as they sa , i your oxford vaccine. as they say. i am — your oxford vaccine.ord vaccine. as they say, i am not an _ your oxford vaccine. as they say, i am not an expert - your oxford vaccine. as they say, i am not an expert in i say, i am not an expert in cyber security, say, i am not an expert in cybersecurity, but say, i am not an expert in cyber security, but i think misinformation has this impact of undermining confidence and that risks people's lives and so it is a terrible thing that we have experienced here in the course of this year. it is we have experienced here in the course of this year.— course of this year. it is a personal— course of this year. it is a personal toll _ course of this year. it is a personal toll i _ course of this year. it is a personal toll i would - course of this year. it is a . personal toll i would imagine as well because we know that senior scientists working in the field of vaccines and also seen as advisors to governments who have pushed, for example, for lockdowns and for other regulations to try to control the spread of

that is the oxford astrazeneca vaccine.seven months, has the impact of that vaccine been what you expected? well, there has over that seven months been the most enormous impact. i mean, there's now a billion doses of the oxford vaccine which are out the door. and those vaccines are already having that impact. there's almost certainly now hundreds of thousands of lives that have been saved already this year from the vaccine. so the impact is enormous, and i think it's probably more than we could ever have hoped for, given the predictions from even a year ago about how long it would take to get to this point. but i do think that, despite that amazing success, that we're not overall in the vaccine programme anywhere like where we should be because of the distribution of vaccines being so inequitable over the course of the last seven—month period. so, that would be, in your book, a fundamentalfailing — what, of governments around the world? well, we are in a position today where 4.25 billion doses across all the developers are

oxford is a sanctuary city.omes to taking people in who need help from afghanistan? thank you for having me. we need to put this conversation in the context of the 20 year war on terror which has mostly unfortunately led to terror in the region, 2.9 million afghans now displaced and refugees. i am proud that 0xford afghans now displaced and refugees. i am proud that oxford is a city of sanctuary, it means we have a host of organisations, individuals in the city and a great migrant community who often come together to make sure people who seek century are able to have —— sanctuary are able to have a dignified living in in oxford and beyond. it is about having a dignified life, having time with your children, the luxury of being able to play with them without worrying about them being malnourished, worrying about drone attacks, so those are the things we work on as a city and i am proud we will continue this work in the days to come. to will continue this work in the days to come. ., ., ., , i. to come. to what ex

scientists in oxford have begun trials of a new vaccine against the plague.l receive the treatment, designed by the same labs that created the 0xford—astrazeneca covid jab. our medical editor, fergus walsh now reports on efforts to combat a disease which still kills protection from an ancient killer — a vaccine against plague. larissa is one of the first volunteers to receive it as part of a trial in oxford which will assess the vaccine's safety and whether it induces a good immune response. i am lucky enough to live in a time where vaccines are being developed, and so when i saw that there was a study in the developing of a vaccine against a disease that's been around for thousands of years and has killed millions of people... and, so, that's the reason i did. plague is caused by bacteria found in fleas and rodents and can be spread by humans whose lungs have been infected. the deadliest pandemic in history, the black death in the 14th century, killed around 15 million people, half of europe's population. plague is thankfully now rare and treatable with anti

university, william mcgasey, william a cash skill professor of philosophy at oxford university and the co founder of the center for effective altruism. surely great to have you with us today. welcome to our show will be here. thank you for inviting me on. so alright, so the movement here are associated with is called effective altruism. i mean, the very notion of effective altruism makes me wonder, can altruism be ineffective or even harmful in what cases? yes, so i think sadly isn't very often is ineffective or even harmful. so there are many attempts where people find, do some of good actually end up achieving very little or just receiving far less than they could have done. so for example, a program in the united states called scared spate, takes juvenile link once and shows them round cousins in order to scan them out of a life of crime. but this has been studied many times over and actually it turns out that this program increases the rates of criminal activity among those teenagers in the years following the program. so this is actually an example of an activity that's actively h

i fear that what the imminent head of the oxford vaccine team is saying _ head of the oxford vaccine* , , ., ., to believe. because even if you are double vaccinated, _ to believe. because even if you are double vaccinated, we _ to believe. because even if you are double vaccinated, we are - to believe. because even if you are double vaccinated, we are still- double vaccinated, we are still seeing people infected or carrying the virus which does make a mockery of the idea of herd immunity? there was a recent — of the idea of herd immunity? there was a recent study _ of the idea of herd immunity? there was a recent study that _ of the idea of herd immunity? there was a recent study that showed i of the idea of herd immunity? ii—ii” was a recent study that showed that fully vaccinated people between the ages of 18—64 have about a 49% lower risk of being infected compared with a people. so obviously in relation, contracting coronavirus, but also thinking about how the virus impacts you, it's obvious the better to be vaccinated than not, which i think is an important point, but this does

