he gets a research degree at oxford. he is writing war poems, trying to make a living with his pen, leading a bohemian life with his wife, they are trying to run a shop. but he does things in ways that are normal, he gets married, he has children, he obsesses over things like diapers and money. so he does try to have very much a normal life. when he leaves for oxford and goes off to egypt, he is trying his hat as a professional life as a teacher, it does not go well. he goes back to being a writer and eventually he says good by to all of that, the complicated question we need to ask with robert graves, what do you think he says about british war memory, i do not know the answer to this question and i have been struggling with this for a long time. i always ask students, what are we supposed to get from graves, i cannot figure it out. i need you to help me figure this out. what is the take away of this man's books and experiences in the war. >> one of the most remarkable things is looking at how the guys in the trenches,

jeffrey stewart the new negro the lives of the land lost oxford university press.eld a wonder civil rights, ww norton & co.. and the winner of the national book award for nonfiction is jeffrey stewart though i've lost my oxford university press. ♪ ♪ ♪ i have to say it is unbelievable to me, so i am grateful and so humbled that the scholars and the readers chose this book and that the national book foundation exists especially in the times we live in and which many people just don't read. first of all i have to say thank you to my literary agent i couldn't get a contract for my own and a friend of mine said you want to call and i talked with her about it and she said you are going to have to write a proposal for this. she taught me how to promote and convince oxford university press to do this book because as some of you may know who looked at this and who have just lifted it up it's also about oxford so i wanted this book to be oxford university press and i was able to secure that and then in the '90s it was important for me at a certain point i got a chunk of it d

of the oxford business group in the studio. 6ood good to see you. let's talk security to begin with. this report today will tell us the relationship with the eu and the uk, what it will be like, what that will mean for security. the basis of a future agreement. this is one of the great problems, while we're talking in such calamitous terms about a final deal, this is the basis of any future deal. the transition period will ensur, and during that period the relationship will continue to carry on “— the relationship will continue to carry on —— ensue. beyond that, who knows. for diane abbott to comment, she's right, there aren't many

. >> finally, you touch on this early, you studied at oxford. why this particular area of expertise? why does it interest you so much? >> that is a really excellent question. i've always been interested in borderlands and when i went to the university of oxford, i had the wonderful pleasure of working with a historian of mexico, alan knight, who even though his interest was the mexican revolution, was willing to work with me on the u.s. mexico border, so in some respects, it was by virtue of the people i was with it has since become -- have stayed with this topic because it has so much relevance to contemporary issues. we often think of mexico as a place that people are escaping from, but this history shows us century, people were escaping to mexico because it had made major interventions of a history of abolition and freedom in north america. >> could this turn into a book or any other type of project? it is being published as a book. hopefully it will come out in 2020. >> alice bumgarner joining us on c-span3 american history tv. thank you. we

lombardo, you touched on this earlier, gail undergraduate, yield after it, he studied at oxford, whyhis particular area of expertise, white's interest you so much? -- why does it interest you so much? question,xcellent i've always been interested in borderlands and when i went to the university of oxford, i had the wonderful pleasure of a historian of mexico, alan knight, who even though his interest was the mexican revolution, was willing to work with me on the u.s. mexico border, so in some respects, it was by virtue of the people i was with it has since become -- have stayed with this topic because it has so much relevance to contemporary issues. respects, it was by virtuewe ofa place that people are explained -- escaping from but this and ninehows us sensory, mexico's of his place people were escaping to because it made major interventions of a history of abolition and freedom in north america.

and regent street closed southbound from oxford circus to little argyll street for utility works. 20 routes are on diversion. now the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a rather grey, misty and murky start out there this morning. and, i'm afraid, this cloud is going to stay with us for much of the day. good news, though, it should stay predominantly dry. this cloud, you might get some thinner areas here and there, leading to perhaps brighter spells, but there's really not much in the way of sunshine to get excited about. the breeze, although reasonably gentle coming from the east, still chilly but not as cold as yesterday. the maximum temperature between 9—10 celsius, so into double figures at least. overnight tonight, you can see we still have a lot of cloud. it may again break here and there, leading to mistiness by dawn tomorrow morning. the minimum temperature, relatively mild — between 5—7 celsius. again, a rather grey, misty, murky start to saturday. could see one or two showers,

