shakespeare company is a magnet for tourists and prisons alike. the shops journal has fallen by 80 percent since the pandemic began, but orders have flooded in since staff alerted social media to its plight. and the news in japan has been putting in 800 meter tall robots, so it's paces their creation as a spin off from a katun series called, well suit featuring enormous battle robots piloted by humans, the various supposed to be the main attraction at a new scene. park, which has been delayed by the pen demick robots a big in japan. and this one is larger than life. damn damn stands at just over 18 meters tall and weighs 25 tons per year or more to own this book. i've been, a fan since i was a schoolboy. in the 1980 s., the models were so popular, they were always sold out. i used to queue up to get one with as a result that i took a copy don't count was born in 1979 as a children's toy. this is a little cool that spawned a whole science fiction universe, a hugely popular and i'm a series of movies, manga has and video games that have grossed more

the royal shakespeare company had a hit last christmas with the aggress, but it had to this year.t into tier 3 here and have had to close the shows that we had to close the shows that we had prepared pre—and post—christmas, and we're sold out. while many theatres are unable to opening england, most remain shut in scotland and all are closed and wales and northern ireland. venue owners say they've invested heavily to make their auditory secure and they are safe spaces. the uk government said it had made progress by allowing some live performances and the vaccine roll—out should provide some normality. nice to see some shows will go on. lots more is a lwa ys shows will go on. lots more is always on our website. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbckasiamadera. it will be lovely to hear from you. thanks for watching, bye— bye. hello there. the weather is giving us a real taste of winter. some places have seen snow there is more in the forecast for friday for the real mix for rain sleet and snow for rain, sleet and snow falling from the sky, it will be cold, it will be windy. and thi

the royal shakespeare company in stratford—upon—avon had a hit last christmas with the boy in the dresshas relatively few covid cases. we are really disappointed that we have been put into tier 3 here in south warwickshire and stratford—upon—avon and have had to close the shows that we had prepared pre— and post—christmas and were sold out. while many theatres are unable to open in england, most remain shut in scotland and all are closed in wales and northern ireland. venue owners say they have invested heavily to make theie auditoria covid—secure and that they are safe spaces. the uk government said it had made progress by allowing some live performances and the vaccine roll—out should provide a path back to normality. will gompertz, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. notjust not just panto not just pa nto but notjust panto but also snow in december. yes, look at the satellite, this clu b yes, look at the satellite, this club got a lot of rain into england and wales but showers are following in and they will stream into wales and the southwest overnight tonig

shakespeare and company is a magnet for tourists and persians alike. the shop's turnover has fallen by 80 percent since the pandemic began, but orders have flooded in since staff alerted a social media to its lights. well, thousands of farmers have blocked roads into india's capital daily to protest agricultural reforms. the same in the new laws to deregulate crop pricing will leave them at the mercy of big corporations. in response, a prime minister, narendra modi said, protesters are being misled by opposition parties, and that the laws will benefit them. these $20000.00 farmers aren't going anywhere their trucks and tractors, blocking major highways, sneak in the is capital h. about tract is loaded with russians for up to 4 months. until the time the government reverses these new agricultural laws, none of us will go back to the families feel their livelihoods are under threat. new laws mean the government will soon stop buying grain at guaranteed prices. the pharmacy claim that could leave them at the mercy of corporations who won't pay enough for

shakespear and company is a magnet for tourists and provisions alike. while the shops turnover has fallen by 80 percent. since the pandemic broke out, but orders have flooded in the house since staff alerted social media to its plight and covert 19 has dominated world headlines this year. but there is another pandemic that still affects and kills nearly ns of people around the world. united nations figures show that almost 30000000 people were living with hiv last year. that's nearly 700000 of them died. but prevention and treatment measures are showing promise in the last decade. the number of new infections has decreased as you can see right here behind me on the graph. and so has the number of deaths caused directly by aids or factors related to the immune deficiency syndrome. but yet, experts predict that the trend now will reverse this year because of the covert 1000 pandemic. analog downs causing is shortage of hiv medication, and estimated there could be an additional $1400000.00 deaths caused by hiv. in south africa, one in 5 people has hiv. a n

the royal shakespeare company in stratford—upon—avon had a hit last christmas with the boy in the dressed that we've been put into tier 3 here in south warwickshire in stratford—upon—avon and have had to close the shows that we had prepared pre and post—christmas and were sold out. while many theatres are unable to open in england, most remain shut in scotland and all are closed in wales and northern ireland. venue owners say they've invested heavily to make their auditoria covid—secure and that they are safe spaces. the uk government said it had made progress by allowing some live performances and the vaccine roll—out should provide a path back to normality. will gompertz, bbc news. let us hope the show does go on. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. it's been a cold day everywhere today, we've got another wintry mix of weather to come tonight and into tomorrow. certainly a wintry scene here in highland scotland, some parts of scotland temperatures didn't really get much above freezing. for england and wales it was cold, it was wet, and it was miserable. a lot of clou