i'm i you going to do it oxford? i'm hoinr you going to do it oxford?n years time and the next. what are you drawn to? corporate law, human rights, employment law? i work with the migrant _ human rights, employment law? i work with the migrant centre _ human rights, employment law? i work with the migrant centre here _ human rights, employment law? i work with the migrant centre here and i human rights, employment law? i r with the migrant centre here and in the background and they find themselves in a multitude of legal issues and i think that could be really interesting place to work. would mickelson the conversations that have been had today —— what do you think of. you think that, however ifi if i can turn the conversation, if teachers feel as if students are deserving of ana stars, maybe we should be questioning whether the current system in place reward students for their ability. current system in place reward students fortheirability. i current system in place reward students for their ability. i think, many of us trust the teachers and this is

scientists in oxford have begun trials of a new vaccine against the plague. 40 volunteers will receivedesigned by the same labs that created the 0xford—astrazeneca covid jab. the world health organisation says anywhere from a thousand to two thousand people get the plague every year and some die, but due to under reporting, the true number of cases could be much higher. here's our medical editor, fergus walsh. protection from an ancient killer — a vaccine against plague. larissa is one of the first volunteers to receive it as part of a trial in oxford which will assess the vaccine's safety and whether it induces a good immune response. i am lucky enough to live in a time where vaccines are being developed, and so when i saw that there was a study in the developing of a vaccine against a disease that's been around for thousands of years and has killed millions of people. and so that's the reason i did. plague is caused by bacteria found in fleas and rodents and can be spread by humans whose lungs have been infected. that deadliest pandemic in history, the black death in the 14th century

scientists in oxford have begun trials of a new vaccine against the plague.by the same labs that created the 0xford—astrazeneca covid jab. our medical editor, fergus walsh reports. protection from an ancient killer — a vaccine against plague. larissa is one of the first volunteers to receive it as part of a trial in oxford which will assess the vaccine's safety and whether it induces a good immune response. i am lucky enough to live in a time where vaccines are being developed, and so when i saw that there was a study in the developing of a vaccine against a disease that's been around for thousands of years and has killed millions of people... and, so, that's the reason i did. plague is caused by bacteria found in fleas and rodents and can be spread by humans whose lungs have been infected. the deadliest pandemic in history, the black death in the 14th century, killed around 15 million people, half of europe's population. plague is thankfully now rare and treatable with antibiotics, but an outbreak in madagascar in 2017 killed around 200 people, and there are

we'll continue talking to professor of philosophy at oxford university and the co founder. we're center of effective altruism. william mcgasey will stay with us. join me every thursday on the alex simon show, and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport. business. i'm show business, i'll see you then. me. only one main thing is important for not as an internationally speaking to that is a nation's pickups. are allowed to do anything, all the master races. and then you have the mind, nations who are the slave. the american's rock, obama and others have had a concept of american exceptionalism. international law exist as long as it serves american interest. if it doesn't, it doesn't exist by turning those russians into this dangerous go. you man, that wants to take over the world. that was a conscious strategy. so them both on your own. i english v i v. i not leashed to off in one in tablet, block nato. it's our, we move east. the reason us had germany, it's a dangerous, is the lie. the sovereignty of the countries, the exceptionalism that america uses and i

we'll continue talking to professor of philosophy at oxford university and the co founder. we're center of effective altruism, william mcgasey will stay with us. the the, the, the, what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy foundation, let it be an arms race is often very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk military mission again, stay will conclude on august 31st. i want to go to what i thought, the quote unquote a young girl who i really want the roof for my you got to be of subtle companies such as the cut cut over the water. okay. that was the 7th. not to get a quote to ship a minute. this was the right weapon against the right and the local. no, no, no bought it from but it was filled out through z o o z the, the signing of the us to all about agreement. and i laid the groundwork for the road ahead toward a lasting peace in afghanistan. and i know we still need that. mcdonald, and he the ah, and we're talking to our tourist

