i'll be talking to kapka kassa bova and ideas. king to kapka kassabova his book border is both a literal exploration of a base where east meets west and a poetic meditation on how we create divisions between people through a combination of race and religion, history and a chance. kapka kassabova, welcome to talking books. applause . kapka, the book has a combination ofa . kapka, the book has a combination of a sort ofjournalist . kapka, the book has a combination of a sort of journalist and . kapka, the book has a combination of a sort ofjournalist and poet about it, in terms of the use of language and the inquiring mind. but before we talk about how you go about writing this, perhaps you could give us a brief reading. u it could give us a brief reading. " it was the pet name bulgarian border soldiers gave the electrified wall of barbed wire that ran through the forest and sealed off the country from its neighbours. the official name was the installation. installation was ostensibly there stop enemies from infiltrating. but if you

pleasejoin me in thanking the wonderful kapka kassa bova. applause. thank you.. mother nature doing an amplejob of the garden is today. mother nature doing an ample job of that and for many of us, we saw skies like these. grey, drab, outbreaks of rain, blustery winds. the rain is still with us particularly across scotland and northern england. further south we have seen a few showers across southern england, southern wales and sunshine in between. we have had blustery winds as well in the south, some fairly rough seas being driven onto the coastline of east sussex in hastings. 0vernight tonight an area over low hastings. 0vernight tonight an area over low pressure hastings. 0vernight tonight an area over low pressure spins up toward scandinavia. they will be a future with across western areas but the rain will ease, the winds will become much lighter and clear spells overnight. temperatures for many between eight and 10 degrees. tomorrow, across northern scotland will start off rather cloudy here but otherwise a decent start to the day. plenty of morning sunshin