that's the world—renowned hay festival. ear, the small town of books, hay—on—wye on the england—wales border, hosts thousands of visitors, ready to fill their boots with fact, fiction, opinion and debate. screams hay is a great place to hear from authors, and scientists and big thinkers. and, when you've done all that, you can come and see asked too. for the third year in a row, we've been invited to show off some cool tech before a live audience. of course we turn someone into communist revolutionary vladimir lenin using vr. why wouldn't we? do you actually feel like you're there then? yeah. i can turn around and i can see everything, like, i've got a whole room. and we played mind games with neurologist doctor hannah critchlow, and albert einstein. even though you know that it's the wrong way round, i cannot help seeing that this is going the wrong way. anotherface is popping out, but actually it's the back end of the mask. anotherface is popping out, but actually it's the back end of the mask. i was put on the spot with a

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here we are at the hay festival.re surrounded by people who love stories, authors, readers. we're all passionate about stories. it's a very innate human thing, to want to tell stories, to hear and share stories. what do you think is behind that human need for narrative? i think probably a multiplicity of things. one is stories are the way we tell ourselves who we are, who we are as a nation, a tribe, the human race. but one of the interesting things in stories is the way they allow you to give shape and control to things that are otherwise really messy and don't make sense. and even if the story itself is about awful things, just the shape of it says that there is a kind of order here. and i think we need that, even if it's a lie. there's a reason we use the word "voice" so much to talk about fiction and what makes a great novelist. people mentioned philip roth, and there's a reason we use voice as a metaphor for personal power or agency, for political enfranchisement. this sense that having a voice is somehow intima

hello, and welcome to talking books from hay festival in wales.nyone, especially someone who is well educated and from a loving family, choose to go to syria tojoinjihadists? that is the question that motivated asne seierstad's latest book, two sisters, two girls who did that. it is from the woman who brought us the bookseller of kabul. asne seierstad, welcome to talking books. now, two sisters tries to figure out a puzzle, what it is that makes two teenage girls, happily settled, it would appear, in norway, a great country. what makes them want to become jihadi brides in syria? how did you get the story? the story was actually given to me by theirfather. he contacted me a few months after they had left and he wanted a book written about his daughters. i was thinking, "no, no, i'm not interested." "this is going to be so messy", because i thought that a journalist and a family, we have different interests. a journalist would always want to uncover things and a family would like to cover up things. but then after a while and i agreed to meet him an

hello and welcome to talking books, from hay festival.writers, politicians and thinkers from around the world come here to wales to discuss books and big ideas. my guest today is anuradha roy, a writer whose four novels dissect the society and culture of her native india. anuradha roy, welcome to talking books. now, i've just finished your latest novel, and i wanted to give everybody watching and listening a flavour of your writing, and maybe if you'd be kind enough just to start. we'll talk about the book in detail later, but this is all the lives we never lived. could you read the opening paragraph? in my childhood, i was known as the boy whose mother had run off with an englishman. the man was in fact german, but in small—town india in those days, all white foreigners were largely thought of as british. this unconcern for accuracy annoyed my scholarly father, even in circumstances as dire as losing his wife to another man. now, when i read that, i couldn't then stop reading. that is a great opening paragraph. did you... in terms of the

hello and welcome to talking books, here at the hay festival in wales. in its 31st year, it attracts writers, thinkers and politicians from right across the globe. and of course, plenty of children as well. today i am going to be talking to one of ireland's most successful writers, marian keyes, who has sold more than 35 million books. she is a woman who is not afraid to tackle the very darkest of subjects with a large dose of humour. marian keyes, welcome to the programme. applause. you have got so many different books that we could talk about, what i wanted to begin with your latest one, which is called the break. the story of a long—term marriage and the husband, as it says, decides to take a break. explain to us about this phenomenon. 0k, it is real. it is to do with the fact that we are living so much longer. if you are monogamous and say you are in your mid— 40s and you are getting on ok with your person, back in the days when we used to expected to drop dead at 55, you would think actually i willjust stick it out. at the fact that we are going to

that's the world—renowned hay festival. from authors, and scientists and big thinkers. and, when you've done all that, you can come and see us too. for the third year in a row, we've been invited to show off some cool tech before a live audience. of course, we turn someone into communist revolutionary vladimir lenin using vr. why wouldn't we? do you actually feel like you're there then? yeah. i can turn around and i can see everything, like, i've got a whole room. and we played mind games with neurologist doctor hannah critchlow, and albert einstein. even though you know that it's the wrong way round, i cannot help seeing that this is going the wrong way. anotherface is popping out, but actually it's the back end of the mask. i was put on the spot with a challenge that gave me shivers and flashbacks to my mastermind appearance. oh, god! oh, my god! what does the g stand for in gdpr? oh, god! gregory! no, its general. the island of tuvalu, which lies in the pacific ocean, midway between hawaii and australia, is located at wh