shakespeare and company is a magnet for tourists and parisians alike. the shop's turnover has fallen by 80 percent since the picket pandemic began, but orders have flooded in some staff to social media to its plight. thousands of farmers have blocked roads into india's capital delhi to protest agricultural reforms. they say new laws to deregulate drug pricing will leave them at the mercy of big corporations. prime minister, narendra modi says, protesters are being misled to by opposition parties, and that deregulation will benefit them. these $20000.00 farmers going anywhere their trucks and tractors, blocking major highways, need india's capital. each about tract is loaded with russians for up to full months until the time the government reverses these new agricultural laws, none of us will go back to the families feel their livelihoods are under threat. new laws mean the government will soon stop buying grain at guaranteed prices. the farmers claim that could leave them at the mercy of corporations who won't pay enough for their crops. india's prime m

chat function for a link to purchase a copy with a book plate exclusively from our bookstore shakespeare and company, the next best thing. i want to add a couple acknowledgments before we begin. roosevelt's final year including the state of his health and contributed to the roosevelt house, election. the great biographer, wanted to go to yalta but she had many other things to do. dorothy samuel, member of the board of advisors is here. i am thrilled my friend kate whitney has been important, the granddaughter of franklin and eleanor roosevelt and a pleasure to welcome kate as well. please join me in welcoming catherine grace katz. >> hello, and thank you for that lovely introduction. it is my pleasure to introduce catherine grace katz. i can't remember the last time i had so much pleasure reading a book like yours. it is an absolute triumph and i'm thrilled to have the opportunity to talk about it today. >> guest: thank you so much for joining me this evening and thank you to roosevelt house for having me. this is great fun. this is the next best thing and glad we gathered here, thank you very much,

, the south bank andi shakespeare company, the south bank and i have had a great deal of helpmes this week but generally quite an unsettled flavour to the weather with some rain at times. it will often be windy but with all of that it will generally be mild. this is the satellite picture from early on. you can see various lumps of cloud circulating around an area of low pressure. the clouds bringing showers or longer spells of rain but with the wind is coming up from the south of the south—west, quite brisk winds but bringing mild air in my direction, —— in our direction. more persistent rain, through the night showers going across western areas, not as many of their showers getting cross into the east, some clear spells here and there, and those temperatures not dropping too far, a little bit cool in places, the lows between three and 8 degrees typically full stop into tomorrow, another sunshine and showers day, the showers focusing in on those places exposed to the brisk south—westerly winds, south—western and some southern coasts, whereas further east we will see more drier

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shakespeare and company is a magnet for tourist and parisian xah, like the shops turnover, has fallen by 80 percent since the pandemic began. but orders have flooded in since staff alerted social media to its pli. so that is good news. are to peru where authorities have had to impose tight restrictions on public life to curb the spread of the coronavirus. while that may have saved untold numbers of lives, it has been a disaster for businesses in many of their employees to vent their anger. thousands of peruvians took to the streets, raising fears that the protests could in turn, calls a further spike in infections. paolo mccaslin ave knows what touch it means. cupcakes, company was very popular in the capital, lima, but the business was not considered essential. when the lockdown, which is devastated, the peruvian economy began. polow move was among those who had to shut up shop. the pandemic began when we were growing, as were many other businesses in peru, it surprised us. we think that we were going to close for a while, but we had to shut for 76 days. it is affected all aspects of

shakespeare and company is a magnet for tourists. and parisians alike. the shop's turnover has fallen by 80 percent since the pandemic began. but orders have flooded in since staff alerted social media to its plight. thousands of followers have blocked roads into india's capital delhi to protest agricultural reforms. they say new laws to deregulate crop pricing, believe them at the mercy of big corporations. prime minister in a random o.t. says voters are being misled by opposition parties, and that deregulation will benefit them. with these $20000.00 farmers going anywhere their trucks and tractors, a blocking major highways. india's capital each of our track, this is loaded with rations for up to 4 months until the time the government reverses these new agricultural laws, none of us will go back to maybe the farmers feel their livelihoods are under threat. new laws mean the government will soon stop buying grain at guaranteed prices. the farmers claim that could leave them at the mercy of corporations who won't pay enough for their crops. india's prime