yes. district down in oxford circus. yes, riaht in district down in oxford circus.the middle of oxford circus here, 40 or 50 came in here with a van and began erecting the structure you can see behind me, this pink structure. that was designed to be a table and they were going to have a slogan, come to the table, on it. the idea is to encourage people to discuss the issues around what they describe as the climate emergency. the police came quite quickly and it was quite an enthusiastic police response. they came in to encircle the protest and so they did not get to finish the table, but there are a couple of hundred protesters here and another ring of the police just outside the middle of oxford circus stopping people getting on a. so a very big police operation to restrict to limit the protest happening here in oxford circus. justin, at the moment we are looking at pictures from cambridge circus, just a little further away from where you are, and oxford circus, the point is that the group wants to do this day after day and because so much disruption that there will

it affected 2,259 students in the oxford school district. based on that, it's very important for us to do whatever we can to keep kids in school because i think it's clear virtual learning does have benefits but we do a better job across the country of teaching kids when they're in the presence of our great teachers. >> bngham: so you make the decision that, no, in fact, you think it's the smartest move to have everyone wear masks in school. and what was the reaction to that (the emotions were mixed, obviously. we do have a lot population of the oxford community that were upset that masks were going to be mandated, but there's also a population of people in our community that were glad i took the extra step. to me it's about keinkids in school to provide them the best education that we can. >> brangham: can you help me understand this? i mean, this is an airborne respiratory virus and we know a little piece of fabric over our faces can in part help protect us. do you have a sense as to why this has sparked such fury among some people? >> fro

but you can see the protesters have blocked the centre of oxford circus.itation for people to come and discuss what they call the climate emergency we all face. the police very rapidly came in, same number, about 50 police came in, and surrounded them. they did manage to chain themselves together and build the basic structure, i hope you can see the sign they put up, but they did manage to set up, now there's a kind of stand—off. we actually got back from the teams of people who extract protesters from these kind of demos have gone in, about 20 or 30 policemen armed with big drills and boxes of tools have just gone into begin to cut away some of the people who have chained themselves in, but i'm joined now by claire farrell, one of the founders of extinction rebellion. what is the just occasion for coming here and blocking london streets? you all saw the un code red report that came at the other day. it lasted about 2a hours in the new cycle. there's never been a more important piece of news to all of humanity, so one of the things these protest to is they

she�*s the co—designer of the oxford coronavirus vaccine. also thinking about what they might like to do in the future. in total, mattel has created six new models based on women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. mattel said the aim of creating these dolls was to help shine a light on the efforts of all front line workers during the pandemic. dame sarah joins the likes of beyonce and marilyn monroe with this new honour. where will she keep the doll? probably in my office at work, along with other trophies from 2020 and 2021. mattel also agreed with dame sarah to make a financial donation to a non—profit organisation dedicated to inspire young girls considering a career in science. ramzan karmali, bbc news. hard to think of a more deserving example in the last year. a reminder of our top story on bbc world news: thousands of people in lebanon have attended a memorial service in the ruins of the peyroux port, following the first anniversary of one of the biggest explosions and world history. —— beirut port. you�*re w

a co-designer of the oxford coronavirus vaccine.h she finds the concept, she hopes this with think about her career in science. >> i hope my barbie doll, as well as others who work in science will keep reminding the, there are many so when they're playing, there also thinking of what they might do for the future. >> in total, the town created six new models. mattel said the aim of creating those jobs is for all those frontline workers. she joined the likes of beyonce and marilyn munro with this honor. >> i will probably keep in my office at work along with other trophies from 2020 and 2021. >> shoot -- mattel also made a financial donation to a nonprofit inspired girls to consider a career in science. >> before we go tonight, a story for all of the flamingo lovers out there. since a sign for the baby flamingos. volunteers will get hundreds of birds helping scientists. this is a nesting place. and become the first flamingo reserve in europe. i'm laura trevelyan, thank you for watching bbc world news america. have a great night. narra

a stabbing incident has happened in oxford street in about the last 90 minutes or so.vice. a man believed to be in his 20s was found to be suffering with multiple stab injuries. he has been taken to hospital, they are waiting for an update on his condition. a crime scene has been established in the area, and of course at the police are anxious to hear from anyone who might be able to give them information relating to this stabbing on oxford street in a central london this evening. it would have been very busy time, 7:15pm, many book shop still open at that time on a friday evening. if we get any more on that or on the condition the young man injured, we will bring it to hear bbc news. taliban militants have captured huge swathes of aghanistan in recent days, and the un is urging afghanistan's neighbours to keep their borders open, so tens of thousands of people fleeing the violence can escape to safety. the taliban now control 17 provincial capitals across afghanistan, including pul—e—alam, just 45 miles south of kabul as the militants continue their march towards the

