madeline miller, author of circe, thank you very much. thank you so much for having me.g day. we have seen lots of weather watchers commentary of unbroken blue skies. the north and west of scotland, thicker cloud, and west of scotland, thicker cloud, afairold and west of scotland, thicker cloud, a fair old breeze, like this photo shows in the highlands. all courtesy of this weather front, that will continue to rush through the north—west of the country as we had through the night, and even first thing on the bank holiday monday morning. there will be some low cloud and some missed again, some irish sea coast through the night, but for most places it will be another dry and a clear one. temperatures falling into mid single figures across eastern part of england, a little bit of missed developing, but most towns and cities, no lower than nine to 12 celsius. we start bank holiday monday on a dry, bright note, those temperatures rising pretty quickly. it has become very warm across england and wales through the afternoon. more cloud across the north west of scotland, some sh

madeline miller did it first with achilles. now she tells the story of the great sorceress and enchantress, circe, who leads us through many of the great stories of mythology, behaving badly — like she so often did — but at the same time emerging as a figure with human qualities, including of course vulnerability. who will win many readers' sympathy because she is an individual trying to make sense of a very troubled world. welcome. what is the trick in humanising an immortal nymph like circe? well, i think i've always found that these ancient myths really resonate with un—human nature in that they are very timeless in what they are looking at, and i absolutely felt that as i was approaching circe. here she is, yes, she's a goddess, yes, she is a nymph, but she lives in a world where she is the pawn of much more powerful people than herself and she's on the receiving end. she doesn't have a lot of control, initially, over what she can do with her life and where she can go, and i think we can all relate to feeling in the grip of

madeline miller, author of circe, thank you very much. thank you so much for having me. warmest early may bank holiday weekend on record, you may not be looking forward to heading back to work. i might be able to make the process less painful. the weather will change. the warmth will not last. something more cool and fresh and the next few days. with that at times, not all the time, outbreaks of rain. tomorrow should start off mainly fine. further west, a different story. cloud and mist and fog hugging the coastline. through the day, this rain band would go into northern england as the afternoon goes on. still some heat to be had. temperatures beginning to tumble in the afternoon. thursday night, the band of rain goes further east. this is the forecast towards the end of the weekend the weekend. temperatures significantly lower than they have been. some spells of sunshine, but rain at times. that is all for now. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: the flow of destruction from hawaii's volcano. 35 buildings now destroyed, and many more under threat. as you go down

madeline miller, author of circe, thank you very much. thank you so much for having me.acking day across hello there. another cracking day a cross m ost hello there. another cracking day across most of the uk. top temperature of 26 celsius in north hold in the north—west of london. lots of weather watchers pictures coming through of unbroken blue skies. not sunny everywhere. parts of the north and west of scotland so thick cloud, outbreaks of rain and a fair old breeze. it is all courtesy of this weather front which were brushed —— brushed past the north—west of the country through the night and first thing on bank holiday monday. there will be some low cloud and missed again on irish sea coasts. —— mist. for most, a dry and clear one. temperatures falling into mid single figures in eastern england. most towns and cities no lower than nine to 12. we start bank holiday monday on a dry, bright note. temperatures rising quickly. very warm across england and wales through the afternoon. more cloud in the north—west of. mist untied affecting irish sea coasts. very warm. 27, 2

madeline miller, author of circe, thank you very much. thank you so much for having me.ng. we had some lovely sunshine for some parts of the country today. it has not been glorious right across the uk. we have had a splattering of rain further north and west and still drizzly burst at the moment, but you may have heard already that we may well be heading toward a record breaking early may bank holiday. this is the record as it stands back in1999, this is the record as it stands back in 1999, nearly 2a celsius, we are forecasting a potential 27 for the bank holiday itself. you can see the cut at the moment moving its way eastward, that process will continue as we go through this evening —— you can see the cloud. it will not be as chilli of last night and we had a touch of frost in scotland. it could get down to about three in the southeast and countryside but by and large a mild night. sylla rep to leave a weather front close by to the north of scotland and northern isles so there will be furthering and have your breast to come bristol and have your breast to come bristol