all of the members of the company that performed it were imprisoned except shakespeare. he was very, very careful. at the time every play had to be reviewed first before it could be performed in london by the master of the revels who made sure that it was politically correct. moreover, shakespeare performed his -- his company eventually was called the king's men, and it was sponsored by king james, and they performed 20 or 30 times a year before the court. so people were watching. so his political views had to be expressed, shall we say, very carefully. he could get away with a few things like "mcbeth." "mcbeth" is clearly about king james. it's about the trouble that comes from assassinating a legitimate ruler. catholics had just tried to assassinate king james by blowing up parliament, and james was scottish. shakespeare writes this scottish play in which james' side of the family, everybody looks good and you're taught not to assassinate the king. that one was pretty easy to see who he was talking about, but it was pretty safe. with the others, it was -- he had to do

all of the members of the company that performed it were imprisoned except shakespeare. it was very careful. at the time, every play had to be reviewed first before can be performed in london by the master of the rebels, to make sure was politically correct. moreover, shakespeare performed his play, his company eventually was called the kings men, and it was sponsored by king james. they performed 20 or 30 times a year before the court. people were watching. so his political views had to be express shall we say, very carefully. he could get away with a few things like mcbath. mcbath is clearly about king james, it's about the trouble that comes from assassinating a legitimate ruler. catholics said just try to assassinate king james by blowing catholic conspirators by blowing up parliament. james was scottish, james perez the scottish play in which james decided that everyone looks good, and to not to assassinate taking. that was pretty easy to see to see who he's talking about but it was pretty safe. with the others, if you do it much more carefully. some of his contempo

function on your laptops for a link to purchase a copy with a book plate from our book store, shakespeare and company. we call it the next best thing to do a reception and a book signing in in the four freedoms room in the roosevelt house. want to add a couple of acknowledgements, -- is here who has write but roosevelt's final year including the state of his health at yalta, also contributed many artworks to the roosevelt house collection. and cook the great biographer of eleanor root. she wanted to go to yalta but didn't. she head many other things to do. er to the sam us a member of the boarded a adviserses here and we welcome her, and last but not least i'm thrilled that my friend indicate -- kate witness any is here. she has been important to me and my family for half a century. she's a granddaughter of franklin and eleanor roosevelt and it's a pleasure to welcome kate as well. so join me in welcoming catherine grace katz and amanda foreman. >> hello. thank you for that lovely introduction and it is really my great pleasure to be able to introduce catherine grace katz. welcome, catherine, and i j

your laptop for a link to purchase a copy with a bookplate exclusively from our bookstore shakespeare and company. we call it the next best thing from a reception and book signing at the roosevelt house. i want to add a couple acknowledgments before we begin. doctor steven is here who has written about roosevelt's final year and also contributed many wonderful artworks to the roosevelt house collection so thank you. the great biographer of elder roosevelt, eleanor is a woman who wants to go to yalta but didn't, she had many other things to do. welcome. dorothy samuel, a member of the board of advisors is here. i am thrilled my friend kate whitney is here. she is important to me and my family for half a century, the granddaughter of roosevelt, i welcome kate as well. please join me. >> hello and thank you for that lovely introduction. it is my pleasure to introduce, welcome, katherine. i want to say i can't remember last time i had so much pleasure reading a book like yours. it really is an absolute triumph and i am thrilled to talk to you about it today. >> that means a great deal, i admire your

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we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span to viewers as a public service. many of the founding fathers were readers of shakespeare. the national constitution center hosted a discussion on shakespeare's influence on the u.s. constitution, american history, and our country's values. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the national constitution center. and that that is convening of america's townhall. i am the president of this wonderful institution. spire ourselves in -- and let us inspire ourselves in the discussion ahead by reciting together the national constitution center's mission statement. here we go. the national constitution center is the only institution in america, chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the united states constitution among the american people on a non-partisan basis. we have a series of wonderful programs coming up. it would be great if you could join on december 3. we discussed the founders and the classics with three of america's greatest scholars. on december 9, the author of the when i was ink law school, "why we lost the era." carol r. to debate whether or

today we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span2 viewers as a public service. next a discussion on shakespeareinfluence on the american founders and our constitutional values. the national constitution center hosted this one hour-long event. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the national constitution center. and to today's convening of america's townhall. i am the president of this wonderful institution. an

we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span to viewers as a public service. many of the founding fathers were readers of shakespearee national constitution center hosted a discussion on shakespeare's influence on the u.s. constitution, american history, and our country's values. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the national constitution center. and that that is convening of america's townhall. i am the president of this wonderful institution. spire ourselves in -- and let us inspire ourselves in the discussion ahead by reciting together the national constitution center's mission statement. here we go. the national constitution center is the only institution in america, chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the united states constitution among the american people on a