus, i think i'd be a disaster. i'll have to drink the beer instead. still to come... meet marjorie, the woman keeping parlour parlourjazz alive in harlem. and italy's black gold, will this fungus make me rich? oof, that's got a whiff. this week i find myself in northern italy.

these are the backstreets of turin, and while i'm here, there's something i want to show you. turin likes to see itself as being the capital of chocolate in europe, and in fact, in the 1800s, swiss chocolatiers used to come here to learn their trade but what perhaps isn't known that much is that before we had the chocolate we know now, the edible chocolate that we all eat, drinking chocolate was the real treat for the privileged elite from the 1700s onwards, and in fact, it's this cafe, al bicerin, which was the first establishment of its kind to be created in this city. and in fact, here it is. so you can see it here in the bicerin glass, which is why it's named that, its three layers.

on the top is milk, in the middle is chocolate and on the bottom is coffee. now, this is a secret recipe, they tell me. what i do know is that they spend hours back in the kitchen there making the chocolate. and over the centuries, we're talking artists, intellectuals, all your hoi polloi have come here and drunk this stuff, and today it is a tourism magnet. salute. exquisite. next this week, we're off to new york city in the first part of our series meeting some of the characters we think really define the united states. and we're starting in harlem with a pensioner who, before social distancing became a thing, spent her sundays cramming the crowds into her front room for a feast ofjazz. i came to new york with

the dream of being an actress. i'd always wanted to have my own theatre. to have my own theatre, write the plays, direct the plays. this apartment worked out to be ideal. i live in harlem, new york. i have music and theatre every sunday. jazz, 3:30. my door is not locked and the public is invited in. people come from all sorts of places. they come as if they have known me forever and we become instant family. there's a connection there. i moved to this apartment 36 years ago. this building was filled with musicians.

we used to have readings here, we'd have rehearsals here, poetry nights here. i found that there was a vibrant theatre movement in harlem. but now, it's every sunday, a celebration. my son passed away in 1992, august. i wanted to celebrate the anniversary. i went next door to morris—jumel mansion — i wanted to do a jazz concert, music outside. i needed to do it because sundays were really difficult, because he passed away on sunday. i asked my friends to come. "you've gotta come, gotta come". the word—of—mouth was

very, very important — really critical to the way it started. and now, i'm excited, getting a lot of young people who come to new york from all kinds of places. and it's a cheap date, no charge. i serve food but that's not — they didn't come for the food. # this little light of mine. # i'm gonna let it shine. # this little light of mine. they're really bringing something to you, this healing power of being together. they don't really know what they give me. it keeps me anchored. sometimes when i play, i'll... ..fight tears. but then i... ..geta grip. there's a joy in the music.

the audience is really the most powerful piece of this because i feel they trust me and they celebrate with me. the celebration honours my children and it's exciting for me. the activity of getting it ready kind of holds me together. somewhere, there is a strength that i didn't know i had. we're connected by the music because music has its own language. people make the world go round, if you want, but we need each other. it's a moment where we can find pea, you know, it's a moment where we can find peace, you know, for at least two hours. it's quite stunning and i think "wow! how did all of this happen?" marjorie eliot!

cheering and applause. marjorie, who is still going strong and hoping to restart her regular sunday get—togethers in harlem once the current restrictions are lifted. i've come to a tiny town in north—west italy called alba, which is the truffle capital of the world. it's what's made this region famous everywhere, and i'm about to have the signature dish. grazie. buongiorno. there we are. and the truffle. 0h! doesn't that smell. . .! so this is what the fuss is all about. it may be a fungus but actually, the aroma especially and the taste make it

a real speciality. and sometimes, the value of this can go sky high. and i am going to find out some more. these fungi are famously fickle about their growing conditions. it's the perfect combination of elements in the hills of italy that produce the flavour that is sought after. pre—covid, there was a growing demand for these truffles and this led to a burgeoning tourism industry that's bringing people to this area. buongiorno! i'm meeting a little truffle hunter who is willing to show people how to discover some of the easierfinds. what is it about this region that makes the truffle so good here? tell me how competitive it is between truffle hunters. how much rivalry is there?