that's the world—renowned hay festival. ce to hear from authors, and scientists and big thinkers. and, when you've done all that, you can come and see us too. for the third year in a row, we've been invited to show off some cool tech before a live audience. of course, we turn someone into communist revolutionary vladimir lenin using vr. why wouldn't we? do you actually feel like you're there then? yeah. i can turn around and i can see everything, like, i've got a whole room. and we played mind games with neurologist dr hannah critchlow, and albert einstein. even though you know that it's the wrong way round, i cannot help seeing that this is going the wrong way. anotherface is popping out, but actually it's the back end of the mask. i was put on the spot with a challenge that gave me shivers and flashbacks to my mastermind appearance. oh, god! oh, my god! what does the g stand for in gdpr? oh, god! gregory! no, it's general. the island of tuvalu, which lies in the pacific ocean, midway between hawaii and australia, is locate

books in half an hour: norwegian journalist and author asne seierstad speaks to gavin esler at hay festival. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. two years after the brexit referendum, thousands of people are protesting in central london to demand what they call a "people's vote" on the outcome of the negotiations with the eu. we'll be going live to central london in a moment to hear more about the march, but this was the scene in the past hour as a few thousand people demonstrating against it in what they're calling the uk unity and freedom march. it all comes as the german engineering firm siemens, which employs 15,000 people in the uk, called on the government to remain closely aligned with the single market. senior cabinet ministers have again said the uk is prepared to walk away from the negotiations rather than accept a bad deal. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. two years to the day since the brexit vote, visions of the future are still very different. campaigners on central london today calling on a vote for any final deal the government reaches with brussels. t

and talking books speaks to marian keyes from this year's hay festival.n and welcome to bbc news. the queen's birthday honours list has been unveiled and it's generated some controversy. the boss of network rail, mark carne, has been made a cbe in the same week that network rail itself was criticised for railway disruption. some have called mr carne‘s honour a ‘slap in the face‘ — passengers have faced delays and cancellations since an overhaul of train timetables three weeks ago. joe lynam reports. it's been a bit of a shambles, really. it'sjust been a nightmare. we were just stuck because there were so many northern trains just sat at platforms because they had no drivers. take the train to work everyday? you'll be aware of some of the issues over the past fortnight. thousands of trains cancelled or delayed. innumerable journeys ruined. and all because of new timetables from network rail. hello, everybody. this is a really exciting time to be a part the railway... and now mark carne has been awarded for his services to the rail industry with a cbe. he's

in half an hour — norwegian journalist and author asne seierstad speaks to gavin esler at the hay festival afternoon and welcome to bbc news. england are through to the knockout stages after beating panama 6—1 in russia — their biggest win a major tournament. captain harry kane scored a hat trick — becoming the leading scorer in the competition ahead of ronaldo. john stones got twoand jesse lingard one. panama pulled one back in the second half — with their oldest player scoring their first ever world cup goal. let's take a look at the goals. that's a head afterjohn stones that has gone in. two goals and the world cup so farfor has gone in. two goals and the world cup so far for harry kane. how emphatic was that? sterling. jesse lingard. jesse lingard! puts the ball in, across for sterling. it's in the number watch. same place. same result. loftus—cheek‘s shot deflected and harry kane has another goal. england fans across the world are celebrating the lions win. here are some of them in newcastle celebrating the win your reaction as the final whistle? absolutely brilliant. didn't expect th

hello, and welcome to talking books, from the hay festival in wales.h is one of the best—loved and most prolific authors working in britain today. he burst onto the scene 20 years ago with the no i ladies‘ detective agency, after leaving edinburgh university. now, he has published over 100 books. so what makes him write so well, and so much? alexander mccall smith, welcomed to talking books. thank you very much indeed. applause now, you are truly extraordinarily prolific. as a child, were you a childhood scribbler? did you write all the time? yes, i think many children write when they're small, when they're children, and i remember writing stories when i was a little boy. and i sent off my first story to a publisher at the age of eight, which was a very presumptuous thing to do. and i do remember the title of it, which was he's gone. but who "he" was, and where he went, and why he went, i don't remember. extraordinarily, i had a letter back from the publisher, which i thought was a marvellous thing to happen, and of course, i treated it as just somethi

2:30 the internationally acclaimed writer alexander mccall smith speaks to gavin esler at the hay festivaln talking books. i think it's very important that as a writer you should be able to write about anybody. so you should really be able to understand, or i hope empathise to an extent, with all sorts of other people. good afternoon. four men have died after a collision between a car and a taxi in leeds. the crash happened in the early hours of this morning on the a6120 in the horsforth area of the city. the men, all aged between 18 and 21, died at the scene. two girls, aged 16 and 17, were also in the car. one is in a critical condition while the other has non life threatening injuries. the driver of the taxi was taken to hospital with serious injuries, but which are not thought to be life threatening. we'll be speaking to our correspondent sarah walton who is at the scene, shortly. the nhs in england has set out plans to stop hundreds of thousands of patients every year receiving treatments deemed "ineffective or too risky". haemorrhoid surgery and treatment for varicose veins are among

