—— the most perfect screen rendering of jane austen's matchlessly witty writing.t does this, what does this? when it comes to leading men, few we re when it comes to leading men, few were better than david oyelowo in united kingdom, opening the london sun festival in october, directed by a female british director of proud ghanaian heritage, the united kingdom broke several glass ceilings as it told the story of david oyelowo, as an african king in waiting, and rosamund pike. having been overlooked for sterling work in selma, david oyelowo would be top of my award pack this term. we should not be fighting for segregation, we should be focusing edf can for equality, that is where we should be focusing our minds, not on the wi—fi have chosen, who means you no harm, whose only apparent crime has been to fall in love with me. —— not on the wife i have chosen. —— we should be focusing on the fight for equality. taking inspiration from films like martin scorsese's king of comedy, this is a roller—coaster ride, built on not one but two great performances, no wonder he is

as for my favorite authors, jane austen, two favorites. >> this is a question that stumped -- a few years ago we were arguing over a book and one of our members asked penetrating questions, why do you read? everyone was just dumbfounded. we couldn't think of the answer. we took some time but i won't give you that much time. why you read? is it to escape? learn something? and crystallize, you have an answer? >> i read because it stops me from worrying about my own problems and i get to worry about other people who are not real. >> when you did it by the book i asked if you read self-help because it wasn't necessary because everything was self-help. >> a really good story, a novel. to me it catapults me out of my own little space. i realize other people have issues and problems they are dealing with that are deeper than mine sometimes, but also i prefer worrying about other people. real or not real. >> maria. >> i read to be entertained and surprised. i love entering this other world that i never know what to expect and what is going to happen and it is active entertainment, not passive. be

as for my favorite authors, jane austen, two favorites. >> this is a question that stumped -- a few years ago we were arguing over a book and one of our members asked penetrating questions, why do you read? everyone was just dumbfounded. we couldn't think of the answer. we took some time but i won't give you that much time. why you read? is it to escape? learn something? and crystallize, you have an answer? >> i read because it stops me from worrying about my own problems and i get to worry about other people who are not real. >> when you did it by the book i asked if you read self-help because it wasn't necessary because everything was self-help. >> a really good story, a novel. to me it catapults me out of my own little space. i realize other people have issues and problems they are dealing with that are deeper than mine sometimes, but also i prefer worrying about other people. real or not real. >> maria. >> i read to be entertained and surprised. i love entering this other world that i never know what to expect and what is going to happen and it is active entertainment, not passive. be

a £5 note engraved with a tiny portrait of jane austen and said to be worth up to £50,000 has been foundistmas card. the second of four special £5 notes featuring art by specialist micro—engraver graham short turned up on thursday in the scotland borders. the first was found earlier this month in a cafe in south wales. two more remain in general circulation. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, and we'll be back with the late news at 10.50pm. now it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes. .. andy murray is back on court but loses his first match of the new season to david goffin... bayern munich assistant paul clement is favourite to become the new swansea city manager... and george north gets ready to make his return to rugby after nearly a month off recovering from a head injury. hello and welcome to sportsday. we're starting with tennis and andy murray — has started his new season with a surprise defeat. britain's world number one lost to david goffin in the semi—finals of the world tennis championship ex

she really was the 20th century jane austen.le of saying very big things about people on a very small canvass. so she would have a character, for example, saying, as happens in one of her books, a character saying, "i never thought i was the sort of person who would deserve my own bathroom." very poignant. very moving. poignancy is something that i think you've got a very strong feeling for, the sadness of things that happen in every day life, the lack of fulfilment in some small way that adds up to, you know, disappointment, or alternatively to contentment. that is what interests you. it is what moves you. it does interest me. i find myself very moved by certain things. for example, in the no. i ladies detectives agency series, mma mukutsi, who has had a very poor background, has a beautiful little lace handkerchief and that represents everything she would like to have in this life. it represents her idea of beauty. so i find myself very moved by that sort of thing. where do you go from here? the productivity is extraordinary.

the bills are engraved with a picture of 18th century author jane austen -- to commemoration the 200th anniversary of her death. "she had a passion for reverence and ridicule, and i think she would have liked the idea of it being on the note because when the note is turned a little and the light comes at a different angle it vanishes, you turn it back it comes back again. i think she would have liked that." the notes could be worth as much as 50-thousand pounds -- or about 63- thousand u-s dollars. a fourth note is expected to be released in wales... in the next few days. delta could be bringing back a major perk: free meals in coach. service to passengers flying between new york and los angeles or san francisco. the menu changes by time of day -- morning travelers could be offered a honey maple breakfast sandwich. for afternoon fliers -- a mesquite-smoked turkey sandwich or whole grain veggie wrap. the testing period ends december 15... delta has not yet determined if the free meals will become standard. an unexpected item seems to be a top seller so far this holiday season... selling

