And, officially, only men can become monks in thailand. But that didnt stop these women we visit their all female temple live from our studios in the london and singapore. In london and singapore. This is bbc world news. You are watching newsday. Its 8am in singapore and one in the morning here in britain, where investigations are continuing into the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found in the trailer of a lorry, about 30 kilometres outside of london. Its not known who they are or where they came from, one was a teenager. The lorry driver whos from Northern Ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Our special correspondent ed thomas has this report. Just before 1. 40am, paramedics call police. The doors of the lorry container had been opened. Inside, 39 bodies. 39 lives. People with hopes and ambitions. The youngest was a teenager. Thats tragic. Absolutely terrible. Yeah, such a shame. Obviously trying to get over here for a better life. It is heartbreaking for me. Fee
Hi. Pleasure to introduce Rachelle Friedman who is going to be talking to you about innovations in art during world war ii. This is rachelles second year coming to the conference, she was here last year, we are really excited to have her back and excited to hear her presentation on art. So please join me in welcoming rachelle. [ applause ] good morning and thank you, everybody. Its a real pleasure to be here. Last year you heard i was sitting in your spot and it was a really profitable conference and when the call came out to present about innovations in world war ii i was happy to answer that call. At the time i thought, oh, this will be something obviously very interesting in my mind at least and something predictable, but i learned that its a very, very wide subject. I wont cover all of it by any means. I have learned a lot, so i hope that you will profit as well. So living in new york im very, very fortunate to be living close to the museum of modern art and also to the whitney and
War ii memorial, this is close to an hour. My pleasure to introduce Rochelle Friedman whos going to be talking to you about innovations in art during world war ii. This is rochelles second year coming to the conference. She was here last year. Really excited to have her back and excited to hear her presentation on art. Please join me in welcoming rochelle. Good morning. And thank you, everybody. Its a real pleasure to be here. Last year you heard, i was sitting in your skpot and it po. I was happy to answer that call. At the time i thought, oh, this will be something obviously very interesting in my mind at least and something predictable but i learned that its a very, very wide subject. I wont cover all of it by any means. And ive learned a lot. So i hope that youll profit as well. So living in new york, im very, very fortunate to be living close to the museum of modern art and also to the whitney and i take full advantage as do my students and so i think that art can be a really prof
American history tv continues now with a discussion on innovations in art, during world war ii. We heard about propaganda cartoons, Norman Rockwell paintings, and abstract expressionist art. A 1940s and 50s movement, that included american painters, jackson and mark. Held by friends of the National World war ii memorial, this is close to an hour. My pleasure to introduce Rachelle Friedman who is going to be talking to you about innovations in art during world war ii. This is her second year coming to the conference. She was here last year. We are really excited to have her back and excited to hear her presentation on art. Please join me in welcoming rachelle. [ applause ] good morning, and thank you everybody. It is a real pleasure to be here. Last year, as you heard i was sitting in your spot and it was a really profitable conference and when the call came out, to present about innovations in world war ii, i was happy to answer that call. At the time, i thought this will be something
Would be something, very interesting in my mind at least, and some thing predictable. But i learned it is a very wide subjects. I wont cover all of it by any means. I have learned a lot. I hope you will profit as well. Living in new york, im very fortunate to be living close to the museum of modern art and also to the whitney. I take full advantage and so to my students. I think art can be a really profitable way to teach history, and i would be curious, how many of you use art or artistry in your history classes . A good number of you. And i would say in what ways, briefly come of do you use art . I dont know if we can get the microphone just for a couple. I teach english like which arts and i use art to establish Historical Context or two help show multiple perspectives on an issue. Prof. Friedman perfect. History and i do what i call quick pic vocab, where it , so it is not professional art by any means, but yeah. I teach history also and i use it to show cultural changes, to give s