beckett and joyce and flann o'brien, the father, son and holy ghost, that's our mount rushmore.bout any other writers, you've lowered your eyesight, you've lowered your gaze from those three. so i wanted to take my cue from their experimental tradition and did it tentatively in notes from a coma, my prior novel, but i think grabbed it a bit more two—handedly in solar bones. mike mccormack, thank you very much for talking about solar bones. thank you. the rest of england and wales we have at showers heading south, and still this evening in parts of south—east england before clearing away. overnight, clothes are operate the rain in scotland with a brisk wind. elsewhere clear skies and the cool night to come. kalou than this away from towns and city centres. ford mondeo jooste away from towns and city centres. ford mondeojooste this is the main story, high—pressure settling things down, offering sunshine, and bridges heading up. this is the picture on monday morning. it looks cool but don't be fooled because temperatures will head up quickly in the sunshine. and light winds for mos

beckett and joyce and flann o'brien, the father, son and holy ghost, that's our mount rushmore. talking about any other writers, you've lowered your eyesight, you've lowered your gaze from those three. so i wanted to take my cue from their experimental tradition and did it tentatively in notes from a coma, my prayer novel, but i think grabbed it a bit more two—handedly in solar bones. mike mccormack, thank you very much for talking about solar bones. thank you. time for a late—night check of the weather. promising brightness for much of us. things brightening up for most of us, and where they brighten up this afternoon, temperatures responded. temperatures 24- 25 temperatures responded. temperatures 24“ 25 degrees in one or two spots, all because of a wedge of warm air between this warm front in this cold front. as we go through the rest of the night, that warm and will become confined to the southern half of the country as this cold front sinks further south. with a warm and humid air, this and murk and drizzle. temperatures 1617 degrees. cool and fresher to the west across nor

they all say, look, you know, if you come from the small country that produced joyce and beckett and flann, you have got kind of an obligation to these great figures that are standing on your shoulders. yes, they are quite intimidating and for a long time i think i studied literature in college and that's probably why i found it so difficult to get started as a writer... because you were aware of what's behind you! exactly, yeah. where do you think — this is your second novel, generation was the first couple of years ago — where is your writing going to take you, do you think? well, i know where it's taking me at the moment. i'm working on a third novel. what kind of theme has that got? the theme of trauma, if that doesn't sound too off—putting! oh, it's not off—putting. multiple trauma... you can't have a novel where nothing happens, nothing exciting. no, and i'm conscious of all of what might have become cliches of irish writing. i don't want the child abuse story, i want multiple traumas that can be read that are palatable to the reader, so that's what i'm working on. and avoiding the i

beckett and joyce and flann o'brien, the father, son and holy ghost, that's our mount rushmore.g about any other writers, you've lowered your eyesight, you've lowered your gaze from those three. so i wanted to take my cue from their experimental tradition, and did it tentatively in notes from a coma, my prayer novel, but i think grabbed it a bit more two—handedly in solar bones. mike mccormack, thank you very much for talking about solar bones. thank you. a decent enough day across most of the uk today. we have a bit of rain in the forecast a night, mostly across northern areas, and it has been raining in northern ireland, scotland, the lake district. the weather front has been trundling northern areas. cloud to the south, but it has been a dry day. spots of rain across the north. for some, more than a few spots, but very short lived. the rain is out into the north sea by the time we get to the north sea by the time we get to the early hours of friday morning. tonight will be quite fresh but not as cold as last night. the weather is looking fine, sunny spells, and further south

beckett and joyce and flann 0'brien, the father, son and holy ghost, that's our mount rushmore. about any other writers, you've lowered your eyesight, you've lowered your gaze from those three. so i wanted to take my cue from their experimental tradition and did it tentatively in notes from a coma, my prior novel, but i think grabbed it a bit more two—handedly in solar bones. mike mccormack, thank you very much for talking about solar bones. thank you. good evening. after a mostly cloudy saturday, things brightened up quite nicely for most of us during sunday, and we take that bright weather with us and we take that bright weather with us into the start of the new week. temperatures will climb as well. by wednesday, 30 celsius in some places, but that could spark some thunderstorms. 0nce places, but that could spark some thunderstorms. once they clear away, she will —— we will see temperatures dropping away and it will be cooler. today saw sunshine in northern ireland, cloud in southern parts of england, but we should clear that way through the night. for the vast majority, it w

they all say, look, you know, if you come from the small country that produced joyce and beckett and flann long time i think i studied literature in college and that's probably why i found it so difficult to get started as a writer... because you were aware of what's behind you! exactly, yeah. where do you think — this is your second novel, generation was the first couple of years ago — where is your writing going to take you, do you think? well, i know where it's taking me at the moment. i'm working on a third novel. what kind of theme has that got? the theme of trauma, if that doesn't sound too off—putting! oh, it's not off—putting. multiple trauma... you can't have a novel where nothing happens, nothing exciting. no, and i'm conscious of all of what might have become cliches of irish writing. i don't want the child abuse story, i want multiple traumas that can be read that are palatable to the reader, so that's what i'm working on. and avoiding the irish cliche. trying hard! paula mcgrath, thank you very much indeed. thank you. cloud has been breaking up quite nicely across england and