bernard cornwell, author of fools and mortals, thank you very much. thank you.ave taken a battering courtesy of storm brian. scenes from the cornish coast. little ridge of pressure, this area will keep us busy in the week ahead, the attending weather from sweeping ahead across the british isles. bit ofa ahead across the british isles. bit of a breather for the ahead across the british isles. bit of a breatherfor the next ahead across the british isles. bit of a breather for the next few hours, showers clearing, skies chilly for a time, coming into the west, first signs of the weather front. by the time we get into monday morning, wet start for many, temperatures rising again. cloud and rainfiling. temperatures rising again. cloud and rain filing. pretty soggy miserable start, northern ireland nice to the morning, brighterweather start, northern ireland nice to the morning, brighter weather pushing from the west as the day goes on. eastern coast, particularly down towards the channel, struggling with thicker cloud and merck. biggest change, milderform thicker clo

bernard cornwell, author of fools and mortals, thank you very much. thank you.n a battering courtesy of brian, this was the scene on the cornish coast. by now, just an innocent area of low pressure in the north sea, a little ridge of high pressure overnight, but this area of low pressure in the atlantic will keep us busy in the week ahead, with its attendant weather fronts sweeping across the british isles. bit of a breather for the next few hours, showers clearing, chilly for a time in the east, but coming into the west our first signs of that weather front by the time we get into monday morning, quite a wet start for many, temperature starting to rise again as the cloud and rain pile in. mild first thing on monday, but a miserable looking start, northern ireland will brighten, and that will push its way in from the west as the day goes on. eastern coasts, particularly down towards the channel, struggling with thicker cloud and murk through the day. the biggest change will be that it will feel milder, temperatures in the mid teens. monday into tuesday, this low

bernard cornwell brings him to life as the narrator in his book, fools and mortals.s are leading more or less separate lives a tale of rivalry, jealously and blackmail. set during rehearsals of a first night of a midsumumer night's dream. welcome. it's a change of scene for you, bernard, because you are best known as someone who writes in battle mode, really. people are found with muskets or waving swords in many of your books. what is it that fascinates you about the 15905, and theatre in london? well, it's just that it's the beginning of a whole new industry which has obviously prospered mightily ever since, but before the 1570s there were no permanent playhouses. no theatres, if you like. the first is built in 1574. 20 years later, they are in full flow. we have a whole new industry in london. it has to be london because london is the only city big enough to support it. and, shakespeare's company, the lord chamberlain's men worked at a place called "the theatre". a name that has stuck. i miss—spent my summers on stage, and i have done for the last 11 years. that e

bernard cornwell, author of fools and mortals, thank you very much. thank you. hi, there.e latest on brian. storm brian has been moving across the uk bringing blustery conditions. rain clearing away from south west england but rainfor away from south west england but rain for the rest of us. there have been some very exposed seams with stronger gusts sparred inland, the a rts have stronger gusts sparred inland, the art5 have been a0 to 50 miles an hour. it has not been particular windy, we get days like this all the time in the autumn. those blustery winds will continue to dry in some lengthy spells. the rain clearing away from south west england to be followed by showers and they could p0p up followed by showers and they could pop up anywhere overnight. a mild night, temperatures are nine to 11 celsius. the pig chivers sunday morning, as brian works out into the north sea. three sunday morning, the band of rain will pushing to parts of the midlands, addicted to meet it in. once the rain band has cleared out of the way, it is a sunshine and showers kind of setup. they get

bernard cornwell, author of fools and mortals, thank you very much. thank you. hello there. continue to see strong winds through the evening in the south. when speaking up in north wales, north—west england. there could be gales. if you are heading out for the evenings, the black winged arrows show were the strongest winds r. a lot of showers from the west as well. some of these heavy. part of words and north—west england could see some water issues. those winds picking northern ireland and south—west scotland. dry in north—east scotland. as we head through the night we keep those strong winds across western areas particularly. some heavy downpours arraign working in. some surface water issues. not a particularly mild night. into sunday, things will slowly but surely calm down. storm brian drifting off to the north—east. the isobars beginning to open out a little bit. winds will turn later. we start with a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of rain. the cloud should break up from the west. spells of sunshine. a scattering of showers in the west. it will not be particularly one.