some of the oxford writers from last night managed to make it out of bed.e past as malcolm lowry, f. scott fitzgerald, and charles bukowski, they too have learned that more alcohol first thing will often make you feel better about the world. particularly if accompanied by freshly baked cornbread, biscuits, pulled pork off that whole hog, sweet jerk chicken, and brisket. hell, i feel better already. >> man: the mississippi that i've received is not the mississippi that i've had in my head. i was surprised on how sold i was off the bat. if you wanna write, you come to oxford. >> anthony: do you think that's true? well, apparently yes. >> jack pendarvis: like that line in "barton fink," "you can't throw a rock without hitting a writer." and then he says, "do me a favor, throw it hard." >> john currence: it's easy to just look at mississippi and go, "that just happens down there, so we're good, our hands are clean." it's a totally misperceived place. when i came, i fell in love with the place. i never thought that i would -- there's something to it, but you can

good to see. >>> oxford dictionary has announced its word of the year, and can you guess?s a sign of the times. >> cue the britney spears. ♪ because the word is toxic. oxford chose the annual word to reflect the mood or preoccupations of the last year. >> who knew britney was ahead of her time a duaonea cling th in many workplaces, schools and relationships as well as the political discourse. ma>>> o e questions about whether taylor swift really hides in a suitcase to avoid photographers. >> remember last year photos showed bodyguards carrying a big suitcase from her new york apartment. well, splash news claims that taylor was inside but later retracted the story. >> well, now her friend singer zayn malik is addressing this during an interview with "vogue." he said taylor was, indeed, traveling in a suitcase to avoid the paparamanever kn. > checng s taken to a whole new level in russia. >> yeah, apparently there's a trend in moscow where people buy new iphones with just coins or maybe it's not a trend but this guy did it. in some cases they drag a bathtub full of change to

in oxford florrie had tested penicillin on a patient a year earlier but the dose was too low and the patient died. florrie said fleming an amp you live the precious fluid by rail. and you go to someplace. i would flu be the only so. if you settle. for having hope to save the life of a man who is dying of meningitis and mary's hospital he decided to take extreme measures since shoot figures off given the long interest the clincher checked in and interests. let me know which. was just kill the long. list of plumbing. in the boat to let your wife she lifts so i mean would frankly instill cough the medical. work is continuing apace at the tuberculosis laboratory at boston the amber. is that positive in qatar in a consul's laboratory about five thousand saliva samples suspected of containing tb pathogens are examined each year this one's also positive. these samples. come from some of the poorest countries in the world being examined for resistant strains of tuberculosis bacteria the results are registered in a database the information is intended to enable local health care providers to

research and set the project aside in the medical journal the lancet oxford microbiologist howard florey reported that he and his team had succeeded in purifying penicillin and testing it on infected mice flemming had sent florrie a sample of his fungus some years before. now it seemed the other scientists had succeeded in making a breakthrough. and to fight for it was destiny that contaminated my culture plate in one thousand twenty eight said it was destiny which led chain of florian one nine hundred thirty eight to investigate penicillin instead of the many other antibiotics it was destiny that time their work to come to fruition in war time and penicillin was most needed. fleming was aware of howard florey his plans to flee to the united states with the penicillin should it become necessary he asked florrie to leave him some of the drug to test on patients. the wall was terrible i didn't want to let it win only people can help people canons and tanks can only destroy. in oxford laurie had tested penicillin on a patient a year earlier but the dose was too low and the patient died. flo

christmas is calling and london's oxford street is decked out in its famous seasonal decorations. so what are this year's trends an abundance of glitter and glamour will certainly get us into the festive spirit. and seasonal rock'n'roll is all the rage this year. but just trust the show is all about. with your family and friends who really enjoy the different materials and how much they. can seek when christmas stocking certainly spice things up. silver gold and black are the colors of choice this season. a litter of no more. and you could even get a tiny prints to adorn your christmas tree. when choosing a rock'n'roll christmas. i think for many many years we've all been a bit afraid of going for. the cia with the time to do it so feel free to embrace your inner rock and roller and decorate your tree accordingly. what else how about some fabulous food themed christmas decorations. this christmas i think we're really excited about the food trend that we've seen and that brings a sense of place to the christmas tree so we have things like cool and. some bagels so. you know we seen

