I always feel slightly depressed by beautiful vistas, you know i mean . Ah, the storybook kingdom of granada. One of the oldest, most complex, magically surreal places in spain. And one of the most beautiful. Granada is tucked against the Sierra Nevada mountains of andalucia in Southern Spain. Its not like barcelona. Its not like saint sebastian. It aint madrid. Any reasonable person who looks at spain, comes to spain, eats in spain, drinks in spain, theyre going to fall in love. Otherwise, theres something deeply wrong with you. Spain is the sort of place that never really made any sense anyway. And in the very best possible way. This is the country that gave us the spanish inquisition. Also anarchy. This is where devout Catholicism Mixes with surrealism, Modernist Cuisine with traditional tapa. Christianity and islam traded places, shared space. The effects of influences of all those things are right here to see. You can almost look back through time and through the mists of history,
I always feel slightly depressed by beautiful vistas, you know i mean . Ah, the storybook kingdom of granada. One of the oldest, most complex, magically surreal places in spain. And one of the most beautiful. Granada is tucked against the Sierra Nevada mountains of andalucia in Southern Spain. Its not like barcelona. Its not like saint sebastian. It aint madrid. Any reasonable person who looks at spain, comes to spain, eats in spain, drinks in spain, theyre going to fall in love. Otherwise, theres something deeply wrong with you. Spain is the sort of place that never really made any sense anyway. And in the very best possible way. This is the country that gave us the spanish inquisition. Also anarchy. This is where devout Catholicism Mixes with surrealism, Modernist Cuisine with traditional tapa. Christianity and islam traded places, shared space. The effects of influences of all those things are right here to see. You can almost look back through time and through the mists of history,
general election comes into view. this is in every respect a momentous day. in the house of lords, look at the magnificence of the chamber. such expectation. the peers and guests have already started to arrive to secure their seats for the biggest event in the parliamentary calendar. you don t get in if you appear without the suitable attire. it is a case of first come, first served as well. once on the throne, there it is, the monarch s throne and the consort of s thrown beside it. the king will unveil the government s legislative programme for the session ahead. it is a political moment and a first for rishi sunak on his first state opening as prime minister. we will be discussing all the wider political context later in the programme. once the imperial state crown is on, the political gloves are well and truly off and we will get a real sense of the battle lines over the next year or so, the issues that will win or lose the election. so to explore what all of this, and the
That the plans are wrong. The plans could make it harder four troops and theirfamily to could make it harder four troops and their family to sue the government if something goes wrong in carpet. And steam power, for the first time in almost half a century, a timetabled steam Train Service returns to the english railways. Good morning, its tuesday 14th february. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Donald Trumps National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, has resigned over his contacts with russia. Telephone intercept is show that Michael Flynn, mr Trumps National Security Adviser, had discussed us sanctions with the russian envoy before mr trump took office. Its illegal for private citizens to conduct us diplomacy, and the phone calls happened late last year before mr flynn was appointed to the administration. Before being appointed, he was known for his close ties with the senior russian officials. Here he is sat with President Putin at a dinner in 2015. Hes also been accused of misleading the
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