have your ideas about it and further research changed your mind in any way since you wrote the da vinci codeany way since you wrote the da vinci code? i have moved on from that story. it has not. i left it behind. it is important to remember these books... iam not important to remember these books... i am not try to convince anyone of an idea. i am trying to write an enjoyable book that gets people talking. if someone wants to believe it, great, if they say it is a thriller, that is fine to. it is just intended to get people thinking about why they believe what they believe. and this idea of faith news 110w believe. and this idea of faith news now is absolutely germane to the conversation. —— fake news. now is absolutely germane to the conversation. -- fake news. do you 01’ conversation. -- fake news. do you or not believe there is truth and falsehood and that we human beings have a duty to differentiate between the two? we do have a duty to differentiate as historians. as creative novelists, we have the duty to get people to go and ask questions and find the rain sources. hmm, see, that bri

his 2003 novel, the da vinci code, sparked outrage in the vatican. and now, another epic tale. a quest for the origins of life. is there still a public appetite for dan brown's high—fibre blockbusters? dan brown, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. usually the phrase that always follows your name is "bestselling author." but actually, in reviews of the latest novel you've written, 0rigin, one critic came up with a new sort of moniker or phrase for you, and that is "a novelist of ideas." i like that. does it appeal to you? i have heard many things, but i've never heard that. i like that one. i thought "i have never heard that about dan brown before," but it is sort of what you are about. i love to write about the grey area between right and wrong, about big ethical questions like will god survive science, like i wrote about in 0rigin. it was a lot of fun to write about. well, it's one of the biggest questions and ideas of all. in some ways it would seem hard to package that into a genre that, perhaps you do not like this word, a thriller. i love thrillers. i love to learn

. >>> finally tonight here, forget the da vinci code, the new mystery tonight.d $450 million for this? tonight, someone somewhere is the new owner of this. a painting by leonardo dda vinc. few than 20 of his paintings are known to exist. and this is the only one in private hands. auctioned off at christie's in new york overnight. >> we move to the "savior of the world." >> reporter: right hand raised in a blessing. king charles i of england. the painting was known of but it was thought the painting was lost or destroyed, resurfacing in 1900. a photograph taken of it around that time. ten years ago, the painting sold for $10,000. a restoration. and last night, bidding started at a mere $75 million. >> 200 million is bid. at 200 million. at 200 million. 200 million. please. 200 million is bid. >> reporter: didn't stop there. >> give me 290, alex? >> 300. >> i thought so. 300 million. >> reporter: but wait. >> 50. >> reporter: finally, at 350 million, anyone else? >> at 350 million, looking for another bid -- >> 400. >> 400 million. 400 million is the blid. selling

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your chance to solve the da vinci code from the comfort of your own home.expected to fetch when it goes on sale. the battle off of the field. robert caddell once a major bump up in salary to remain the league's chief. that's up from his current million dollar contract. he wants a private jet for life and health care for his family for life. the dallas cowboys owner not happy with the proposal. jerry jones has threatened to sue if the deal goes through without the final approval from the league's teams. judge, good to see you. judge, good to see you. i'm a long-suffering giants fan. >> it's interesting to see that the owners are weighing in here. my they have more influence over the content. roger caddell a lot of us know has a notoriously tin ear when ten-year when it comes to politics. he has blown it with the fans on the kneeling even though i have defended the right for the players to kneel. neil. and he has imposed excessive grossly excessive penalties for off field behavior. he's in a weakened position. the other side is this is a private entity and as

the: still ahead, cracking da vinci code. ainting shattered records and left the art world completely stunned. this is bloomberg. ♪ julie: i'm julie hyman in new york and this is bloomberg markets. going once, going twice. a 19for $450 million after minute bidding war. leonardo da vinci's salvator mundi came the most expensive work of art ever sold. the price eclipse is the previous record for a picasso sold in 2015. some are critics have pointed to the paintings damaged condition and questionable authenticity. spoke onmpley bloomberg surveillance and explained why a 500-year-old weathered da vinci piece can command such a high market value. >> there are restoration issues and the market tolerance for a da vinci is quite different from the market tolerance for a van gogh. is scarceh a van gogh and someone will pay $81 million for a great one, there are still more to be had been da vinci for whom there are fewer than 20 paintings in the world. people have a much higher threshold for what kind of over painting or condition probl

launch a new code of conduct for the internet later today — urging young people to "stop, speak and support" each other online. let's get more now on the 500—year—old painting by leonardo da vinciighest ever paid for a work of art. earlier my colleague annita mcveigh spoke to martin kemp, emeritus professor of the history of art at oxford university, who worked on confirming that the painting really was the lost leonardo. he spoke of his reaction when he heard the final auction price. i was just astonished. i thought it would struggle to reach its guarantee. christies put a guarantee on it saying we guarantee this picture will raise $100 million and i thought it was a bit of a struggle. i went to bed and thought i'd find out the next morning. by 2am, my phone was ringing, e—mails were binging and everything had gone crazy. it's quite astonishing when you think of the recent history of this painting and the fact that it sold forjust £45 in 1958? it was heavily overpainted at some point in its history, probably 17th and 18th century. it had become badly warped and somebody to restore it had planed off the areas that we re it had planed off the areas that were sticking up. conserv

code of conduct for the internet later today — urging young people to "stop, speak and support" each other online. a 500—year—old painting of christ, believed to have been created by leonardo da vinciecord 400 million dollars — that's over 300 milion pounds. —— $400 million. —— £300 million. the price for salvator mundi, or "saviour of the world", is the highest ever paid for a work of art. da vinci died in 1519 and there are fewer than 20 of his paintings in existence. top story now, police investigating the grenfell tower tragedy, they say that 70 people and a stillborn baby make up the final death toll, i say eve ryo ne make up the final death toll, i say everyone has now been identified. 0ur correspondent tom burridge is at new scotland yard. it has taken the met five months to reach this point but a few statistics about the tragedy of grenfell tower, the police investigation involves tens of millions of documents that have been seized, more than 300 companies have deemed to have been of interest, unprecedented investigation for the metropolitan police. i'm pleased to say that stuart cundy joins police. i'm pleased to say that stuart cundyjoins us. this grim figure, five months

new code of conduct for the internet later today, urging young people to "stop, speak and support" each other online. a 500—year—old painting of christ, believed to have been created by leonardo da vincihow comfortably. —— salvatore mundi. dating from 1506, the image ofjesus christ is the two have been created for the french royalfamily, have been created for the french royal family, disastrously restored in1958, it royal family, disastrously restored in 1958, it was auctioned in london for a mere £45, at a time when most experts thought it was by a student of leonardo, not by the man himself. last night, the tension was obvious, as christies auctioneer kept the bits flowing, $100 million was reached quickly, then, $200 million. that broke the previous record for a picture sold at auction, this picasso, sold for $179 million in 2015 full up once or twice it seemed bidding had reached its climax, until the buyer on the phone was tempted to an extraordinary final amount. the piece is sold. it is not known who the buyer was, the sale shows the importance of rarity, this could be the last leonardo ever to reach auction, and almost half a millennium after his death, he has shown himself th