christmas is calling and london's oxford street is decked out in its famous seasonal decorations. so whatever this year's trends in abundance of glitter and glamour will certainly get us into the festive spirit. and seasonal rock'n'roll is all the rage this year. because for us this is all about rock n roll so it's all about. the topic it's all about. with your family and friends who are really into the different materials of rock n roll and how much they have. been sequin christmas stocking certainly spice things up. silver gold and black are the colors of choice this season. or litter ago more. and you could even get a tiny prints to adorn your christmas tree. when choosing a rock n roll christmas. i think for many many years we've all been a bit afraid of going for a retro with. the cia with the time to do it so feel free to embrace your inner rock n roller and cordingly. what else how about some fabulous food themed christmas decorations. this christmas i think we're really excited about a food trend that we've seen and that brings a sense of place to the christmas tree so we

and according to oxford dictionaries...it's toxic.at's the word the british publisher picked as its word of the year. 'toxic' is literally defined as "poisonous." but oxford says this year the word has been used to describe numerous situations and concerns. there have been articles about toxic workplaces... toxic relationships... even so-called toxic masculinity... and right now toxic air... toxic is a word that's been around for centuries unlike 2017's world of year-- "youthquake." (grant) that wraps up kron 4 news at nine...(vicki) but our primetime coverage continues at the top of the hour. pam moore and ken wayne are here with kron 4 news at ten....guys? (pam) thank you grant and vicki.... next at ten... president trump will be in california to meet with people affected by the wildfires. this, after major critcisim on his early response to the devastation. plus we are in the middle of a health crisis. the air quality here at home is causing schools and businesses to shut down, we take a look at what the city of san francisco is do

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busy talking is this the beloved english breakfast could be facing a price hike if researchers from oxford university get their way they are suggesting to almost double the taxes on bacon sausages to combat people eating too much polly boyko she decided to take a taste test. who doesn't love the smell of bacon in the morning and for british cuisine it does not get much more iconic than the full english breakfast. whole so this is the eggs baked beans and of course also just adding bacon bonds the healthy eating brigade is ruining all the fun we've known for a few years now that breaking isn't perhaps the healthiest food back in twenty fifteen the world health organization declared it to be a carcinogen apparently that increases the risk of heart disease stroke and diabetes so researchers in oxford have come up with a plan which case they could prevent up to six thousand deaths per year and the idea is to make these solti found bits of meat up to seventy nine percent more expensive i want to know what the breakfast crowd has to say about that are you ready to move your lot or you could on a

oxford has noticed an uptick in interest.inly selected of its many meanings it's held over the years related to hot button topics such as toxic masculinity, a slew of environmental issues, and conversations surrounding mental health. >>> toxic is also a good way to describe a lot of the comments that come on twitter and all social media. toxic makes sense. it's the word of the year. >>> just in time for no-shave november, there's a new study out that says when it comes to facial hair, women prefer a little stubble. the journal of evolutionary biology sur vafed 8,500 women, and they rate men at different stages, clean shaven, five days after shaving, ten days, then a whole month without shaving. so heavy stubble or guys that had gone ten days without shaving, that was found to be the most attractive feature. in second came full beards. in third, light stubble. and dead last was clean shaven. your thoughts? >> interesting results. but it depends on the face. if it's a good looking face, it doesn't matter, right? >> makes a lot

know the beloved english breakfast could be facing a price hike for searches from oxford university get their way suggesting to almost double the taxes on. people using too much meets. the takes test. who doesn't love the smell of bacon in the morning and for british cuisine it does not get much more iconic than the full english breakfast. poll suggests that teaches the eggs baked beans and of course hostages and bacon but the healthy eating brigade is ruining all the fun we've known for a few years now that breaking news is perhaps the healthiest food back in twenty fifteen the world health organization the credit to be a carcinogen apparently that increases the risk of heart disease stroke and diabetes and so researchers in oxford have come up with a plan which case they could prevent up to six thousand deaths per year and the idea is to make these solti fatty chewy bits of meat up to seventy nine percent more expensive i want to know what the breakfast crowd has to say about that are very committed. on average process vapor. indeed it varies what you story has got a lot of other thin

when i went to the university of oxford, i had the pleasure of working with a historian of hisco who, even though interest was in the mexican revolution, was willing to work with me on the u.s.-mexico border. so in some sense it was just by virtue of the people i was with. but it has since become, i have stayed with this topic because it has so much relevance to contemporary issues. we often think of mexico as a place that people are escaping from. but this history shows us that in the 19th century that mexico was a place where people were escaping to because mexico had made a major intervention into the history of abolition and freedom in north america. host: could this turn into a book? prof. baumgartner: it is being published as a book. hopefully it will be coming out in 2020. host: thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. prof. baumgartner: thanks so much. it was great to be here. caller: you are watching american history tv. only on c-span3. >> next on lectures in history, abram van engen of washington university in st. louis teaches a class of how the pilgrims became

