i must say, that is bill bryson the glass half full guy. in any situation... not necessarily. ..however difficult and turbulent. only to the extent of the questions you've asked me. ask me about donald trump and my glass is very empty. we don't have much time left, i do want to talk to you about the united states. you talked, actually interestingly at the beginning, about how you were brought up in the fields of iowa and wanted to get away and did get away pretty darn quick. how do you feel about your native country right now because you're one of those americans who took an unusual decision to actually leave the richest, most powerful country on earth and make a life somewhere else. i wonder if that gives you a very negative feeling about the united states? no, it was not as if i was fleeing from america. i completely stumbled into an alternative life in another place which i found really suited me and found very agreeable. and it's worth noting that there's something like a quarter of a million other americans living voluntarily in britai

now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur interviews best—selling author bill bryson. to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. sometimes it takes an outsider, armed with just a sharp eye and curiosity, to get us to see ourselves as we really are. and that would explain the enduring popularity of the american—born writer bill bryson, whose wry take on britain and the british has generated two best—selling books. now, in recent years his travels have taken him deep into the realms of science and human biology. from the mysteries of afternoon tea to the power of the human brain, what has bill bryson learned from his gentle search for understanding? bill bryson, welcome to hardtalk. i'm delighted to be here, stephen. thank you for having me. well, it's a pleasure. seems to me that you've lived a life driven by curiosity, by a determination to get explanations. ami a determination to get explanations. am i right? i get a lot of credit for that, and i'm not sure i entirely deserve it. i mean, i won't argue with you if you want to praise me for it, but i think we're all driven by cur

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