Next, meet the author. We all know what it feels like to get lost in a book. In scarlett thomass novel dragons green she turns it into a story of magic and danger. A childrens quest to make sense of a struggle turned upside down by a catastrophic event called worldquake. A writer who has had Great Success with what is called Literary Fiction, she has had an experience that has changed her as much as any of her characters. Welcome. So what did you discover about writing and about your own writing when you brought magic into the equation . A lot is the answer to that. Early on in my career i started writing about maths and then i moved onto physics and then botany and now magic like so many classics of childrens fiction, youre stepping into another world, whether through a wardrobe or down a rabbits hole and in this case by going back to a book as the doorway to some different world, it is obviously something that energises you. Yes, and i think, for me, this is part of the whole concept
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Of the shopping that is exactly it. It isa of the shopping that is exactly it. It is a fascinating point. Quite right. Thats great, how wonderful to have a supermarket but what about the idea that only women go to supermarkets to do the shopping. That betrays a lot. Looking at the message from the top, if that is the message from the top, if that is the message from the top, if that is the message from the top, that will not encourage people. Clearly in everything the ethics of the company, coming to attitudes, and all kinds of things, the Chief Executive sets the tone. But this Cotties Executive sets the tone. But this comes in the context of the uk facing a Productivity Crisis and we need the contribution of all kinds of people to help come up with smart ideas. Including Women Shopping in the supermarket a novel idea thats the papers for this hour. Dont forget all the front pages are online on the bbc news website where you can read a detailed review. Its all there for you seven days
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The university of pennsylvania hosted this event. It is about an hour and a half. Brian i am a fellow at the fox leadership at penn. I am working on a book of the development of talk radio 2016en roughly 1988 and and its political policy impact that will hopefully be out in about two years. To my right, i will go in order here. We have tom segrue, who is a professor of cultural analysis in history at nyu. Specializes in 20th century American History. He has numerous books out there. The most recent book he has authored is called these United States a nation in the making. He has written countless fantastic books. Kevin kruse, a professor at princeton university. He has written several books, most recently one nation under god, abuot the development of civil religion in the 50s and 60s, and the conservative try drive for for civil religiosity. I really encourage people to read it, great book. To kevins right is david greenberg, a professor at rutgers university. Republican of spin, the