william atkins, the author of the immeasurable world. thank you. of excitement in the forecast in that there may be at risk of thunderstorms in the southern counties of both england and wales. not everyone will get to see them but i'm giving you an indication of the sort of certain that may well see those showers, if not thunderstorms. generally speaking once you start drifting that bit further north or east, then the night is much quieter, there will be the return of low cloud across the north—eastern shores of england, filling in the central belt perhaps their mind about the north—eastern shores of scotland. underneath the clear skies further north to bridge is falling to 560 grease, a close night in the south never lower than 1516 degrees and that's how start sunday. plenty of sunshine further north once the mist and fog is retreated back to the coast and then maybe for the most part popped away coming of the south we see the extent of those heavy showers and downpours, there will be a lot of surface water and spray if these come to pass. temper

william atkins, the author of the immeasurable world. thank you very much. thank you., once again and thanks very much indeed forjoining me. i want to update you on how we see the rest of the holiday weekend panning out right across the british isles. before we look into the future, let me take you back to last night, where we had the most enormous amount of thunderstorm activity, gradually drifting its way across the southern half of the british isles. some 50,000 lightning flashes were recorded in just a few hours. a big area of low pressure still churning away in the bay of biscay, throwing these thundery plumes up across the british isles and here is the thing. we've done pretty much the same sort of thing in the first part of this evening and we will continue so to do possibly in different areas over the next few days. that thunderstorm risk still persists. part of the reason for it is that things are on the mild side at the moment, to say the very least, even as we move towards midnight. temperatures around 20 degrees, across parts of the south—east. many more of

william atkins, the author of the immeasurable world. thank you very much.ou. just to update you on how we see the rest of the holiday weekend panning out across the british isles. before we look into the future, let me take you back to last night where we had the most amount of the storm activity drifting across the british isles. some 50,000 lightning flashes recorded in a few hours. a big area of low pressure churning away, throwing these thundery plumes across the british isles and here is the thing, we have done pretty much the thing, we have done pretty much the same thing in the first part of this evening and will continue to do, possibly in slightly different areas over the next few days. the thunderstorm risk persisting. part of the reason is that things are on the mild side so as we moved to temperatures —— the evening, temperatures —— the evening, temperatures around 20 in the south—east but many more of you will notice as the thunderstorms fade that we will see an incursion of low cloud from the north sea to give a pretty dull start to the new da

and that conundrum drove william atkins on words, when he decided to explore some of the loneliest placesur continents. his book the immeasurable world is the story of those journeys. rich in history in typography, with many tales of human endeavour. all in search of an answer to the mystery, why do such hostile places where life is so hard cast such a spell? welcome. what's your own explanation for the allure of these dangerous and hostile places? i think, we are sometimes guilty of making the mistake of confusing flight with guest. and, often i think attraction to the deserts emerges from flight rather than quest. and so, i think of somebody like te lawrence or... the empty quarter in the 1930s and 40s, and i think they recognise something that reflected a sense of their own sense of being marginal in british society. and so it was a form of escape. and yes it was exploration, they carried out these extraordinary adventures and, discovered routes across the empty quarter and peninsula that were unknown until then. but they were seeking some kind of comfort. solace of some kind? yes, sol

that conundrum drove william atkins onwards when he decided to explore some of the loneliest places onn a nswer to human endeavour in search of an answer to the mystery, why do such hostile places, where life is so hard, cast such a spell? welcome. what's your own explanation for the allure of these dangerous and hostile places? i think, we are sometimes guilty of making the mistake of confusing flight with quest. and, often i think attraction to the deserts emerges from flight rather than quest. and so, i think of somebody like te lawrence or... the empty quarter in the 1930s and 40s, and i think they recognise something that reflected a sense of their own sense of being marginal in british society. and so it was a form of escape. and yes it was exploration, they carried out these extraordinary adventures and, discovered routes across the empty quarter and peninsula that were unknown until then. but they were seeking some kind of comfort. solace of some kind? yes, solace. you talk about the empty quarter in the middle east, this vast, pretty hostile terrain. what was your own experien