and indian writer and publisher anuradha roy speaks to gavin esler at the hay festival.in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. around 50 firefighters are still working to extinguish a significant fire at glasgow's world —famous school of art. the alarm was raised just after 11 o'clock last night and the mackintosh building was said to have been engulfed by flames within minutes. the scottish fire and rescue service has said that the historic building has been extensively damaged along with some surrounding buildings. it was undergoing a multi—million pound restoration project following a similar blaze four years ago. let's go over live to the scene and our correspondent lorna gordon. yes, it is hard to overstate the importance of this building. it is a working art school as well as a work of art. it is considered the masterpiece of charles rennie mackintosh. there is a sense of disbelief in the city at the expense of damage that has happened as a result of this fire. we are rather constrained in our position, but perhaps you can see tha

and indian writer and publisher anuradha roy speaks to gavin esler at hay festival. in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may says the nhs in england will get an extra £20 billion a year in real—terms funding by 2023. in a bbc interview today the prime minister said some of the money would come from savings made when britain stops paying into the eu budget. she also suggested the rest would have to come from higher taxation. labour say the government was relying on a "hypothetical" windfall. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. as the pressure on the nhs has grown, so too have calls for more money for the health service. finally, after weeks of tough talks in whitehall, the prime minister has revealed the nhs budget will grow — paid for partly by the so—called "brexit dividend", but also possibly higher taxes. at the moment, as a member of the european union, every year we send significant amounts of money — we spend significant amounts of money — on our subscription, if you like, to the eu. when we leave, we wo

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festival de música que se está realizando en la céntrica. las personas está disfrutando como si nada. lo bueno es que hay muchos lugares con sombra.édicos del caso de presentarse inconvenientes y de hecho ya tuvieron que atender a dos individuos. uno se sentía deshidratado y de ahí al desmayo y solo dos segundos. >> se está hidratando, ahí veo. >> ¿una recomendación para la comunidad?. >> mucha agua, ya hay dos personas que se desmayaron y se las llevó la ambulancia. >> tiene protector solar?. >> no. >> ponerse protector solar e hidratarse constantemente. aquí hace calor, pero tenemos entendido que al este, las temperaturas son aún más altas . vamosa pasar con nuestra compañera lucrecia para que nos hable un poco del tiempo. >> tenemos una situación que preocupa los bomberos que son las altas temperaturas que se confabula con vientos y niveles de humedad muy bajo. para que usted tome en cuenta s será ha mañana domingo a las 8:00 de la noche . lo que respecta al calor, el aviso se mantiene hasta las 8:00 de la noche de este sábado, al igual que la presencia de mala calidad del aire. >> el mapa que tenemos en pantalla son las zonas

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festival where immigration was on the minds of many. >> to see such un-american way of treating people is really hard to watch, and we knows hai. >> reporter: more meetings are scheduled to take place on capitol hill tomorrow morning. reporting live in san francisco, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, cheryl. >>> $7 million in just four days. a couple from menlo park has raised millions on facebook to help migrant children that you saw separated from their parents at the mexican border. hoping just to raise $1,500 to help a single parent. but people shared the link worldwide. it grew to at least, at last check, $7 million. that money will be used to hire attorneys to represent migrant families and their children. the information you need to know about kids being separated from their families as well as a breakdown of the current immigration policy is on our website. if you want to find out some research for yourself, check it out. nbcbayarea.com. >>> a big decision tonight in san jo could lead to a lot of money for homeowners. houng in this is will it help all about the in-law units on your property. terry mcsweeney joins us

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hay excusas sobre los comentarios de la ex asesora de barack obama. esto le costÓ la cancelaciÓn y meta del programa de televisiÓn que llevaba su nombre. la rÁpida acciÓn de un pescador evitÓ que un festival si no, estarÍamos contando otra historia. continuamos con mucho mÁs. se ponen las cosas color de hormiga brava en el mundial. vamos a conocer los detalles con ustedes, chicos. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ alan: me gusta mucho. este grupo de mÉxico que todos pueden calificar de sur. todo el mundo puede calificar. yisus: hasta corea del sur. alan: asÍ es. mejor vamos con los expertos. vamos a las afueras de moscÚ donde estÉ entrenando nuestro querido mÉxico. saludos. ana kathy: asÍ es. estamos aquÍ, en khimky, con el grupo de la muerte que estarÁ enfrentando a suecia. tenemos toda la cobertura porque hay mucho Ánimo una lista. colombia obtiene un triunfo, que iniciÓ el mundial con el pie izquierdo pero supo recomponer el camino. >> asÍ es. esta cafetera se quedÓ con el sabor amargo tras perder ante japÓn, se esperaban gran inicio. sobre todo por como nos dejaron en brasil 2014, que fue una de las selecciones favoritas. hay que destacar lo que hizo james. increÍble como se echÓ el equipo al hombro. se meten