Each give a short presentation and then returned to the stage for a moderated conversation with thomas lloyd bunny mellon bunny mellon, who wass thomas boyd. [applause] thomas hello. Just wanted to share a quick couple thoughts about my grandmother and give me some personal perspective i think is helpful in this and thinking for hosting this event. Spending time with my grandmother as a little boy was an experience dipped in intimidation and fascination. Although we were not close, i greatly admired her from afar and her ability to really solve problems and make people feel comfortable. Graham gram bunny, as we called her, exhibited an ability to invent classical solutions in a variety of ways. I have learned from many people over the years. Whether it was entertaining the prince or princess of wales, myself, or her daughter, she would regularly fix broken flower stems with a bandaid right before their arrival for a party. She would also sometimes sniff any flagging floral arrangements
Panel, thefternoon legacy of bunny mellon, will explore the life and influences of Rachel Lambert mellon. We will hear from merrill matt, met griswold griswold, and linda. Our speakers will each give a short presentation and then returned to the stage for a moderated conversation with thomas lloyd bunny mellon bunny lon, who was thomas boyd. [applause] thomas hello. Just wanted to share a quick couple thoughts about my grandmother and give me some personal perspective i think is helpful in this and thinking for hosting this event. Spending time with my grandmother as a little boy was inexperience dipped intimidation and fascination. Although we were not close, i greatly admired her from afar and her ability to really solve problems and make people feel comfortable. Gram bunny, as we called her, exhibited an ability to invent classical solutions in a variety of ways. I have learned from many people over the years. Whether it was entertaining the prince or princess of wales, myself, or h
Matthew good afternoon. Welcome back to the Carriage House for our afternoon sessions. I hope you enjoyed your lunch and learning more about the historic items that were provided. If you have not seen them yet please be sure to see them. They are outside. The first afternoon panel, the legacy of bunny mellon, will explore the life and influences of Rachel Lambert mellon. We will hear from meryl gordon, mac griswold, and Linda Jane Holden. Our speakers will each give a short presentation and then return to the stage for a moderated conversation with thomas lloyd, who was bunny mellons grandson. I want to introduce thomas first. [applause] thomas hello. Just wanted to share a quick couple thoughts about my grandmother and give me some personal perspective i think is helpful in this and thank you again for hosting this event. Spending time with my grandmother as a little boy was an experience dipped in intimidation and fascination. Although we were not close, i greatly admired her from af
70 years as monarch. johnny depp has won his libel case against his former wife, amber heard, after she claimed in an article that she d endured domestic violence during their 15 month marriage. the jury found that ms heard s statements about her marriage were false and that she d acted with actual malice . our correspondent, david sillito, has been at the hollywood trial of the century since it began in april and looks back at a case that provided powerful testimony about the actors relationship. mr foreperson, is this the verdict of the jury? after six weeks in court and six years of angry disputes since their divorce, finally, a judgement by a jury on the allegations that johnny depp had violently assaulted his ex wife, amber heard. was this defamation? the answer. yes. cheering. outside, there were cheers from the waiting fans, the end of a trial that had been provoked by an article in the washington post in which amber heard had written of being a victim of domesti
Okay. I think were going to go ahead and get started. Thank you everyone so much for coming. My name is cody and help with the events are at book culture and we are so pleased to be hosting meryl gordon tonight. This conversation on the life of an americanstyle legend, bunny mellon. Maybe a quick show of hands that this is your first time to book culture. Well, welcome. We are nestled here on the west side and we have been almost three years. Some of may remember this 20 years ago. So we are so happy to be here and to be as basis of a great and important work. Do take note of it cspan booktv recording the talk, so tonight discussion and q a can live on in perpetuity. During the q a session after meryl speaks, if youll give us a a couple seconds to run the microphone to you so that when we can record your end of the conversation so she is not talking to no one on the recording. And then after the talk either give us a couple of seconds to set up, we will have signing queue up at the fro