Tv, more television for seriousreaders. Joining us on the tv is Alan Crawford. His book how not to get rich, the financial misadventures of mark twain. Mister crawford, where doyou want people to learn if they pick up your book and read it . I wrote it in part as a spoof of books about successful people. And how if you just do what they did, then you too can be a Great Success in life, because having read a lot of these books, i found them all woefully useless. Theres even one you might have heard of called the art of the deal. Terrible book. Pt barnum wrote a book called the art of money getting and barnum had made a Great Fortune at this point but mark twain went broke. He wrote the art of money getting while he was broke and the sales of that book enabled him to rebuild his fortunes and go on to be pt barnum chapter 2. 0. Its fascinating mark twain who was so good at so many things, who was the bestselling author of his time, who made more money on the lecture circuit that he even d
In the independent process. Warwick university apologises to female students who faced online rape threats but one victim says being sorry is not enough. Andy murrays comeback dream is over even his tie up with serena is not enough. And coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, new zealand book their place in the World Cup Final after india fall short at old trafford. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. It started as an Anglo American diplomatic row, but now its taken centre stage in the political fight between the rival camps in the conservative leadership race. Britains ambassador to washington, sir kim darroch, resigned this morning, saying he could not carry out his duties after president trumps unprecedented attacks on him. But supporters ofjeremy hunt say the top diplomats decision was linked to frontrunner Boris Johnsons refusal to give him full support during last nights tv debate. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has the story. His report con
At gatowick airport but delays remain high after an earlierfault with the air Traffic Control systems. End of the marina show, as andy murray and Serena Williams have been knocked out of the mixed doubles at wimbledon. Its over. And a shock result at the cricket world cup as india crash out losing by 18 runs to new zealand in a sensational semi final at old trafford. It started as an Anglo American diplomatic row over leaked messages but now its taken centre stage in the political fight between the rival camps in the conservative leadership race. Britains ambassador to washington Sir Kim Darroch resigned this morning saying he could not carry out his duties after president trumps unprecedented attacks on him. But supporters ofjeremy hunt say the top diplomats decision was linked to front runner Boris Johnsons refusal to give him full support during last nights tv debate. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has the story. His report contains flash photography. Sir kim darroch, 42
the suburbs around tehran are being drained of people. locals in this neighbourhood have said 70% of the community has orally left and many of those living here now are thinking of joining them. here now are thinking ofjoining them. twitter staff are bracing themselves, after the company said it will tell them today whether they will be laid off, following the takeover by elon musk. and wakanda forever the long awaited sequel to the oscar winning film black panther has had its european premiere in london. hello and welcome to the programme. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, is in beijing, on a trip that s sparked controversy in germany and elsewhere in europe. he s the first western leader to have gone to china in over three years, and his visit comes as relations between beijing and the west have started to sour. tom brada has the latest. receiving the red carpet treatment in beijing, chancellor olaf scholz is in china for a whistle stop tour. travelling with several
welcome to friday. it is meet the press daily. president biden is preparing for a rose garden event this afternoon with the vice president, democratic leaders in attendance. this is the fourth or fifth time we had some sort of event marking the passage of this bill, the senate, the house, the signing last night and then this signing today. his remarks will come after prime time address last night after he laid out a series of goals and promises to defeat the virus and get life back to some semblance of normalcy. the president is planning to tout the relief package he signed into law and the various elements believes will sell well to the public. the white house is also con fronting the challenge of everything else because they got to decide now what. covid was job one, two and three for this new president. they have an agenda beyond covid. the president and vice president are planning to hit the road next week to sell the massive covid relief package to the public after it pa