she's the co—designer of the oxford coronavirus vaccine.eer in science. i hope that my barbie doll, as well as others of women who work in science and medicine willjust keep reminding them there are many careers open to them, so when they are playing they're also thinking about what they might like to do in the future. in total, mattel has created six new models based on women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. mattel said the aim of creating these dolls was to help shine a light on the efforts of all front line workers during the pandemic. dame sarah joins the likes of beyonce and marilyn monroe with this new honour. so where will she keep the doll? probably in my office at work, along with other trophies from 2020 and 2021. mattel also agreed with dame sarah to make a financial donation to a non—profit organisation dedicated to inspire young girls considering a career in science. ramzan karmali, bbc news. now, it turns out it's notjust humans who can stage a pitch invasion. this was the moment a cat interrupted p

has been some pride in the fact that this is the _ has been some pride in the fact that this is the oxfordcine, the british— this is the oxford vaccine, the british vaccine, the best vaccine, although— british vaccine, the best vaccine, although other countries have not always _ although other countries have not always seen it that way, but here in the uk _ always seen it that way, but here in the uk we _ always seen it that way, but here in the uk we talk about it that way. there _ the uk we talk about it that way. there is— the uk we talk about it that way. there is a — the uk we talk about it that way. there is a lot of pride in great britain — there is a lot of pride in great britain here in great britain, and we britain herein great britain, and we are— britain here in great britain, and we are are— britain here in great britain, and we are are allowed to be patriotic. the archbishop's view is interesting, a point of view allowed people _ interesting, a point of view allowed people like to believe, we are not like to _ people like to believe, we are not like to love — people like to b

now, scientists in oxford have begun trials of a new vaccine against plague. 40 volunteers will receive editor fergus walsh reports. protection from an ancient killer — a vaccine against plague. larissa is one of the first volunteers to receive it as part of a trial in oxford which will assess the vaccine's safety and whether it induces a good immune response. i am lucky enough to live in a time where vaccines are being developed, and so when i saw that there was a study in the developing of a vaccine against a disease that's been around for thousands of years and has killed millions of people. and so that's the reason i did. plague is caused by bacteria found in fleas and rodents and can be spread by humans whose lungs have been infected. that deadliest pandemic in history, the black death in the 14th century killed around 15 million people, half of europe's population. plague is thankfully now rare and treatable with antibiotics, but an outbreak in madagascar in 2017 killed around 200 people, and there are cases each year in rural parts of africa and the united states. current vaccine

she's the co—designer of the oxford coronavirus vaccine.g about what they might like to do in the future. in total, mattel has created six new models based on women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. mattel said the aim of creating these dolls was to help shine a light on the efforts of all front line workers during the pandemic. dame sarah joins the likes of beyonce and marilyn monroe with this new honour. where will she keep the doll? probably in my office at work, along with other trophies from 2020 and 2021. mattel also agreed with dame sarah to make a financial donation to a non—profit organisation dedicated to inspire young girls considering a career in science. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. the unsettled weather that we've been seeing recently is set to continue for another few days yet. today we are looking at that mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers, like yesterday. some of the showers will be heavy and thundery and slow—moving but they are showers so we won't all c

s oxford vaccine group says that's because of the contagious delta variant.nfections and deaths are rising steadily in britain, despite three quarters of people being fully vaccinated. andrew pollard had this warning to mps. -- to mp's. >> we know very clearly with the coronavirus that this current delta variant will still infect people who have been vaccinated. and that does mean that anyone who's still unvaccinated at some point will meet the virus. i think we are in a situation here with this current variant where herd immunity is not a possibility, because it still infects vaccinated individuals, and i suspect that what the virus will throw up next is a variant which is perhaps even better at transmitting in vaccinated populations. and so, that's an even more of a reason not to be making a vaccine program around herd immunity. kim: other countries with high vaccination rates are also struggling to contain the delta variant. israel, where 60% of adults are fully immunized, is reimposing limits on gatherings and restricting indoor venues to those who have b

university, william mcgasey, william oak as skilled professor of philosophy at oxford university and the co founder of the center for effective altruism. surely, great to have you with us today. welcome to our show will face via thank you for inviting me on. so alright, so the movement here are associated with is called effective altruism. i mean, the very notion of effective altruism makes me wonder, can altruism be ineffective? or even harmful in what cases.

