Playwright is best known for his shows about the middle class. He is now entering the world of Science Fiction forfirst time. Now entering the world of Science Fiction for first time. His new play debuts at the Edinburgh Festival today. It is set 100 is from now when a deadly contagion has separated men from women. It was, i think, an attempt by me to bridge my ageing writing personality to a younger generation, and the way to do that, i thought, was through the medium of Science Fiction. Science fiction is a great leveller. It gives you an even playing field, where you say to your younger audience, now this is a world that i dont know but i have created, and you dont know, and you can inhabit it. I cant enter their world, which is for me as a 78 year old, incomprehensible now. I mean, most of what my grandchildren say is complete gobbledygook. And anything i say is beyond their comprehension. So, here i am at last. A member of the falcons. Is it a concern of yours that the theatre is
Some surprises tonight, because sta rgazers some surprises tonight, because stargazers are hoping to get a good view of the perseid meteor shower. Hundreds of meteors will streak gcioss hundreds of meteors will streak across the sky in a display that may be visible around the world. It should peak at 11pm, clear skies permitting, and it can be seen in most parts the uk. If you see everybody lying down on the grass as you head home tonight, that will be the reason lets look at the weather prospects. It wont be a bad weekend overall gcioss it wont be a bad weekend overall across the british isles, that this not to say that there are not a couple of flies in the ointment. Through the morning, we have had two Weather Fronts bringing cloud through the morning, we have had two weatherfronts bringing cloud and the chance of some rain to some parts of the british isles. Through the afternoon, the front will drag out of scotlands and push into the eastern side of the pennines, the north east ar
Some surprises tonight, because sta rgazers some surprises tonight, because stargazers are hoping to get a good view of the perseid meteor shower. Hundreds of meteors will streak gcioss hundreds of meteors will streak across the sky in a display that may be visible around the world. It should peak at 11pm, clear skies permitting, and it can be seen in most parts the uk. If you see everybody lying down on the grass as you head home tonight, that will be the reason lets look at the weather prospects. It wont be a bad weekend overall gcioss it wont be a bad weekend overall across the british isles, that this not to say that there are not a couple of flies in the ointment. Through the morning, we have had two Weather Fronts bringing cloud through the morning, we have had two weatherfronts bringing cloud and the chance of some rain to some parts of the british isles. Through the afternoon, the front will drag out of scotlands and push into the eastern side of the pennines, the north east ar
Around here. Its not completely dry. We have showers moving across scotla nd dry. We have showers moving across scotland an theyve settled in gcioss scotland an theyve settled in across Northern England and parts of wales as well. Towards the south and east, largely dry with sunshine. A decent end to the day likely. Towards the latter part of the afternoon, still a few showers around but not so for the south west of england, nor indeed for the south east. Should be turning sunnier. A lot of the cloud we have at the moment is convicted cloud so its developed as the heats built up its developed as the heats built up through the day. The temperatures drop and the cloud will break up. Fewer showers gcioss drop and the cloud will break up. Fewer showers across wales. Still some heavier showers across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire and into scotland. Not many showers for northern ireland. Northern and Eastern Scotland and Eastern England will have most of the showers. By 11 oclock, very fe
And the mens highjump. This afternoons action in the Premier League has a lot to live up to following the Drama Yesterday and on friday night on the opening weekend. There are two games this afternoon. In the early kick off, newcastle make their return to the big time against spurs. Early stages, its 0 0, and therell likely be League Debuts for Romelu Lukaku and Nemanja Matic for Manchester United at old trafford as they take on west ham. A manager in the Second Season knows the players better. We are in a position to do quality work better than we did in the first season. So iam than we did in the first season. So i am convinced i have that. Notjust hope, iam i am convinced i have that. Notjust hope, i am convinced that our Second Season hope, i am convinced that our Second Season in terms of the quality of oui season in terms of the quality of our team is going season in terms of the quality of ourteam is going be season in terms of the quality of our team is going be better. England