Michael because i did not want people to think this was another sad saga of someone suffering. And i wanted to write wanted to bet autobiographical, especially. And i wanted to tell the story. Able to to be generalize from it, which i think you can. Face what it is like to the fact. Not to face having an illness, necessarily. But the fact that you are going to die one way or another. Brian when did you know, what year . Michael 1993. Quite a while ago. Brian what was your reaction . Michael i was in distress. I was very upset for a few days. Since then, i have accommodated to it. It is not the worst thing in the world. Brian whose idea was it to do this book . It is a small book. Only 161 pages. By the way, it is only 18. Michael it is only 9. 99 on amazon. I wrote a piece in the new yorker that is partly from this book and everybody said, you ought to do a book. As a journalist you think, i have a story, i ought to tell it. So, i resisted for quite a while. Ultimately, i gave in. Bria
He is joined by british historian Kate Williams, lawrence ward, and house of cards writer and producer michael dobbs. This is an hour and 40 minutes. R. Brittain good morning in her 91st year, the queen will open the second session of these parliament and it is the 56th parliament of the United Kingdom. This morning we welcome viewers to cspan, our sister channel in the united states. I reckon it is about 5 30 in the morning on the eastern seaboard so if you have joined us, many thanks. It is of course a conservative government beginning its second year in office. With a very small majority in the comments. A government not without its problems as it faces the Forthcoming European Union Referendum Campaign. However, we are focused today on the british tradition. Well spend enjoying the the new plans to be avail. With me to help the journey along, im joined by the conservative year and more importantly, thriller writer, michael lord dobbs. Historian, professor Kate Williams of reading u