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many children hope to get in to oxford or cambridge.ng? i needed three days and i got three a star and i'm needed three days and i got three a starand i'm going needed three days and i got three a star and i'm going to oxford in october to read english literature. and what about you? you'll sign that i am going to cambridge to study spanish and russian. i have to ask you, how nervous have you been in the few days coming up to results they are where you are pretty confident? i they are where you are pretty confident?— they are where you are pretty confident? . , ., , confident? i was quite nervous. i was trying _ confident? i was quite nervous. i was trying to _ confident? i was quite nervous. i was trying to block _ confident? i was quite nervous. i was trying to block out _ confident? i was quite nervous. i was trying to block out my i confident? i was quite nervous. i was trying to block out my mind. confident? i was quite nervous. i i was trying to block out my mind. the day before it was difficult to get to sleep. was nervous. i day

welcome to oxford gardens. in the morning, see the blue sky, sun out, and i think wow, what a beautiful day. and it doesn't take me long. i look out the window, open up my blinds and i see people walking with their masks, then it hits me. it doesn't feel real. but you know it's real because you've got the letters in your hand telling you you must stay at home. well, i've been here 25 years. we've got a range of people. people who are obviously quite wealthy. there are quite a lot of people renting, privately, and also social housing. and it's a wonderful mix, you cannot tell by walking down the street what type of accommodation. i don't know the very posh houses, the £12 million house, i wish i did. next doorm they're multimillionaires and we're housing association, next door, they're multimillionaires and we're housing association, this block. i think all children's entertainers are big kids at heart. schools closed on that friday and i thought gosh, well, that's it. i'm not going to be doing any entertaining.

has been some pride in the fact that this is the _ has been some pride in the fact that this is the oxfordk _ always seen it that way, but here in the uk we _ always seen it that way, but here in the uk we talk about it that way. there _ the uk we talk about it that way. there is— the uk we talk about it that way. there is a — the uk we talk about it that way. there is a lot of pride in great britain — there is a lot of pride in great britain here in great britain, and we are— britain here in great britain, and we are are— britain here in great britain, and we are are allowed to be patriotic. the archbishop's view is interesting, a point of view allowed people _ interesting, a point of view allowed people like to believe, we are not like to _ people like to believe, we are not like to love — people like to believe, we are not like to love this country any more, and i_ like to love this country any more, and i think— like to love this country any more, and i think they are wrong, i think we are, _ and i think they are wrong, i think we are, and — and i think they are wrong, i think we are,

university, william mcgasey, william o caskey, professor of philosophy at oxford university and the co founder of the center for effective altruism. surely, great to have you with us today. welcome to our show will face via thank you for inviting me on. so alright, so the movement here are associated with is called effective altruism. i mean, the very notion of effective altruism makes me wonder, can altruism be ineffective? or even harmful and what cases? yes. so i think sadly isn't very often is ineffective or even harmful. so there are many attempts where people find do some of good actually end up achieving very little or just receiving far less than they could have done. so for example, a program in the united states called schedule takes juvenile delinquents and shows them round pins in order to scan them out of a life of crime. but this has been studied many times over and actually it turns out that this program increases the rates of criminal activity among those teenagers in the years following the program. so this is actually an example of an activity that's actively harmf

of the vaccines have been given with respect to the clubs they are more related to the astrazeneca oxford platform. aflac seems with respect to the 5 mcdonough brand platform, aflac scenes. we've had cases of minor self limiting my product is from which people made a full and complete recovery. and i was surprised talk to that some people these days have doubts about the safety of vaccines. i guess, you know, someone saying if science was as good as we like to think it is, we already have a vaccine for aids. we have a vaccine for tuberculosis from malaria. we'd have a vaccine for cancer. but now after the world's most terrorizing pandemic were supposed to trust the vaccines that are being produced in just months. oh, believe me, this is really good news in the field of vaccine ology. now that we know that the m r n, a platform of like sean's and the astrazeneca oxford platform of vaccines work. believe you, me, you and i will be talking in a few years time when we have got better vaccines against malaria, p, b, and all those other things that you mentioned. this is a very good breakthroug