do you — when you find a really good spot, do you keep it a secret? do you tell anybody? nobody? you don't tell anyone? but there are some areas that he is still willing to share. no? no good! no good. over the last 25 years, there has been a 30% decrease in truffles due to the change in climate and in some places, they are disappearing altogether. there it is! look at that! whoa!

it's good, yeah? whoa! oof! that's got a whiff! now, in addition to their rarity, truffles are perishable so it's really important to get them harvested, processed and shipped as quickly as possible. and in fact, you can get a truffle leaving a forest like this and going anywhere around the world on a restaurant table within 36 hours! so i had better get a move on. in italy, to protect the trade and way of life for rural communities,

the importation of truffles is strictly controlled. here in alba, the hunters come to town to the dealers who find buyers around the world. i'm going to see what i can get for mine. wow! you are chiara? buongiorno. yes, hi! buongiorno. rajan. nice to meet you. hi, nice to meet you. so this is the spiritual home of truffles and truffle selling. wow. i have got one here. let me see. and i want to know how much it is worth. could you tell me? yes, let me see. ah, it is a good piece! small but nice! let me... so is 20 grams. today, more or less, 20, 2a euros. 2a euros? these piece. wow! that's good! i'm pleased! is good! you make a good job! thank you. bravo! and i open for you. after you. thank you. i believe the guy who started the shop is really responsible for the whole explosion of truffles? yes, giacomo morra,

starting in 50 years, he was a marketing genius before marketing was invented. he gave a full free, every year the hugest truffle they could find, to a vip person, such as marilyn monroe, truman, president churchill, hitchcock, many, many movie stars. so, underneath this... so, one, two, three. whoa! so that is truffle heaven. i didn't really make a fortune on my own specimen here, but it's still worth something to me, and i have a real grasp of how valuable truffles are to this region and now to the world. that is all for this week, butjoin us next time when... ade takes us on a trip down memory lane from all four corners of the uk. from a vegan chow down

in london to deep inside a freezing scottish snow hole. it should be well worth a watch! i can't believe we made it! cheers, everyone! cheers! woo—hoo! sojoin us if you can and don't forget, you can keep up with all of our adventures by following us on social media. but in the meantime, from me and the rest of the travel show team here in northern italy, it's goodbye. hello there. i thought i'd start with a reminder of just how grim a start to the month we've had. across a swathe of southern england and parts of eastern scotland too, over recent days, we've seen more rainfall

than we'd expect to see in the whole of the month of october. and we're only in the first week, of course. winchcombe is in gloucestershire — 118mm here over recent days, compared with the october average of 81mm. now, we have got a bit more rain to come, over the next couple of days, but i'm going to zoom out into the west atlantic, because this is a developing area of low pressure, and it could bring some really heavy rain across those areas that have already seen a lot of rainfall this month, so more on that in just a moment. for the time being, we do have rain around right now. we've got some patches working across from northern ireland, pushing eastwards across wales and england, and another line of rain from an occlusion that's bringing some wet weather at the moment to south—west scotland and the far north of england. temperatures to start the day about 8—11 degrees. now, we are going to see further patches of rain pushing eastwards across wales and england through the day. i suspect they could become quite lengthy patches of rain, quite persistent rain for a time, across north wales, merseyside and greater manchester. further showers for west scotland and northern ireland. becoming windy

in the south—west through the afternoon, where we could get gusts of wind of 50—odd mph. the best of the sunshine for eastern scotland. but for many of us, it will be quite cloudy, with just a few sunny intervals coming and going. now, for wednesday, probably overall a little bit more in the way of sunshine but again we've got showers around. those showers particularly affecting northern and western scotland and, given that wind direction, we might see a few sneaking down the irish sea into north wales and north—west england as well. temperatures coming down a degree or so, highs for most between 13 and 15 degrees. now, on into thursday's forecast, these weather fronts that had been forecast to bring the majority of rain across england and wales are actually going to push a little bit further northwards now on the latest model runs. and that sees rain potentially going as far north as the central belt of scotland, maybe even north scotland for a time. now, further southwards, we will see some rain at a time moving across england and wales. but it's this trailing front that could cause some issues, not just through thursday, but actually thursday night and into friday, because that front could become

aligned to give some lengthy outbreaks of rain across parts of england and wales and some of those parts where we've already seen a lot of rainfall so far. so we could see some further localised flooding towards the end of the week.

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