in washington helen lack in oxford and elizabeth kendall in london thank you all very much indeed and as ever thank you for watching the program you can see it again any time you like by going to the website out there dot com if you want more discussion can go to our facebook page facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story and you can also join the conversation on twitter at a.j. inside story for me martin denison the whole team is black and. when online are you looking at wildlife and how the solutions come together to benefit all parties involved that's where we're going to be long term success or if you join us on set if you could take me around the content where would you take me you don't have the set up your experiment and your experiment in the universe this is a dialogue everyone has a voice you actually raise several interesting point there that several of our community members are going to join the global conversation on al-jazeera. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring yo

in oxford florrie had tested penicillin on a patient a year earlier but the dose was too though and the patient died. florrie said fleming an ampere all of the precious fluid by rail. would flu be the only so. if you support. flagging hope to save the life of a man who was dying of meningitis and mary's hospital he decided to take extreme measures. of getting them on the kluge should check gene. and so on your sleeve. people i mean of gigi which. was just killed the. police for flooding. in the boat and yet your life she lifts so i mean would have probably been struck off the medical register. work is continuing a pace at the tuberculosis laboratory at bostonian hamburg. is that positive in catalina cancers laboratory about five thousand saliva samples suspected of containing tb pathogens are examined each year this one's also positive. these samples come from some of the poorest countries in the world they're being examined for resistant strains of tuberculosis bacteria the results are registered in a database the information is intended to enable local health care providers to help pa

she received her masters in philosophy from oxford -- oxford. she received her jd at harvard. had the honor and privilege of clerking for judge mitka on the u.s. court of appeals, and then for justice thurgood marshall. briefly practicing at a law firm, she became a law professor at the university of chicago law school, and later at harvard. served as deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy. she then served as the dean of harvard law school. . she was then nominated and confirmed as solicitor general of the united states and been appointed to the supreme court. she has been a supporter of pro bono and public service throughout her career. we are lucky to have her today as the aba celebrates the 10th anniversary of the -- of pro bono. we are very grateful that justice kagan has taken time out of her busy schedule to be with us and that she has agreed to serve as the honorary chair for the10th anniversary of national celebration of pro bono. please join me in welcoming associate justice taken. [applause] elena kagan: thank you. it is always great to be here. way.an

with me is oliver cornock, who's editor—in—chief of the oxford business group. daily telegraph with a quote from jacob rees—mogg. the daily telegraph with a quote from jacob rees-mogg. on one level he would say that, a brexiteer, a bit of a clown, really a group of people becoming an embarrassment here and abroad. we did look at the simple fact that the uk living the eu will have an economic impact is clear. the deal that theresa may is presenting will give you better figures than no deal. you have to get through the blast. the big problem here is that brexit is not party political but personal. the bank of england is saying that there will be an impact and this is our worst case scenario. will be an impact and this is our worst case scenario. banks took a grubbing after not predicting the global financial crisis. forecasting is fiendishly difficult. the governor of the bank of england is a saying there will be an impact. the banks need to prepare for worse case scenario and need it tested. it is not hugely shocking. but to say that the many in the uk who voted

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we comprehend that by research with this drug, with the department of pharmacology at oxford, showing the same effects with this drug and the dosages which are per kilogram identical to the patients. >> this is approved where? >> this drug has been approved since 1957 in france to treat patients with vertigo and dizziness. my background is electrophysiology. i know the motive action that, therefore i thought it may have an impact on various neurological disorders to bring neurons which are still alive but which are not working properly into a normal state in this we have seen -- >> do you know how long the application process has been going on in the united states for this drug? >> so we had july the 17th and fda meeting that was our first meeting with the fda. we were able to introduce two new outcome measures for our trials, and the fda was quite positive that we can run a phase two trial in the u.s. and we also got an approval by the european agencies in uk, spain and the netherlands which were quite enthusiastic. in particular that this drug has an excellent safety profile, it's w

deputy chief of mission in yemen in oxford we have helen laettner associate researcher at the london middle east school of so us that's a university of london and in london we have elizabeth kandel senior research fellow pembroke college university of oxford welcome to you all now bill can i come to you first to ask for what is behind what appears to be a reengagement on the part of the us administration with the war in yemen. i think in a word it's congressional a pressure on the administration which had been mounting for a couple of years before this and it spread the word the victory off of the democrats in the midterm elections and unfortunately the murder off question of g. also had a speeding up effect also the pressure. so that it's not just longer us but it's the media it's civil society and. from that ministrations point of view what they would like to do is save the nation ship were in saudi arabia and avoided the congressional pressure in january which could do is solved in the same ship an all military assistance to solve any via our foregone of then jetted. there's a per