bi so imagine if you're bill gates and you decide you're going toon collect i don't know jane austenand every time something jane austen comes up at auction, everybody else in the audience goes \0/oh, and the prices go up. so folger if it'd been known what he was doing that he was not just collecting a copy or two but he was continuing to collect them. he imagined the prices would have gone up and he was quite right. whereas henry huntington would attend the options and take a bow when he won a coveted item, folger did not attend the auction and he again swore his dearest to secrecy. a lot of the information got around what folger was doing at that he was doing this collecting. even at the time the ground was broken on the property on east capitol street directly east of the great capitol dome, he did want to cite up safe coming soon folger library because he wanted to keep it secret what he was doing and he is continuing toec. collect. let me mention a couple of glitches in the building of the library. one was that he had an endowment set up, the incumbent which would have been used

barbara pym was the 20th—century jane austen.oks, character says, i never thought i was the sort of person who would deserve my own bathroom. that is a wonderful statement. very moving. appointments is something that i think you have got a strong feeling for. the sadness of things that happen in everyday life, the lack of fulfilment in some small way that adds up to disappointment or, alternatively to contentment. that is what interests and moves you isn‘t it? is what interests and moves you isn't it? yes, i find myself very moved by certain things. in one of my series, one character who is from a poor background has a beautiful lace handkerchief and that represents everything that she would like to have in this life. it represents beauty, her ideal. ifind myself moved by that sort of thing. where‘d you go from here? 17 books in series, almost as many in 44 scotla nd in series, almost as many in 44 scotland st. can you just see yourself carrying gone forever? well, not forever. well, i remember you telling your story about being

acerbic delight in whit stillman‘s love & friendship, perhaps the most perfect screen rendering of jane austen'snow him well. i would never speak to a stranger like that. and, let's not forget, kate dickie, deeply disturbing in the ultra—creepy new england folktale the witch. take your children outside. what does this, what does this? his mouth is sealed up. oh, god! william. when it comes to leading men few were better than david 0yelowo in a united kingdom, which opened the london film festival in october. directed by amma asante, a female british director of proud ghanaian heritage, a united kingdom broke several glass ceilings as it retold the story of a love affair between british girl ruth williams, played by rosamund pike and african king—in—waiting seretse khama. having been overlooked for his sterling work in selma, david 0yelowo would be top of my awards pack this year. we should not be fighting for segregation, we should be fighting for equality. that is where we should be focusing our minds, not on the wife i have chosen, who means you no harm, whose only apparent crime has been to f

she was the 20th century jane austen.example, as happens in one of her books, i never thought i was the sort of person who would deserve my own bathroom. that's a wonderful statement. very poignant, very moving. poignancy is something that i think you have got a very strong feeling for. the sadness of things that happen in everyday life, the lack of fulfilment in some small way, that adds up to, you know, disappointment. or, alternatively, to contentment. that's what interests you, what moves you. to contentment. that's what interests you, what moves youm does interest me. ifind myself very moved by certain things. for example, in one series character has had a poor background has a beautiful little lace handkerchief. that represents everything that she would like to have in this life, it represents beauty, her ideal of beauty. i find myself represents beauty, her ideal of beauty. ifind myself very represents beauty, her ideal of beauty. i find myself very moved represents beauty, her ideal of beauty. ifind myself very mo

the bills are engraved with a picture of 18th century author "jane austen". the notes could be worth 50-thousand pounds or about 63-thousand u-s dollars. a fourth note is expected to be released in wales in the next few days. harry potter fans now have a chance to own the rarest book that j.k. rowling ever made. next tuesday, sothebys in london will sell a presentation copy of it was hand-written and illustrated by rowling herself. she made seven similar copies in 2007 -- six were given to people she said were most closely linked to the harry potter series. the seventh was auctioned at sotheby's that same year. it fetched nearly four-million dollars!. it is estimated to be sold for more than half-a-million dollars. wish you could touch a piece of history? ...what about driving a piece of history? coming up -- one of the largest collections of classic cars in america and how you can actually get behind the wheel. [ tower pinging ] [ whistling ] we've got a problem, friend. half off any smartphone for anyone who switches? what's the problem? the naughty list sh

a £5 note engraved with a tiny portrait of jane austen and said to be worth up to £50,000 has been foundng art by specialist micro—engraver graham short turned up on thursday in the scotland borders. the first was found earlier this month in a cafe in south wales. two more remain in general circulation. time for the weather. fog causing problems across central and eastern parts of england. it will linger well on into tomorrow. disrupting the roads and the airport, bbc london radio keeping you up to date. worst in parts of south and eastern england, patches are filed elsewhere. no fog in northern ireland and scotland, a breeze coming in from the west, temperatures of nine, ten, cold in the south—eastern corner, touch of frost for some. if you do not have fog, you will have clout, brighter in northern england. the weather fronts sipping slowly southwards across scotland. creeping its way into northern ireland. many of us will creep up into double figures. through the evening, the weather front making steady progress into northern england, parts of england and wales. behind it cold air, beh