madeline miller, author of circe, thank you very much. thank you so much for having me.nto the first part of the forthcoming week. a glorious end to the day in most parts of the british isles, after a very, very acceptable sunday. one or two exceptions, here is the first, around the irish sea coast from some of the mist and fog has been really quite stubborn, but it has not been wall—to—wall. the weight towards the north—western corner of scotland, you are a bit closer to a weather front, the high pressure not doing enough to keep that offshore. so it has been a bit ofa that offshore. so it has been a bit of a nuisance there, the mist and fog still lingers through the course of the evening and overnight. but elsewhere it is a pretty still, quiet sort of night, not a cold one, although, you may be looking at around three or 4 degrees in the countryside. here are other running, bank holiday monday, a bit of a rerun, if the truth were known, of saturday and sunday. so are a lot of fine and dry weather in many inland areas. was still have the mist and murk some of these coas

en met the author this week, my guest is the american writer madeline miller, who turns the world ofreek mythology into an intimate human drama in her novel about the greatest encha ntress of human drama in her novel about the greatest enchantress of them all, circe. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are are journalist dame joan bakewell, and the political correspondent for the times lucy fisher. tomorrow's front pages, starting with: the financial times' front page features a picture of vladimir putin on his stairway to kremlin, sworn in for a fourth term as russia's president, and a story on how the department of international trade is set to axe jobs. the metro leads with the foreign secretary, boris johnson's, statement that donald trump has the chance to be in the running for the nobel peace prize. the telegraph says rail bosses are proposing to overhaul confusing railfares, after admitting it is sometimes cheaper to buy two tickets in order to complete a single journey. the times has the same story. it says millions

and coming up in this week's edition of meet the author — the american author madeline miller on taking cardiff city side return to the premier league. manchester city have their day in the sun as well, they left the premier league trophy in front of their own fans at the etihad stadium. john higgins is trying to battle back but still trails mark williams by two frames at the world snooker championship final. good evening. it is another day of ups and downs across sport, but a good day, a very good day for cardiff city. they have sealed the second automatic—promotion spot in the championship. it means they willjoin wolves in the premier league next season. neil warnock‘s side sealed a place in the top flight with a goalless draw at home to reading. james burford has more. some 0—0 draws are quickly forgotten, others will stay in the memory forever, and if you are a cardiff supporter, or owner, vincent tan, this was the most glorious of goalless draws. a better result than fulham's would confirm promotion. an early penalty might have settled carder‘s nerves but leandro bacuna's shove wen

at 8:45pm in meet the author, jim naughtie talks to the american writer madeline miller about her new novel circe. and from "pm, you can watch coverage of the local elections results. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello i'm 0lly foster, these are our sportsday headlines tonight: another english side is pushing for a european final tonight, the gunners face atletico — we'll have the latest from madrid. a and forecasts. the future of the football clu b a and forecasts. the future of the football club is not exactly the same if we qualify for the champions league or not. the champions league itself is on the line for liverpool, after a nervy night in rome — we'll look ahead to a heavyweight final against real madrid. and the great debate ahead of the grand tour — should chris froome really be taking part in the giro d'italia? good evening, we've had a brilliant couple of nights of european football, we'll reflect on liverpool's progress to the champions league final injust a moment but we could be celebrating an engluish double later tonight. arse

madeline miller, author of circe, thank you very much. thank you so much for having me. here. notjust darren‘s sky that looking like that, many of you are enjoying a sparkling saturday. however, there are exceptions to that rule. most notably, perhaps, some, and i repeat, some of the irish sea coasts. that is the view in one or two spots. but even here, there are blue skies to be had, if you haven't got that sea mist and fog coming in and out with the tide. in and out with the breeze. the weather from across the north west of scotland more of an ever present. to give more in the way of cloud, some bits and pieces of rain as well. it will be there overnight. as we come away from that, the skies stay pretty clear across the south—east and east anglia. on the sandy soils, you could be down to two or three degrees or so. there isn't a great deal of change. we are now into sunday. still that murk a potential threat around the irish sea coast, getting up towards the solway and the eastern shores of antrim and down. more extensive rain, as the weather front closes into the nort