sip which has designed a number of piece, she join us from the landing party at the university of oxfordg grin from you, tell us what is going through your mind at the moment? it was exciting as it descended, so iam now it was exciting as it descended, so i am now looking forward to the science that we will get, the instruments have to be... we have got a bit of an echo, i hope we can carry on, tell us what is onboard, the instrumentation you are reliant on? well, the, the instrument built by the uk is a short period sighs momenter and this was built by imperial college and oxford university, which help from another organisation, this will measure mars quakes that will tell us about the interior of mars, how thick the crust is, the mantle, tell us about the core, is it solid, liquid, investigations we haven't, it hasn't been possible until now. what might this technology help with away from mars, maybe in other space programmes or down here on earth? that is interesting because this is novel technology. we have done an incredible job, they etched the instrument out of silicon, it is only

meanwhile i'm truck frankfurt continued the strongest leader form with a three one win at oxford frankfurt didn't waste any time taking the lead just one minute in and jonathan de guzman opened the scoring. shortly after the break look at georgetown sebastian the other who made it two for the resistors. and soon it was three for fun for when croatia international onto a bridge from danny that cost setup they go out to save your cordova managed a late consolation goal but it was too little too me. and the mind of the top sort of you're falling for you all right now you leaders are set to sign up for a briggs a d. that a special summit in brussels ahead of the e.u. is exactly the same as it's the best possible deal but it's a tragedy that britain is leaving the plot. there was indeed other news by from believe more coming at the top of the island don't forget to check out our website indeed. we did see you soon of i fell. for staying in school. the first cloning lesson and then i'm sure is grand the moment arrives. joining your ranting on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive docum

♪ x he went from farming maple syrup to philosophy at oxford and became silicon valley's most famousnvestors. he's always been fascinated by the intersection between silicon valley and networking. he went on to found paypal, then made biginkedin, and bets on facebook. now some of the same questions that drove him through his life are front and center. and just how much is too much technology? week, reid hoffman. welcome. you have a new book out that you have co-authored. what really drove you and made you think in this way? reid: we have growth to a relevant company. the thing that got me to write in the book and all these things was the secret that people say about the silicon valley is still the startup story. people say, white is that? we have all these startups, and only some of them succeed. what is important is the way that we get this to massive quickly, the coopers and facebook's and linkedin's. of techniques about how you go to market and skill the company into the business models you create, those are the things that allow silicon valley to do this. tell me about the scale.

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it was strike, this was the picture as the sunsetin strike, this was the picture as the sunset in oxfordhe day on thursday things will mostly dry and mild but there will be more cloud than recent days but also some sunshine just picking through that card, particularly to an immediate. we have a weather front just sitting to an immediate. we have a weather frontjust sitting to the an immediate. we have a weather front just sitting to the far north—west, just bringing a few of rain but for much of the uk we are under the influence of a big area of high pressure that will influence oui’ high pressure that will influence our weather through the course of the weekend. for thursday summer in for the far west of northern ireland, north of scotland to but for most of the country it is dry. there will be a bit of mist or, low cloud and fog but are not the scotla nd cloud and fog but are not the scotland and east of scotland it will feel mild. 13 to 15 degrees most of us, higher then we would expect that that time of year. a bit of river scotland but into friday things will become dry across the b

i walk down oxford street this morning and the amount of sciences said 50% off the amount of sciencesstore, and online we are working with the retailers that are 40 or 50% across every single product. very differently deals out there. people have to be careful about doing their research and going online, having a look to see, and seeing if the deal is sure or not. it less of a bit of desperation, doesn't it? 50% off everything? the retailers doesn't it? 5096 off everything? the retailers are saying goes on in the signal to consumers let's get you shopping. coming up to christmas, they want to get people in and get people to purchase items themselves. black friday tends to be purchasing items for — they had been saving up for themselves, trade, then think about products for love ones for christmas. we have delivered there, but thank you for coming in and taking us through all of that. thank you. let's go to japan now where carlos ghosn has been sacked as chairman of nissan after nearly two decades at the helm of the car giant, following his arrest for alleged financial misconduct. he h