the university of oxford are worlds and data. so it's only 1.2 percent of people in low income countries have received at least one dose of the vaccine. ah. ok, let's bring in august from new york, we have one of the other professor of epidemiology and medicine and columbia university. in hong kong, we have john nichols clinical professor pathology at the university of hong kong. and from johanna spoke helen rees, member of south africa ministerial advisory committee for cove at 19, and coven vaccines. very welcome to all, thank you for joining us. i'd like to begin with you. what i thought the at the start of the pandemic, we were all saying heard immunity. it was the buzzword. that's what we need heard. immunity is that done and dusted. now is the cat out of the bag. i think we need at this point to, to really change the discourse and maybe change the narrative around what our goals are. and i think rather than using that term. so in unity and knowing that the vaccines we have, which are really super vaccines, do not absolutely

but some experts now doubt it can be achieved the head of the you case oxford vaccine group says. and because of the contagious delta variant, new infections and deaths rising steadily in person despite 3 quarters of people being fully vaccinated. andrew, paula had this warning to em peeve. we know very clearly with the current of ours that this tar bear and very will still in fact people have been vaccinated. and that does mean that anyone who still i'm vaccinated at some point will meet the virus. i think we are in a situation here with this current parent where community is not a possibility because it's the effects to individuals. and i suspect the will, the school next is a, is a variant which is perhaps even better at trans matching in vaccinated populations . and so that's an even more of a reason not to be making a vaccine program around her immunity. other countries with high vaccination rates are also struggling to contain the delta variant. israel, where 60 percent of adults are fully immune eyes to is re imposing limits on gatherings and restricting and or venues to th

for boost of vaccines in the united states follows a new study from researches at the university of oxford. it found that the pfizer estrogenic vaccines offered good protection from the delta variant, although efficacy does drop off for a few months. let's get more on the research that took place, joining for months with his her a walker, who is professor of medical statistics and epidemiology at the university of oxford and chief investigative for the code 900 infection survey. so good. see that? thanks for joining us. what in your view is the chief takeaway of this report as far as the public's concerned, they really important for me, but even though the vaccine don't doing quite as well as they did again. for the 2 days, she's going to take all still giving good protection against the class, and that's true whether or not you've hard coded before. so even if you've had code before, you'll still get after protection. if you have to back thing. now you all right, so what we also found is that initially the pfizer vaccine, how to grade your effectiveness about 15 percent, but that did go o

the most recent one titled, a very short introduction by oxford press. we ask professor hartley to tell us about dickens' life and accomplishments, including his two trips to the united states in 1842 and in 1867. >> listen to c-span.org/podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. >>> coming up on american history tv, a discussion on gun regulations, historians and a law professor talk about the drafting of the u.s. constitution's second amendment and how it has been interpreted. the national history center hosted this event. >> good morning. welcome. please note that we have distributed cards. i'll be moderating the q & a. the cards are on your chairs. the purpose of those cards is to facilitate the q & a. jeff is standing outside. there you go. there's jeff who will collect those questions. i will collate the cards and facilitate the discussion with the speakers. we are looking forward to a valuable hour of presentation and discussion. this briefing is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the national history center that brings historical perspective

and oxford is where she's joining us from today. good day, professor, how are you? very well, thanks. alright, so let's start with a book. you've written a lot of books about that, the 20th century, and then you wrote this one, which is a course about the 20th century, which is nobody's great wars, but it's actually a much more broad look at history on this one topic, a war. why did, why did you write it? i'm also curious. are you surprised at all by the response to it? well, the 2nd question is easy to answer. yes i am. it's something i've been thinking about for a long time, but i thought it will come out. it's the book that a few people might like be nice if it got some nice reviews, but i am, i am surprised. it's something i've been thinking about for a long time. if you do, history, war comes in and out of history a lot that has a huge impact on history. and i suppose war was in my own background like it's in the background of a lot of people. my age. my father was in the canadian navy, both i in the 2nd world war, both my grandfathers were in the 1st of all, h

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the most recent titled a very short introduction by oxford press. we asked professor hartley to tell about the life and accomplishments including the two trips to the united states in 1842 and in 1867. >>> good morning. i'm the director of the hudson center on monetary policy at the brookings institution. i'm very pleased to welcome mark to the virtual stage today. extraordinary is an overused word but the career qualifies and if you look at the resume you would think he must be 96-years-old. born in the territory in canada which i mentioned only because the google search turned out that the official motto is perseverance. an undergrad degree from oxford and 13 years at goldman sachs and in the canadian government the central bank of canada during the global financial crisisn and because that wasn't challenging enough hehe became governor of the bank of england from 2013 to 2020 during that whole mess. he's an advisor to the british prime minister on climate finance, the special envoy for climate action and finance, vice chair of asset management me